
The 'Rhodesia Solution': How to use word tricks to 'disclose' a scandal to a Prime Minister while allowing him not to act. And to say, later on, that he wasn't really told...
David Hartwell
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Ex UK MoD/Jane’s now OSINT. Cornish and European. Music is life; “Bit of a legend” - Tom Ravenscroft; Spurs for life; views own; RT not endorsement. On Bluesky.

The 'Rhodesia Solution': How to use word tricks to 'disclose' a scandal to a Prime Minister while allowing him not to act. And to say, later on, that he wasn't really told...

🚨 SCOOP: The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan to end the war, with one element under discussion being that the U.S. would release $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in return for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium. axios.com/2026/04/17/ira…


🇬🇧🇪🇺 Big step forward!! The UK will rejoin Erasmus+ in 2027. Thousands of UK students will once again head to Spain 🇪🇸 and across Europe to study, work and connect—building skills, friendships and shared futures. People-to-people ties are back at the heart of our partnership🤝


One thing people need to be aware of. It's almost unheard of for someone to actually fail DV. Never mind someone as high profile as Peter Mandelson. Whatever the Red Flag was, it had to be major.

Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth + Just two HOURS after it was discovered by astronomers READ MORE ⬇ ⬇ trib.al/e3ixjHA

WHO IS THE U.S. NEGOTIATING WITH IN IRAN? As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard. My latest story for @newyorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Utter charlatan. I can see why he appealed to Jenrick, whose convictions last for less time than an episode of newsround.


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Liberal men aren’t attractive.


(🥇) 🚨 NEW: Roberto De Zerbi has taken his #thfc players for a lavish team-bonding meal as he attempts to save the club from relegation. 🥘💸 On Wednesday night, De Zerbi took players and staff to the Bacchanalia restaurant in Mayfair, where a main course costs up to £130. The meal was designed to bring the players closer together and ease the stress of their relegation battle. Sources believe that De Zerbi wants his players to talk more and form a stronger bond for the final six games of the season. @Matt_Law_DT

What's the greatest cover Song of all-time!! (Not counting All Along The Watchtower)

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon sermon. Comedy…

Wernher von Braun, director of NASA's Marchall Space Flight Center, at his office in Huntsville, Alabama 1965.