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A superpower works best when its iron fist wears a velvet glove. Trump’s plan exposes the hand. Doug Stokes asks, will allies still kiss the ring, or start looking elsewhere? thecritic.co.uk/Donald-Trump-i…

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.Doug Stokes suggests “Liberation Day” might just Make Europe Great Again thecritic.co.uk/Donald-Trump-i…

This is an excellent analysis of the downside risks of Trump's new approach to trade and debt policy, from a geopolitical perspective. Still very much worth a read, notwithstanding the White House cooling its engines.

Why the 'Didn't Earn It' DEI experiment is existential. Pink hair lecture kids and university administrator grifters don't matter but when this spreads beyond the campus, patients die, critical infrastructure slowly rots and national security is compromised. Merit matters.

From trains to tanks: Germany’s rearmament marks industrial shift - on.ft.com/3RwFd7p Making Europe Great Again.

At the Bronze Age Scorhill stone circle in Dartmoor. Built in 2500 BCE. The sun sets over the tip of the tallest stone when viewed from the circle’s center on Midsummer’s Eve. The doughnut shaped Tolmen Stone in the river was used in Druid purification rituals.

VE Day street celebrations in Gateshead, 1945. Beautifully remastered in colour. #VEDay80

“Britain’s energy security must come before green targets – otherwise it’s strategically ridiculous. Who wants to be a Net Zero leader when 100,000s of old people are shivering to death in their homes?” Doug Stokes on the Sceptic. Full episode👇

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We are witnessing the perversion of the judiciary and the ideological capture of the police, both arms of the state which now seem intent in enforcing a worldview sanctioned by the last Conservative government and endorsed by our Labour politicians today. spectator.co.uk/article/the-po…

This is an excellent diagnosis of how British policing became so broken, Pimlico Journal, and well worth reading. The 29 election will be an inflexion point, and we all need to be clear on how to fix Broken Britain.

Hungary has been unfairly castigated for a long time, but it's been ahead of the curve on many issues in many ways. Perhaps one of the most pressing structural issues facing Europe is demographic decline. An essential intervention by Balázs Orbán telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/1…

Long overdue. Germany weaponised it's post war guilt into becoming a security taker and money maker. A great country that is slowly waking up to the fact that the post cold war liberal hegemonic moment is well and truly dead. dw.com/en/germany-aim…

Civilization isn't maintained by being nice and kind to one another but through the custodianship and defense of its outer edges by often countless acts of sacrifice. How did we end up tormenting its aged watchmen whilst rewarding its tormentors? This must be reversed.

The obvious risk with Lord Hermer’s approach to international law is that it sacrifices self-government and the national interest on the altar of unthinking compliance, especially compliance with some international tribunal. spectator.co.uk/article/lord-h…

New briefing from us Prosperity Institute on why the Government’s UK-EU security pact is a mistake. Despite a welcome NATO-first focus in this week’s SDR, the UK-EU pact risks undermining British security and sovereignty.

New report on UK defence and security. Leading without Entanglement - for ⁦Prosperity Institute⁩ prosperity.com/media-publicat…

The ECHR amounts to a serious quasi-constitutional obstacle to the ability of an elected parliament to do what its voters want. You can have faithful adherence to the rules promoted by Strasbourg, or a democratically responsive administration, not both. spectator.co.uk/article/kemi-i…

Half an hour drive from the middle of Exeter. England is a glorious country still. I will miss Devon greatly!