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2nd June 25: Today Kier Starmer announced that he would be raising our defence spending to 3% of GDP. Given the current global situation, is this anywhere near enough?

5 Sivan 5785: On the eve of Shavuot, I am minded of the sixth statement and how Israel by disregarding this to such a profound effect, rips up any claim that Judaism and Zionism are one in the same.

31st May 25: Itamar Ben-Gvir is a racist thug turned minister. A settler fanatic who idolises mass murderers, incites ethnic cleansing, and now wields state power like a playground bully with tanks.

28th May 25: Kemi Badenoch just said the quiet thing out loud. That we are not just benign bystanders to a genocide, we are up to our nuts in it.

27th May 25: Where do I even start with this little shit. Charismatic snake oil salesman and poster boy of the hard of thinking. Forever platformed and dangerous.

26th May 25: In Israel today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), where the Israelis celebrate the taking of Jerusalem from the Jordanians in 1967. Bibi knows this ethno-nationalism is the only way to cling to power.

25th May 25: The Gammon had a day out yesterday in what was termed 'The Great British General Strike'. It was a bit of a wash out but I'm sure Wetherspoons did alright out of it.

27th May 25 - Finland has a tiny population and a long and uncomfortable relationship with it's neighbour to the East that has resulted in several wars. It's recently joined NATO, it is armed to the teeth and prepared and it is right to be so.

19th May 25 - Today we move forward with a re-alignment with the EU that should iron out the worst excesses of Brexit. What w shouldn't be doing is working with the EU to create digital authoritarianism. And the Bank of England is already doing this. It needs to stop.

18th May 25 - Arsonists target the Prime Minister and arrests are made. The Police treat this like a terrorist incident but no one claims responsibility. Is this less of an attack and more of a message?

14th May 25: As the world slips into fascism, and cases of anti-Semitism rise, the protections afforded by the compact against anti-Semitism have eroded. Mainly because of accusations thrown around like confetti against people critical of Israel. Now the real anti-Semites are showing thier hand ...

12th May 25 - Putin is playing a game. When he calls for a ceasefire it is a calculated gamble designed to buy time and destabilise the west and the last thing on his mind is actually stopping the war, unless it is on his terms.