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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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2025-12-22

Nick Hudson - follower of the money - interviewed by Neil Oliver.

Our modern world is gradually being revealed, partly through the communicative power of the internet, and partly through the growing realisation that the world is not what we thought it was, and the many who have decided that they want to know how the world really works is now growing exponentially. AI or no AI.

Those who do know should be getting increasingly worried - but who exactly are they anyway?

As money (of whatever nature) is "what makes the world go round", those who understand the operation of the various monetary systems (lawful or otherwise) should be well placed to understand how our world operates.

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2025-12-21

We were introduced in the '80s to the ways and wiles of the Civil Service, with Jim Hacker as the hapless minister corralled into compliance by the genial Sir Humphrey Appleby (GCB KBE MBO) whose "Yes Minister" invariably meant "No Minister".

But of course time and tide wait for no man and things have evidently advanced considerably today, quite beyond the simple subterfuges that oiled (or crunched) the wheels in those heady times. Today, it seems that the bureaucrat would get the uncompliant minister sacked, whereas most reasonable voters would rightly expect the minister to sack the uncompliant bureaucrat.

Still, I'm sure that this story is simply for entertainment purposes (as was the "Yes Minister" sitcom of those innocent days) - after all, could a government really be effective if it actually worked like this in reality?

2025-12-20

America is doing it again. And this time the gloves are really off.

If you want to hit them hard, hit them in the pocket.

"The real strategic battle-lines have not been this clear in a century"

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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.

2025-12-20

This time from our favoured financial commentator Nick Hubble (this is not financial advice!).

And after 50 years of the same old same old it really should be obvious to all but the young, who haven't lived through enough of it yet to understand where this is all going.

Politicians understand  well enough - hence the continuing efforts to lower the voting age seemingly until toddlers in nappies will qualify. After that they may have to ban abortions in order to get enough voters who will believe their blandishments, so perhaps some good may come of it eventually...

Which brings me to my next point. If we want to continue to live in a democracy, then we oldies have the moral responsibility to live every bit as long as possible so that the voting public can benefit from our wisdom at the ballot

2025-12-19

English history is replete with tales of the Ruling Elite turning with ferocity on their lower classes:

• the crushing of the Peasants Revolt of 1381,
• the burning of Lollards in 1401 and the last woman to be burned (for counterfeiting the coinage - are you listening Bank of England?) in 1789, 
• the massacre at Peterloo in 1819,
• and the 

2025-12-18

Many of us now realise that Big Corporate of all kinds pharmaceutical agricultural petrochemical etc interests work via their "non-profits" and "charitable foundations" to advance the cause of their respective industries, often in collaboration with government "regulators" and "think tanks" and any other interested "independent" NGOs including the United Nations and its diaspora of largely unaccountable "doers of good" like the WEF.

The question that Interest of Justice is now asking is the pertinent one:-

Can this false cornucopia of self-serving corporate-governmental (BTW: is that not the original definition of fascism according to Benito Mussolini?) bodies ever be made to work for the interests of the people, and if so, how?

To make things more

2025-12-17

"Twas the Night Before Christmas... "  -  Oh wait, that line was taken years ago.

And anyway, it needs modernising, bringing up to date, so that it captures the spirit of our times, even the still-metastasizing spirits of the incoming future, rather than the dull and boring old family-centred Christmasses of the past that everyone can see are already being overtaken by the modern conveniences of the panopticon of the future.

Happily the perfect example of just such a proximate, nay imminent, update arrived unbidden in my inbox recently, and I have no hesitation in offering it for your festive fancy...

2025-12-17

Did the BBC always suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Well, it probably does now. The Donald is suing them in Florida for defamation, and potentially for trying to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. For $Billions. Nobody can say how much just yet as it may include punitive damages if sufficient intent is proven. Which doesn't seem unlikely to me.

Of course whatever damages are awarded, getting that much money out of the BBC might be an international issue, and affect whether the BBC can survive in its current format. If uptake of the licence fee is any indication, the Great British Public is already voting by closing their wallets, so finance is likely an issue.

"For perhaps the first time, the BBC will face a legal process in which discovery is compulsory. Panorama producers and editors will have to surrender

2025-12-16

Operation Talla as investigated by Ian Clayton (Ethical Approach UK) and reported by Mark Sexton has had the effect of preventing the operation of Justice in the UK, by the expedient of censoring the reporting of certain alleged high crimes and misdemeanours.

This article follows on from our earlier report.

Such action by the police (possibly supported by others) has exposed our executive government as a lawless organisation that has deliberately and almost certainly illegally (I am not a lawyer!) denied justice to the people.

However you look at it, the allegations suppressed were so serious that justice had to be seen to be done. Even by setting up the Covid Enquiry, the government effectively ensured that it was marking its own homework.

Far from Justice being seen to be done by an independent

2025-12-16

"... there are four international universal crimes that can be committed... we brought those into English law and we added the bit about 'aiding and abetting'.... "

Likewise for aiding and abetting 'terrorism'.

So how to enforce the law? Is ignorance of the law a defence in Court if we were never told about that law?

Are we now dug into a hole so deep complex and opaque that it has become impossible - even perhaps for our national leadership - to obey the law?

"Our MPs and Ministers are never told the truth about the international agreements and laws that apply to the waging of war... "

Or would they just lie about it anyway?

"Not only is tax immoral, it's also unnecessary... "

Oh I say! Steady on. That's another topic altogether

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

2025-12-15

The Brownstone Institute wades in where lesser mortals fear to tread - on the toes of the Pharmaceutical Industry.

We have mentioned before the view that Big Pharma may not always have been scrupulously honest with us.

Now the Brownstone Institute (surely a name that simply exudes probity integrity and moral rectitude?) weighs in with their views on vaccinology, and finds it, well, less than persuasive.

As always, it falls to us to be the judge of such matters.

2025-12-15

It's money makes the world go round...  Oh Wait! maybe it's AI?

Is Hollywood doomed?

Is megabucks film-making doomed? 

Well, perhaps yes, yes, and no.

The world is changing beyond recognition in front of us - and who can say that Hollywood hasn't been a huge, perhaps THE HUGE influence on our lives cultures and traditions so far?

As a child I went to see the great Disney movies - Bambi, Snow White (and the wicked witch!), Pinocchio, etc. Magical experiences all. Some of us care-worn souls may psycho-analyse them for hidden messages of portent these days, but back then they were viewed as brilliant feel-good entertainment.

And they were. Every child in their innocence should still see them. 

Investors Daily reads the runes and gives us the good news and the

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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2025-12-14

... one generation at a time.

Another story of taxation run wild.

Is this "peak taxation"? 

Not a chance, except for an intervening general economic collapse, or maybe a general taxation strike - pretty difficult when your employer pays your tax to HMRC before he pays you...

An interesting question though - if your employer owes you money under your contract of employment, are they entitled to give some of it to someone else just because the someone else says so? Custom and practice is not necessarily law, and we are discovering new things every day now. 

Although it's an interesting question, maybe the first port of call would be to check the fine print in your offer/contract of employment....   and after that, a session with ChatGpt or maybe Grok.

2025-12-13

Junk science climate scare paper (published April 2024) retracted by Nature.

How did it pass peer review? What took them so long?

"Kotz was patent nonsense... Yet Kotz was avidly picked up by government agencies around the world seemingly desperate to use any old gobbledegook to push the Net Zero fantasy"

"In a report to the British Parliament, the Climate Change Committee referenced Kotz in a section discussing economic damage arising from climate risk. Meanwhile, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) appears to have been a keen fan of Kotz and all its downstream impact works such as NGFS Phase V."