Defence

2025-12-29

Yup, we need to read this.

Especially those in the police, military, and (to be even-handed) in officialdom.

2026 - gateway to the future or end of the world? 

Ben's report this week will come as no great surprise to many but likely will be a surprise to those who habitually place their trust in officialdom and those "in authority", not to mention mainstream media. If you are amongst the latter, don't panic but broaden your horizons 😎.

2026 is shaping up rapidly (modest subscription required).

Don't assume it "won't affect us". Nobody escapes the effects of financial chaos or war-mongering politicians.

2025-12-28

Our friend Sebastian explains the unreconcilable politics of Europe.

Admittedly not ideal post Christmas viewing, but the turgid posturings of the wannabe-powerful of the EU-NATO grouping continue unabated even as Zelenskyy's "close associates" are investigated for corruption... what could possibly go wrong?

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2025-12-28

It's a long story...  but Xi's authority doesn't seem to be in good shape, and the PLA may be not a few generals short...

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2025-12-24

Some say yes, but what do the lawyers say?

Does it matter what the lawyers say? 

"Many readers will now argue that this is unfair and unworkable, but in this thought experiment, we are merely applying the same standards that the EU, Switzerland, and the US have applied to Russia"

Quite so.

2025-12-22

Seyed Mohammad Marandi puts forward his view of his home nation's treatment by western media.

Well, it makes a change from being invited on everyone else's talk shows to talk about the perpetual war with Israel.

"In the first episode of Demystifying Iran, we break apart the dominant myths that shape the world’s understanding of the Islamic Republic"

Part one of several then...  let's hope that in future episodes he will centre on providing an overview of the reality of life in Iran in all its variety, both because of, and in spite of, external "influences".

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2025-12-20

One of the very few things that we can actually assert with reasonable confidence is that very few people have a well-informed grasp of what is actually going on in the Ukraine.

We do our best to seek them out, but... we are not there either.

So here is another view by a former commander of British forces in various theatres of conflict.

It's a bit different in the detail from the views of our other preferred sources, but he strikes me as probably as close as any to the actual reality, whatever that may be.

2025-12-16

Well, the rest of the world seems to be in uproar so why not the UK as well?

It's not as though the Starmer regime is likely to be tolerated much longer, or if it is, to be of any overall benefit to the population at large.

Still, the video he chooses to support his thesis doesn't pass my "smell test", although there may be truth in it. As with so much else, we will have to decide for ourselves.

Meanwhile, the rest of the (western) world continues its death spiral, with what bears the hallmarks of a psy-op at Bondi Beach, general confusion over the fate of Ukraine and its regime-at-war, the struggle for control of the US government, and the EU's struggle for an increasingly unlikely-looking survival.

Make of it

2025-12-14

It's not rocket science - when senior military officers "die suddenly", it's probably not "Covid" despite dying of a 'sudden heart attack'.

"The third full general to die under... detention"

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2025-12-12

Two reports for the price of one - Sebastian is nothing if not concise and to the point.

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2025-12-11

Whisper it softly, but there are reports that il presidente is open to holding elections to form a new government. So I guess that the question will be: "same as the old government?". 

If it is, then Ukraine will face more war. If it isn't, then peace talks may commence, and the EU may disintegrate?

Momentous times.

2025-12-11

Which will win - the war of words or the war of attrition?

Col Macgregor opines that Russia will take Odessa and tighten the screws on Ukraine by cutting off access to the Black Sea...  thus cutting exports, and cutting resupply to its army.

And will the USA leave NATO?

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2025-12-10

Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action explains the great rift in the "special relationship" -  it's just not "special" any more?

It also shines a light on how much say "our representatives in Parliament" have on geopolitics and whether we go to war or not.

Is this the end of the road for the "Rules Based Order"?

"the Europeans are in panic mode, and the British establishment is openly strategising about how to survive until 2028... "

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2025-12-09

"Is there a choreographed implosion of the West ...?"

"... when the crisis happens, they want to lock us down, to prevent the people from spilling into the streets... "

"... the whole pandemic thing usually coincides with a financial crisis... "

"... everything the people in power have done in the past, they're capable of doing it again... "

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2025-12-09

With Russia and Europe seemingly unable to make peace...

There's a lot of history here which explains the seemingly inexplicable.

It's everything that we need to remember.

"I love my country, not my government"

(Is there a western nation remaining that doesn't relate to that sentiment?)

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2025-12-09

"Dim the Sun", or "Dim Sum"?

One hour of revelatory good sense. But are you ready for it?

"If we can unpick Irishness, we can unpick anything"

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2025-12-08

Plenty going on just now, although mostly behind the scenes. By the time the news catches up with events I'm guessing much will be over (bar the shouting).

Likewise in this era of global meltdown and multiple bluffs it's hard to differentiate fact from fiction, white hats from black hats. 

Still, it's an interesting report this week that confirms that events are moving faster than most can keep up with.

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2025-12-04

And not only an empty bluff, but the target of the President of the United States, who has boxed it into a corner from which it cannot escape with its self-esteem intact.

And when NATO falls, what of the similarly over-confident EU?

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Watch also Venezuela - "where Trump is striking at the financial jugular of the British

2025-12-04

We are familiar with the the term "false flag" - something happens in such a way that it is attributed to someone or some grouping that wasn't actually involved.

It's a straight deception, originating in naval battle where an attacking force flies a flag other than its own in order to elude culpability.

In these more sophisticated days it is often associated (so some conspiracy theorists might aver) with a need to influence public opinion to accept a course of action to which they would not otherwise consent.

Such as war.

Martin Geddes has a slightly but significantly different problem with his legal battles to try to establish the validity of the operations of our current system of justice.

Mark Sexton would seem to be running up against a

2025-12-03

General Zhang - in charge of the PLA - seems to be out of the headlines - but perhaps his activities should have merited a headline?

Meanwhile, what is President Xi up to?

As always in China, it's the details that tell the story... 

And... what was really behind the events in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

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2025-12-03

Of course this is all groundless speculation, little better than conspiracy theory, so just skip over it...

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