Wayne Connolly

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Hello lovely people. Razur Cuts XV is here and available to purchase from our website: razurcuts.com We have stories, poems, photos & 3 cracking interviews. Contributor copies in the post. Thanks to everyone for your support over the years. X RC X ✊❤️ Luv ye!

@Donna__McLean I watched most of the first two days, and this morning’s session up to the break. It was gruelling stuff.

@KeeperOfPybus Did you see all of it? I might have to watch this morning again because I was distracted and feeling quite stressed about the private session. I'm so glad we had Barr on this.

I realised something today. I'd thought there were two versions of Carlo (fake/ spycop), but there are actually three versions: •One I thought I knew •One on the stand, still claiming genuine feelings and personal difficulties •The *true* OP HERNE abhorrent version #spycops

@Donna__McLean He is very impressive. The way he led up to the final question about legal advice and lying, just before the morning break was something to see.

David Barr cut through all of it. He is brilliant. Extraordinary experience to witness this, especially so close up and personal.

Keir Starmer would not, I think, aspire to be Winston Churchill (during the general election, when I pressed him to pick one hero from history, he reluctantly alighted on Nelson Mandela). And on the evidence of conversations with his team, I didn’t detect sadness that Donald Trump has turned on him by denigrating him as no reincarnation of Britain’s celebrated war-time leader. Party politics explains that. The left of the Labour Party hated the way they saw Starmer fawning to the American president for more than a year. And what looked to them like appeasement helped the Green Party under Polanski win votes in the Gorton and Denton by-election and support more broadly. So maybe Starmer’s refusal, initially, to allow Trumpt to use British bases including Diego Garcia for its war against Iran - which is what sparked Trump’s fury - will temper the Green surge. Maybe. But economics and politics are at odds here. And the economics may yet rebound on Starmer. Because a vindictive Trump may punish Starmer by shredding the preferential tariffs, for car manufacturers and other exporters, that the prime minister secured as a result of wooing Trump. And that would be both costly for the UK and humiliating for Starmer. That said, the evidence of opinion polls is that a majority of British people do not want the UK to go to war against Iran, and they are not Trump fans. So again the rift may not be politically costly to the PM. But there is another but. Namely that we are now allowing the US to use our air bases. And most people won’t understand the PM’s logic in saying no to US fighter jets a few days ago and yes today. The logic, for Starmer, is that his attorney general Richard Hermer told him it was unlawful for America to use our bases when America was the aggressor and before Tehran had retaliated but it became lawful when Tehran started dropping bombs on our Gulf and Arab allies. Voters may well accept that is international law. And they may also say that if so the law is an ass. Some of them may also say that the PM made a mistake in alienating the most powerful leader in the world, at a time of international crisis, when there was always a strong probability that Iran would lash out at the UK and allies, such that Starmer would have to capitulate and permit the American military to deploy on UK property. As a number of senior military and intelligence people have said to me, though using slightly different words, if in this case international law was an ass, maybe the PM was too, for putting that law above realpolitik.

I’ve just finished listening to today’s evidence at the Undercover Policing Enquiry. @Donna__McLean Donna, what an ordeal, but you were clear and strong. It was moving, infuriating and all those things, but you were so impressive. And now you know who paid for all those presents.

@Donna__McLean I'll be watching, Donna. ✊️

Tom will be back on #spycops reporting duties the week after next! The inquiry resumes on 23rd Feb after the half-term break with only one day of evidence from UCO Jason Bishop (HN3). I'll be next up on the 24th, with 'Lindsey' on the 25th and Lois Austen returning on the 26th.

@Donna__McLean I’m dandy thanks. Put most of my attention on BlueSky these days, but just lurk around here for your account and spycops enquiry news. Looking forward to getting out of winter and reading DK’s new novel in April.

@KeeperOfPybus Thanks, Wayne. How are you getting on? x

TEN YEARS AGO #spycops youtu.be/540XUH-OSsM?si…

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@fffict @scottishproduct @TrashCatLit @RelphJp @ApricotPress @frazzledlitmag @UnderbellyPress @PistolJimPress @litgarage01 @scaffoldlitmag Excited to be ‘on a promise’ in 2026 with more fine folk I’ve wistfully coveted from afar, including @MicromanceMag , @MISTERBULLBULL , and @3ammagazine. Bring on the difficult second album.

In 2024 (& the 40 years before), I was a writer in my head. In 2025, I threw some stuff at the 🌎. My scribblings were published 14 times, shortlisted in 2 comps, & nominated as a 'best of''. I also finished a no foolin’ novel. Ridicule is nothing to be scared of. Highlights…!

If anyone receives an email from my bt email address this morning, please ignore and delete. It seems that my account has been hacked and is sending out junk to everyone I've ever corresponded with. Sorry

@Donna__McLean I've been thinking of you through all this, Donna, as I've been reading the daily reports. I can't imagine how hard it has been to hear all this, but I can feel your rage. Best wishes now in solidarity with you and all the good people.

ANOTHER YEAR OF #SPYCOPS MADNESS OVER. And on into the next...

@Donna__McLean No, he's smiling

@KeeperOfPybus Bobby Gillespie?!

It's not Frankie, I know... 😂

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We’re delighted to announce we’re open for submissions to Razur Cuts XV. Short stories, poems, photography, artwork all welcome. Word count : 1k, window closes…midnight 22/8/25. Please send in a word doc to: razurcuts@gmail.com Love to all. X RC X ✊❤️