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Brilliant editorial on the consequences of allowing further Russian aggression from Matthew Syed. Good to see such clarity in a major newspaper. thetimes.co.uk/article/paris-…

I often wonder what I’ll find in the reeds of the Bridgewater Canal. Sadly, it’s mostly crisp packets.

Undersea cables and the vulnerability of American power - some important observations from ⁦Aaron Bateman⁩ here. There are a few reflections worth pondering - a quick thread: engelsbergideas.com/essays/underse…

Men. What is stopping you dressing like this?

A Russian-owned what now?

To understand why Russia sanctions have proved less effective than hoped, simply take this graph of Italian exports to underdeveloped Kyrgyzstan which have increased geometrically of late. It’s high time we got serious and threatened secondary sanctions on the entities involved.

When do we start complaining about the heat?

Zero benefit for Russia to use any nukes. Only benefit for them is when they threaten the use of nukes because they see how we overreact.

Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills to deter the West – @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/global…

Yesterday’s panic over Putin’s nuclear threats in some quarters shows that reflexive control is well and truly alive

Old haunts this weekend.

UK voters have firmly rejected the politics of cruelty & division so why does the BBC continue to silence so many moderate & deserving voices & amplify the extremism of MPs like #SuellaBraverman ? Such editorial choices feel like they’ve chosen a side .

Good Morning!

One ironic consequence of the intensive coverage of campus protests about Gaza is that it seems to have crowded out coverage of what is actually happening in Gaza itself. All sides in the west much more comfortable when the story is mainly about us

Well then, respond.

Russia's economy is in a war boom. If Russia were to suddenly return to pre-war levels of military spending, it would be a major economic disruption. However, Russia will most likely keep militarizing for many years to come, no matter what happens in Ukraine. 1/3

I’ve just been impersonated on Instagram. Apparently I had a sure fire way to make millions.

Wonderfully, none of my followers thought that sounded anything like me.

If you don't want to be Weimar, you unapologetically enforce public order against both the Reds and the Browns.