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Oil Out of the Woods Soon? Ummmm ...

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2026-05-02

So what are the chances that oil and gas supplies will resume some sort of new normal soon and we can all plan our vacations again?

After all, it's all dying down now, right?

Nick Hubble shares some thoughts from Down Under ...

 

The State, the Deep State, and the Ghost State

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2026-05-02

With the latest rebuttal by the High Court of Martin's efforts to secure legal clarification, he does what any good IT specialist would - he thinks bigger, and broadens the space of enquiry to encompass the larger factors at play, the factors that include the assumptions that underlie the broken nature of the system under scrutiny.

He has already done this at least once, when he broadened the scope of enquiry to include not just the legal traceability of the judicial authority imposed, but also to include the effect of the specific administrative procedures used to enforce the judicial authority.

Now the scope of enquiry is advancing once more, to examine not merely these aspects of the judicial systems, but the operations of government departments in general, of which Justice is simply one (albeit a rather important one).

" ... a clear picture is beginning to emerge ... "

Whereas 'the “Deep State' is necessarily conspiratorial — hence the language of 'conspiracy theories' ... the 'Ghost State' ... can arise from entirely visible forces: scale, cost pressure, digitisation, outsourcing, and the fragmentation of responsibility across institutions and systems"

I'm beginning to think that Martin may be developing a new science, the science of Governmentology, the means by which governments in practice exercise power over their people whether deliberately or accidentally. 

This would be an extension of Governmentality which Britannia describes as "to include the active consent and willingness of individuals to participate in their own governance", something that appears to be missing from his encounters with our Justice systems unless 'consent and willingness' includes blind and unquestioning obedience to instruction. 

To most good folk, 'consent and willingness' are dependent on mutual trust, which requires a willingness to resolve differences through reasonable argument within a reasonable time frame and at reasonable cost. 

Martin has demonstrated that our Justice department is unwilling, despite his very considerable efforts (and concomitant costs) to abide by their own rules and procedures.

There''s the rub.

 

Geddes v Secretary of State for Justice - The High Court Strikes Out

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2026-05-02

Is this the end of the road?

Following on from Martin's briefing on his application to the High Court, he has a result, which (loosely translated) amounts to "Don't bother us with your Tom-fool legal arguments, we don't deign to reply".

But what did we expect?

An alternative explanation might be "We know this is not constitutionally satisfactory, but we don't care and we admit nothing". 

Or it might be "Your case is important to us, but we have neither time nor inclination to hear it when the football's on telly".

"My personal sense of the matter is that I have hit a raw nerve"

Quite so.

" ... this strike-out achieves what I set out to do ..."

The possibilities to take this further seem few, but are they now beyond the power of Martin the "legal beagle" litigant in person to sniff out?

Or will he decide that life is for living ...

New Bombshell! - Al Gore Predicts possible Incoming "Ice Age"

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2026-05-01

You couldn't make this stuff up, but fortunately for our entertainment Al Gore is still doing that for us.

So what happened to the "settled science"? Has it mysteriously become unsettled? Or is it Al's mental equilibrium that's at fault (he isn't getting any younger)? I think we should be told, before the men in white coats are detailed to deal with the problem. We can't have "Climate Science" bedevilled with this sort of uncertainty, as judging by the total lack of any predictions that turned out to be true so far, it's in enough trouble already.

 

The Trump Monarchy?

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2026-05-01

Promethean Action reviews the visit of King Charles IIi to President Trump. Is the "special relationship" now upended, even reversed? 

Iran in retreat?

"All three pillars crashed in one single news cycle ... "

The world is indeed in transition, but to what?

(12 minutes)

 

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