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Pen Portrait: Sir Alex Younger, Former Head of MI6

19th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

A friend tells me that during their first interview, a candidate for the Intelligence Branch of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) is informed the job involves ‘getting the hang’ of people of interest. The hopeful [more…]

Politics

Return to First Principles to End Wars in the Middle East

24th June 2025 Patrick Barron 0

The world is being driven to war, possibly nuclear war, by current leaders who want their citizens to believe that that there are no other options. This is patently NOT TRUE. Let us explore first [more…]

America

Another disappointing week

26th May 2025 well_chuffed 0

In the USA it was all supposed to be habbening, only it didn’t. Over here Starmer is supposed to be toast but he still lingers and the anchor baby was supposed to be facing a [more…]

America

Isolating Iran

19th May 2025 well_chuffed 0

The Donald’s latest excursion in the Middle East has been met with the usual carping and disdain from the legacy media. I will be the first to concede he has been over the top with [more…]

America

The Art of the Deal

14th April 2025 well_chuffed 0

Creating chaos is part of the Donald’s Art of the Deal. It has been succinctly explained by Andrew Torba. Start with an extreme position to create room for compromise Use attention grabbing statements to control [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Seven

10th November 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning from a grey and not very nice morning in Westminster, where at least it is dry. Legohead was up early this morning as he is off to Birmingham to give a “pre-Budget” [more…]

21st Century

Deeper in the Dirt

9th October 2024 Going Postal 0

Two of my recent articles deal with the militarily useful information Iran might gain from their own pre-notified “swarm” attack on Israel and the recent retaliation by client Hezbollah for the killing of one of [more…]

21st Century

A Mushroom May Yet Bloom

2nd October 2024 Going Postal 0

In a previous post, “Will Mushrooms Bloom in Haifa?” I postulated that Iran’s recent swarm attack might not be a simple, if potentially deadly, diplomatic slap at Israel for killing one of their progeny’s leaders [more…]

21st Century

Will Mushrooms Bloom in Haifa?

25th September 2024 Going Postal 0

Underneath the appropriate concern of conventional airborne attacks on Israel by Iran and its progeny lies an anxious appraisal of a potential nuclear attack. That fear is the basic driving force of U.S. policy towards [more…]

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