
Matt Merritt
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Matt Merritt
@polyolbion
Editor of Bird Watching Magazine, author of A Sky Full of Birds (https://t.co/TWXT3U9wL1), Nine Arches Press poet (https://t.co/FYXyMp6b8L)






NATO members are obliged to support one another if attacked, not to join wars of choice. That stipulation was made at the demand of the US, which also insisted that the commitment be territorially limited. “The treaty does not cover the entire world,” said Dean Acheson. “It applies only to the North Atlantic area.” He made clear that this had been the key American condition. “We deliberately avoided any implication that we were undertaking a global military commitment.” The Senate, worried about being dragged into European colonial wars, had threatened to refuse ratification unless the limitations were explicit. As John Foster Dulles put it: “If it were made global in scope, it would not be acceptable to the United States.” Despite all this, the only time that NATO has gone to war was indeed out of area, at the request of the US after 9/11.









🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer says he "beat himself up" for appointing Peter Mandelson "I've been really hard on myself... nobody was criticising me more than myself"

EXCL: Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone with texts to Peter Mandelson was stolen. These messages may be lost forever - meaning there there will be gaps in The Mandelson files published by No10. Phone was nicked and reported to police last year. thesun.co.uk/news/38591267/…




🚨 WATCH: Tory MP Andrew Snowden attacks Keir Starmer's "pre-scripted nonsense" answers which bear "no resemblance" to the questions asked Starmer: "They don't want to talk about the war because they supported going into the war without thinking of the consequences" #PMQs


"It’s hard being a Muslim in 2026. People are trying to intimidate us into being less Islamic," says Sadiq Khan. Meanwhile, every major terrorist attack of the past 25yrs has been by muslims. Allahu akbar! 🇬🇧


Starmer bearing the brunt of the flak in this Trump presser. The President claims that the PM told him in yesterday's call he needed to "meet with my team" before deciding the UK's position re sending ships to Hormuz. Trump ridicules this leadership style, saying Starmer should make the decision himself.


Idea that what Tice was doing was remotely like opening an ISA is mad. His was VERY unusual behaviour associated with aggressive tax planning : - UK resident using an offshore trust - he claimed REIT status for a firm that never met the tests (because he owned it personally)


DAN HODGES: Starmer is the cause of confusion about the Middle East. This is what I've discovered happened in a key meeting over whether to support the US trib.al/m5UEeKp








