Nick Stone

NATO isn’t fraying because Europe won’t spend enough. It’s fraying because much of the MAGA right no longer see Europe as the same civilisation. My latest on a relationship possibly destined to become ever more distant, whatever Starmer and European leaders do now. substack.com/home/post/p-19…

👀 Blimey @energy_said (one of the smartest energy analysts around) calculates that if oil continues to be disrupted as it is today it "would push prices upwards by $1/bbl per day, until prices surpassed $250/bbl, while almost zeroing global GDP growth." Totally catastrophic.

6 Over 47 years the Islamic Republic has made only two major compromises. The first was its 1988 decision to end the Iran-Iraq war--after eight years and an estimated 200K Iranian deaths--a concession Khomeini likened to drinking poison. The second was Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal.

NEW WOLRD ORDER 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 While no one was looking China has DUMPED U.S. treasuries to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. They’ve HALVED their holdings from $1.3T to $650B. At the same time they have been super-accumulating the lifeblood of the NEW system… Gold.

Trump’s use of profanity (“Fuckin’ Strait”) and aggressive insults (“crazy bastards”) in this post, alongside the sarcasm or taunting in his closing phrase, “Praise be to Allah,” may be seen by his critics not merely as a lapse in executive restraint and impulse control, but as indicative of diminished judgment at a moment when his war on Iran is holding the world economy hostage.

Passengers forced to stand for hours on regional trains in Victoria as free tickets supercharge long weekend demand. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Any regrets yet from @Nigel_Farage @BorisJohnson @trussliz @RobertJenrick @Jacob_Rees_Mogg for backing this man to be President?

The prime time president has scheduled another message to the nation it seems. Last time he said nothing of note

@DPJHodges @Cedar50 It is genuine.

If this is genuine Trump needs to be removed from office quickly. He’s clearly having some form of breakdown.

Latest Trump message to Iran: “Open the Fuckin’ Straight you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” This is a waterway the President has said is largely unimportant to the United States. In a war which was won weeks ago.

Any other President, any other country, and the expectation would be that this person would be removed from their post as clearly unfit for office.

This is real, the President has just posted this

Are these the actual words of the actual US President?

As politicians attack the name of marmalade, here’s my own jar.

Jet fuel reserves in European countries. The UK has the most flights and the shortest reserves: 3 months of jet fuel left at present.

🗳️Reform UK supports plummets in Scotland following chaotic start to Holyrood campaign, @NorstatUKPolls finds. Constituency: 🟡 SNP 34 (-1 vs Feb) 🔴 Lab 19 (+2) ➡️ Ref 15 (-4) 🔵 Con 11 (+1) 🟠 LibDem 10 (+2) 🟢 Green 8 (=)

Both true 🤣🤣

Election Enjoyer Midterm House Forecast: 🔵 Democrats: 54% → 241 seats (+26) 🔴Republicans: 45% → 194 seats (-26)

Vice President JD Vance is reportedly considering not running for President in 2028 because the polls are looking so bad for Republicans and he believes Trump's war in Iran has likely made the race unwinnable. He likely would prefer Secretary of State Marco Rubio to be the John McCain sacrificial lamb to go down to a landslide defeat so he can run as the GOP's savior in 2032 to bring them back from political oblivion.