Defence

2025-07-19

The Bell Hotel - what hotel name could be more quintessentially English?

It should serenely survey a scene of bucolic peace and tranquillity.

But not on Thursday.

''Last night’s violence around the Bell Hotel in Epping Forest saw Metropolitan and British Transport police deployed alongside Essex constabulary"

Not one, not two, but three police forces in attendance? Was trouble expected?

"... this violence has not appeared by chance. The most recent trigger was the arrest on July 8th of... a 38 year-old man who’d arrived in the country... via a small boat on June 29th, claimed asylum, and then been housed at the Bell Hotel"

At a time when governments of all stripes have been elected on promises to get immigration under control, but have continued to facilitate it, "maybe" it's high

2025-07-17

Alex Krainer reviews the complex relationships - historical and current - between the former colonial powers (primarily Britain and France), America, Israel, Turkey and the Middle East, not to mention Russia Ukraine and China.

"... the British are saying that they want a regime change in Iran... "

"... Israel is fighting a proxy war on behalf of the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom does not have interest in there being peace in the region ... their interest is to... eventually bring about regime change in Iran "

" It's always that side that is stirring the pot, in the Middle East... as they do in Ukraine, as they... are preparing to do in the Balkans, and I think that Trump is actually trying to do something completely different"

Alex does seem to be very well informed - and even Tony Blair gets a mention!

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2025-07-17

The Donald now has the EU / NATO exactly where he wants them -  in chaos.

If he wanted to end the Ukraine war ASAP whilst "keeping NATO on-side" he couldn't have played a better hand.

Russia has no fear that any American weapons will arrive in Ukraine any time soon, since EU countries aren't exactly queuing up to send over their alleged 17 Patriot batteries. Nor do they want to pay the American Military-Industrial Complex for replacements. And if the odd battery does somehow arrive in Ukraine, it likely won't last five minutes before it's reduced to scrap by the Russians.

Heigh ho. Expect the Russians in Kiev any time they decide to end it.

(17 minutes!)

Israel In the Cross-Hairs of 20 Nations plus China?

2025-07-16

It is perhaps not a question that we ask every day, or at all, since government has been for ever ingrained in our lives that we take its impertinence for granted.

But what is it good for, really?

Well, here's a list...

• Wasting vast amounts of money on lost causes, such as the NHS, HS2, nuclear power stations, and government-mandated mega-projects in general
• Spending huge amounts of money on global hoaxes such as the Ukraine war ("Mad Bad Vlad must be stopped!") and (hopefully foreign but in extremis domestic) wars in general
• the Climate Catastrophe (made up to scare us into abandoning our standard of comfortable living)
• the Pandemic (that helped them (and helps them still) to reduce the population thus saving £squillions on old age pensions and the like, not to mention awarding their mates contracts for

2025-07-15

Firstly, Sebastian Sas lays it out with clarity as only he can. 

(20 minutes)

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Second, for those who prefer Scott Ritter:

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2025-07-15

This seems to be an annual event, although in these fractious times it's probably best to maintain awareness.

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2025-07-14

I've been banging on about Glyphosate since before this site was born, but despite well-publicised court verdicts of past years, the local stores are still flogging it and councils around the country are still spraying it.

You may know it as a constituent of "Round Up", alongside other active ingredients.

Because of its ubiquitous use in farming (especially on grains such as wheat), it is almost impossible to avoid, even by buying organic (although that should hopefully reduce our exposure). 

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2025-07-14

David Sorensen of Stop World Control has been creating well-produced articles for some time now, and this is his latest.

Whether or not he is on the right track may as yet be unclear, but his work does command attention.

For my part I can't say that I have a clear view, other than that major elements of his presentation, whilst plausible, are as yet not substantiated and the jury still awaits the necessary evidence. More water needs to flow under the bridge.

But what do I know? It's what you believe that counts.

The Plan To Destroy America And The World Through A Nuclear War

2025-07-13

And who better to enlighten us than Sebastian Sas?

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2025-07-13

Come on Scott, don't hold back, why not say what you really think?

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2025-07-12

If you want to see how the military is building in the Middle East, and to what purpose, then this (nicely dubbed) video is for you.

And helpfully mapped.

"The US and UK are already acting together"

"Where does France stand in all of this?"

"We will redesign the Middle East"

"Nothing is coincidental"

"At present, 66 strike warships, three aircraft carrier strike groups, and hundreds of long-range missiles are on standby in the area"

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2025-07-12

The analysis of the post conflict situation re Israel-US-Iran.

An independent Iran still exists, therefore the war will continue.

And it's not just Iran, it's also Russia and China...

(24 minutes)

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2025-07-12

The "real" explanation of what "Europe" (as in France UK and Germany) are really up to in the Ukraine.

Is it remotely ethical?

Will it even work?

(13 minutes)

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2025-07-12

The Ukraine (and Israel) according to Ritter's Rant 24.

"This isn't going to change any of the battlefield realities"

(9 minutes)

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Plus a wider-ranging review of Israeli-American politics for Cynthia Pooler:

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2025-07-11

This goes back a long way, all the way to the infamous UK- Chinese Opium Wars.

Do the echos from that time still inform geopolitical matters today?

And are those who don't know their history doomed to repeat it?

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2025-07-11

"To truly understand Xi's actions, you have to understand his personality... "

"Under communism, the more normal or decent someone is, the quicker they are pushed out"

Communist China is ruled by an "elite bloodline" of "princelings"?!

The ideal subordinate: "completely incompetent but genuinely devoted".

(47 minutes)

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2025-07-11

Anyone might be forgiven for thinking that we have lost the plot on what is going on in Ukraine and Israel - but maybe it isn't us that lost the plot...

Professor Mearsheimer reviews Israel-Iran and Russia-Ukraine vis à vis US policy, with Judge Napolitano, and they too are having trouble deciphering all the mixed messaging.

(37 minutes)

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2025-07-08

Yes, it's yet another geopolitical discussion, yet it lands pretty close to home for a British audience.

How to make sense of a world in which nothing is as it seems and unexpected twists continue unabated?

Yes, I'm impressed by Alex Krainer's understanding and analysis. But is he right? Or even rightish?

(62 minutes)

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2025-07-07

Apparently the world is becoming less susceptible to the narratives of fear that once kept us all docile and obedient. So we need an Event X mega-event that will send us all scuttling back into our box.

Personally I was looking forward to the "fake alien invasion" that we were promised, but it seems that other plans may be afoot - we will just have to wait and see (although the flooding in Texas that cost so many lives in recent days may have set the tone).

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