A couple of years ago, I did jury service for the first time. I was overwhelmed by how seriously all of my fellow jurors took their duty to deliver the right verdict. It isn't a perfect system but it's the best one humans have ever come up with. We must fight to keep it.

“If you are thankful for something, then you have something you can fight for.” RDI Founder Garry Kasparov reflects on his childhood—offering a contrast between Soviet life and his early glimpses of the free world—reminding us of the freedoms and abundance free societies deliver.

Amazing and deeply disturbing material. Ambassador Witkoff was supposed to advise President Trump. Instead, he has been advising Putin’s men on how to handle President Trump.

“If the CPS were to win its appeal in the Coskun case, it would be a green light to Islamist fanatics to attack anyone they believe has insulted their religion, confident that their victim would be prosecuted.” Britain abolished blasphemy laws 17 years ago. We don’t need them

U.S. lawmakers are calling for Steve Witkoff to be removed from Ukraine war negotiations The demand follows Bloomberg’s publication of transcripts of his conversations with Russian representative Yuri Ushakov. Republican congressman Don Bacon said Witkoff is “completely on

NEW: NHS Tayside has destroyed 40 hard copy theatre logbooks containing info on surgeries carried out by disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel between 1995 & 2013. They were wrecked in July this year despite a ‘Do Not Destroy’ order being in place. Sky News

THE PEACE BROKER: US envoy advised Kremlin official on selling Ukraine plan to Trump, report says foxnews.com/politics/us-en…

If Ushakov's call was over WhatsApp, it would be end-to-end encrypted. That means either that Ushakov's phone is compromised or Dmitriev's, or that one of them recorded & released the call deliberately.

NEW!! Zelenskyy says, as russia 'rebuffs all peace efforts, sanctions must be tightened'

When I try to explain how Russia has been trying to destroy Ukrainian identity and culture for ages, I often mention the story of poet Vasyl Stus. He died in a Soviet gulag in 1985, the year I was born, the year of Perestroika. Here's more about him kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-poet…

Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov at Halifax Security Forum: "For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only

France detains four amid inquiry into suspected Russian spy network aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/2…

Meet the women hoping to kill Starmer’s Chagos deal — and go home thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice Pompé will find out soon if the High Court will allow their judicial review against the PM’s plan to give the islands to Mauritius thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

thetimes.com/article/77197e… Michael Polak of ChurchCourtChambers , the women’s barrister, said the British government had repeatedly argued that the islanders could not return because of security measures for the US airbase and the cost of resettlement. Polak said: “The government’s

😮Mandelson’s lobbying firm linked to Chinese military. Mandelson was a strong influence over the development of current GOV.UK China “policy”. Everything he has touched in govt should be considered tainted and urgently reviewed. #Mandelsonaudit theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Europe is in a proxy war with China. Over Ukraine, as China is the main sponsor of Russian war crimes.