For those of us who don't know what it is https://ineosgrenadier.com/reveal Looks interesting. The video on the design is comedy gold. You can see they've been told to refer to Land Rover or Defender as little as possible, despite the fact its a near perfect clone.. Ultimately this needs to come in...

This rings true to me: “It's all a matter of trust Bruno Waterfield BRUNO WATERFIELD — For David Frost and Michel Barnier to take the next step, they must assure each other of where they will compromise. That is a risk for both men. Each needs total trust in the other. This week's talks did not prov...

From today’s Times: “ At a separate meeting hosted by hawkish MPs yesterday, the Japanese defence minister said Tokyo wanted to join Five Eyes. Kono Taro met Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, and the China Research Group. “The UK should work together with Japan on pre...

"The committee said Russian influence in the UK was now "the new normal" and the UK was "clearly a target" for disinformation campaigns around its elections. But they said the issue was described as a "hot potato" - with no one organisation taking a lead to tackle...

Reddit tells me that it was the first torpedo that did all the damage to PoW. The rest were insignificant in the sinking. As the Japanese were operating at the edge of their range and running out of torpedoes PoW could well have made it home - with a bit more luck! I have to say that my vague amateu...

Anyone seen anything decent and substantive on what the infection mortality rate is yet? Haven't seen much recently. "Data from COVID deaths in Gangelt, Germany, suggests an IFR of 0.37%. A random sample of 1,000 residents of Gangelt found that 14% were carrying antibodies (2% were detected ca...

Apparently PHE were simply running through the list of people that had previously tested positive, on a daily basis, then checking to see if they were still alive. Anyone who had died was then counted as a CV-19 death, regardless of how long ago the positive test was made, or the actual cause of de...

Anyone seen anything decent and substantive on what the infection mortality rate is yet? Haven't seen much recently. "Data from COVID deaths in Gangelt, Germany, suggests an IFR of 0.37%. A random sample of 1,000 residents of Gangelt found that 14% were carrying antibodies (2% were detected cas...

Quoting from TD: “ FFLAV, MRAV, TRACER and FRES promised much but in the end delivered nothing but large invoices and ‘lessons learned’ reports. Meanwhile, the legacy fleet of vehicles, hand built by blokes in brown coats, have soldiered on through multiple conflicts whilst the British Army tried to...

The US has the budget to do everything. We don't. Let's stop trying to pretend we can. Reduce funding for the army significantly. Lose all heavy and medium formations. Accept significant head count reductions. After that, any spare funds released should be reinvested in the Navy and air force. More ...

Oh: “ The 48 Group was founded after 48 British businessmen travelled to China to establish trade relations with the regime in Beijing in 1954. The delegation was led by Jack Perry, a businessman, and two associates, Roland Berger and Bernard Buckman, who were covert members of the Communist Party o...

What is odd, surprising even, is how many of the great and the good across the west have been lined up in the interim to say that escape from the wuhan lab is a conspiracy theory and a bit nuts (on the basis of little or no evidence against and strong circumstantial evidence in favour.) What has dri...

Their initial response, with people being forcibly restrained in their homes, showed a degree of panic that can only have come from the fact that they knew what they were dealing with from the start. Yes, I thought exactly this at the time videos started coming out of this practice. They had to kno...

Sunday Times goes big with COVID links to the Wuhan Lab: Revealed: Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab The world’s closest known relative to the Covid-19 virus was found in 2013 by Chinese scientists in an abandoned mine where it was linked to deaths caused by a coronavirus-...

Trump is once again wrong... Reality is happening, people are slowly realising that there are things you shouldn't do or say if you want a friendly, constructive, modern society.... the backwards thinking that Trump and MAGAs have is something that should have been left in the past years ago. I mea...

After a very lengthy and troubled gestation, both T26 and T31 are progressing. With international sales T26 is looking like a genuine success. Any amateur student of the RN over the last few decades will know that it is inevitable - inevitable - that the forthcoming Cummings led security review wil...

Yes, but if I was being negative I’d argue that T31 is just the reheated c2/c3 concept stemming from, what the early 90s? But is there anything wrong or surprising about that? It's often the case in big, long-term enterprises that a strong case can be made for different strategic approaches. Typica...

Yes, but if I was being negative I’d argue that T31 is just the reheated c2/c3 concept stemming from, what the early 90s?

After a very lengthy and troubled gestation, both T26 and T31 are progressing. With international sales T26 is looking like a genuine success. Any amateur student of the RN over the last few decades will know that it is inevitable - inevitable - that the forthcoming Cummings led security review will...

The UK has now said it will offer a path to citizenship for Hong Kong residents who hold a British overseas (BNO) passport. The sooner, the better. This should be a priority, and an expedited process “Downing Street has said BNOs will be eligible to travel to the UK immediately ahead of the details...

Progressive Ben Judah sees teh light with regards to a CANZUK grouping (though as a progressive it needs to be "decolonized" first apparently): "This club of three—as a new C-3 grouping of Canada, Australia, and Britain—has legs. But the idea must be reclaimed from the nationalist rig...

Johnson / Cummings haven’t moved with the speed I would have advocated (or I bet McDonnell would have if he had gained power). History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme (other cliches are available). The drivers are not dissimilar to the 1930s, but the result won’t be identical. Doubt Fascism will p...

I wouldn't be too sure, it doesn't take much for an advisor to find himself out in the cold. Sure. So don’t be an advisor. Legislate to move all the powers of the cabinet secretary and more to yourself as an all powerful “chief of staff”. I think you know what i mean. People in politics in such pos...

That is about as simplistic a statement I have seen so far over the 129 pages. Hmmnn. *checks notes* In order to get a respectable deal May must be able to demonstrate that she is prepared to walk away and fall back on WTO tariffs - if she is prevented from doing that we will end up with the worst ...

US / UK negotiations transcript - UK: Would you like a burger while we take a break USA? I made it myself. US: ooohhh lovely, what’s in it? UK: well, I thought you might like some pickles, and that weird cheese you like, and some lovely home made relish. US: say, that’s super of you. UK: yes, and th...