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The government is still unable to explain why this is necessary. It hasn't explained to anyone what the threat to Diego Garcia is supposed to be. It hasn't explained what anyone except Mauritius is gaining from this. It still refuses to meet Chagossians to explain the sell-out.

Wonderful clarity from Royal Bank of Canada describing the absurdity and nihilism of Britain's policies of deliberately destroying the North Sea oil and gas economy. Why are we doing this to ourselves? rbcbluebay.com/en-gb/institut…

As my friend Christopher Hitchens put it: “Is nothing sacred? No, nothing is sacred.” And the freedom to denounce, satirise and desecrate any holy book is integral to a civilised society.

🎉 The Chagos Islands Parliamentary petition has surpassed 10,000 signatures. Every single constituency in the UK has now signed this petition. The UK Government must rethink this disastrous deal. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7027…

The misery of the WW2 Arctic Convoys: how their troubled history reflects post-war East-West geopolitics. Did they do any good? My thoughts in today's online edition of The Critic thecritic.co.uk/stalins-umbili…

This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger was head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020. Really worth watching.

An interesting article, much of which is relevant to the UK's circumstances.

Warship modularisation can be a viable approach, but successful adoption involves significant trade-offs and requires time and investment to get right, writes Andrew Livsey. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

I do believe quite a bit of this stems from institutions employing academics with no interest in critical thought or debate, just exploiting academia for the purposes of activism. In general, I don’t consider these people scholars.

My latest: The Material Basis of Changing Gender Relations persuasion.community/p/the-material…

Suggesting that a carrier deployment has inertia when land based airfields are static and the task group’s ships can alter course by 180 degrees in around six minutes is a level of chutzpah that I only aspire to.

My piece in The Critic, on the need for British realism abroad. thecritic.co.uk/message-to-bri…

For the total cost of the Chagos ‘deal’, the government could provide an additional £1,183 in funding per child in English state education.

As a minor detail, contrary to the statement below, in air ops at sea one does not always recover with sufficient fuel to divert to an alternate. I’ve seen the contrary planned and executed often. At sea if the local weather is poor one can move the air base, unlike on land.

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