Martin Silenus

Brussels pushes remote working to ease energy crisis

This is why you only ever get to see photos of five or six rows of people at the Tufton Street anti trans astroterf event that calls itself the LGB Alliance. It gets smaller every year. Love this for them.

BREAKING NEWS: “Starmer denies knowing he was Prime Minister” Sir Kier Starmer has revealed that no one told him until last Tuesday he won the 2024 election and had become PM. He told Beth Rigby “I was totally kept in the dark by my officials. I’m really angry about it.”

Nice to see so many familiar faces around today’s International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting.

*US CONSIDERS $20 BILLION CASH-FOR-URANIUM DEAL WITH IRAN: AXIOS

PRESIDENT TRUMP: The UK should open up the North Sea. They should use it instead of buying oil from places that use the same source. They are doing windmills. Windmills do one thing: put you out of business.

BREAKING NEWS (with the potential to be massive): The Guardian reveals Peter Mandelson failed advanced security vetting before becoming US ambassador. He was initially denied developed vetting clearance in January 2025 - weeks after Keir Starmer had officially announced his appointment. Foreign Office was ‘encouraged’ to deploy a rarely-used power to override the recommendation from security officials. The Government promised total transparency on the Mandelson affair after MPs forced it to release of a batch of documents about the process. But nothing it has released reveals this startling fact. Indeed, Starmer has always insisted Mandelson was subject to 'security vetting, carried out independently by the security services, which is an intensive exercise that gave him clearance for the role'. Developing …

Kim Jung Un of North Korea has said: I am always ready to sit down with the US President at any time to make efforts for a mediation with Iran to produce an outcome that the international community would welcome.

I hate to say it, but witnessing the sheer unpreparedness to respond to this crisis, I truly believe the EU is at grave risk. It took forty-four days after the beginning of the worst energy crisis in history for UVDL to speak about the need for coordination among EU states. 🧵

In about a week, everyone, not only America, will be finally talking about the fourth systemic risk-driven global crisis - much worse than GFC, Covid or Russia’s war on Ukraine. And I will be like: I’ve been trying to warn you for the last six weeks despite all the rude bashing.

The US and Israel's strategic defeat in the war with Iran, and Iran's strengthened geopolitical position, may give the Abraham Accords a new lease on life. The UAE, and perhaps other GCC states, may turn to Israel to balance against Iran since they either don't want to, or don't believe they can, reach a modus vivendi with Tehran. And because they understandably don't believe they can surely rely on the US any longer. But the Accords will now be completely naked. No more pretense about creating peace in the region. Or that it will help the Palestinians. Rather, it's true and original intent will be clear for all to see: An anti-Iran coalition that adds to the region's instability. Ironically, the Accords contributed to creating the circumstances that brought about the current war, and doubling down on the Accords will likely only make matters worse.