⭐Tim Lockett ⭐𝕏

i've been watching the BBC series The Shadow of the Tower, which chronicles the rise to power of Henry VII after the War of the Roses and his struggle to establish the Tudor dynasty on the throne of England. Watching it is a stark reminder of how, not long ago, this was a very different country. Ask yourself, would the BBC today commission such a piece of historical re-enactment? Would it attempt to faithfully portray the mind and motives of Henry, the political intrigues of the Council, or the deeply alien world of late-medieval England - without smothering it in modern moral commentary? The answer is obviously no. The BBC of 1972 was actually interested in portraying British history, for a British public who had been taught this at school. There was an implicit sense that this is the history of the land and the people who inhabit it should naturally wish to see it faithfully represented. Today, we have lost confidence in our past. When we do deal with it, it is only insofar as we recognise our wrongdoings. It has become a cautionary tale about the present, rather than a world worth inhabiting in its own sense. And that's a great, great shame.

President Trump wants to appease President Putin. Most Americans reject it. We reject Putin.

I remain mystified by President Trump's continual deference to Vladimir Putin, who: - Is a dictator - Is a terrorist - Hates the West in general and the U.S. in particular I have no plausible explanation for President Trump's inexplicable behavior towards Putin (the aggressor) and Zelensky (the victim).

The special relationship is completely dead. Trump brutally humiliates the UK on the world stage, mocking their aircraft carriers as pathetic toys compared to the US. He openly rejects their delayed offer for help, proving the Western coalition has completely fractured.