"Morning Call: The Trump whisperers open.substack.com/pub/morningcal…

bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd…

The Trump Embarrassment open.substack.com/pub/josephklei…

Pretty incredible that this has to be said out loud. But clearly it does.

"Why would Putin stop now? He may even consider that the grander territorial designs he had at the start of the war are again realisable." Starmer says Trump is a reliable ally. The problem is, no-one believes it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalland…

This conception of the war, which we hear more and more, is twisted and contorted beyond any reality. Zelensky didn’t ask for the war. Ukraine doesn’t want the war. The person who wanted the war and keeps the war going is Putin. This is basic stuff.

Trump is setting Zelensky up for an appalling choice: surrender or blame. open.substack.com/pub/goodalland…

independent.co.uk/news/education…

BBC News - Rosenberg: Trump-Putin call seen as victory in Russia bbc.com/news/articles/…

Pete Hegseth: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.”🤦‍♂️

Analysis: Kremlin can hardly believe its luck as Witkoff comments make headlines in Russia news.sky.com/story/ukraine-…

Trump at Flood Tide open.substack.com/pub/josephklei…

So where does this leave Pete Hegseth’s definitive statement that there were no battle plans on the group chat? Also idea this information wasn’t classified and confidential is utterly risible.

"Failure of Character" open.substack.com/pub/samharris/…

NEW: Trump caved.

The Economist estimates that the annual costs of Reform UK’s manifesto would be around £200bn and savings around £100bn. The gap would amount to a colossal fiscal shock, blowing up the deficit and straining the gilt market to its limit econ.st/4jGgTfP

Well done ITV News on pointing out the soaring rise in immigration “since we completed Brexit” - a key factor. This should be pointed out to Farage (who championed Brexit) in every interview

Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team "were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." Not fit!