William Crawley

I’ve created a bolthole over at @bluesky — if you’re in the area, say hello. I’ve got the same profile name there. @ williamcrawley.bsky.social

BREAKING: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to 5 years: CEO 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/fs4nzb?update=…

This is the most troublesome sign I've seen for Trump & the GOP. Trump's now a record low 41 pts underwater on the cost of living per Yahoo/YouGov. He's 60 pts underwater on the issue with indies!! Wave adios to the House & maybe Senate cause you can't win with these numbers.

Lebanon: Israel hits civilian infrastructure with almost 1,000 killed channel4.com/news/lebanon-i…

BREAKING: Qatar declares Iranian embassy’s military, security attaches and their staff persona non grata 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/b8762y?update=…

NEW: Reform UK risks breaching data protection laws with its competition to win free energy bills for a year, lawyers and data experts have warned. Nigel Farage announced the lottery as a way to advertise his latest policy to cut energy bills. But entrants have to sign up via a website, disclosing not only their name, email and telephone number, but also how they voted at last election and how they intend to vote at next one. @kiranstacey reports theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

BREAKING: The U.S. was informed about a plan for an Israeli strike on an Iranian gas field but did not take part in it, AP source says. Follow the latest updates: apnews.com/live/iran-war-…

It is fascinating that the full story of this Belgian assassination of Lumumba finally revealed A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial over the 1961 killing of the Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba, in a decision hailed as a major step towards confronting the country’s colonial past. Étienne Davignon, a one-time European commissioner and the only person still alive among ten Belgians accused by the Congolese leader’s family of complicity in his murder, stands accused of participation in “war crimes”. The former prime minister’s grandson, Mehdi Lumumba, welcomed the Brussels court decision — which remains subject to appeal — as “historic”. thetimes.com/world/europe/a…

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly says President Donald Trump’s seeming suggestion of an Irish merger was just banter, and shows Northern Ireland is on his radar. She also said there have been no indications so far that First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been missed.

CBS Evening News Drops to 3.83 Million Viewers, Down More Than 25% From Its Peak As ratings have fallen to about 3.83 million viewers—down roughly 30 percent from about 5.4 million two years ago and far behind the more than 8 million watching its top rival—and as leadership fractures, CBS News faces a deeper problem: it has unsettled its existing audience without yet building a credible replacement. open.substack.com/pub/theintelle…

It’s Déjà vu all over again. The Scotsman, October 29th 1987…

There is a growing demand for fluent Irish speakers. The government has set a 20% recruitment quota for Irish speakers in the public sector by 2030 economist.com/europe/2026/03…

.@MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan tells me and @repubblica his reaction to @NJ_Timothy’s words on Muslims’ praying as “act of domination”: “Until a few years ago I expected this sort of comments from the far right and @TRobinsonNewEra. Now these comments are mainstream both in @reformparty_uk and the @Conservatives. These guys are poundshop president @realDonaldTrump”

Culture Sec Lisa Nandy is “really concerned” about the efficacy of press regulator IPSO She questioned: “If only 1% of complaints are upheld and nobody has ever been fined, is that because everything that is produced by the press in this country is 100% true and accurate...?"

Car-crash hearing in progress.

UK to buy more Belfast-built missiles for Middle East defence against Iranian drones belfasttelegraph.co.uk/local/east-bel…

BREAKING: Qatar's Ministry of Interior is reporting a fire in the Ras Laffan area - home to the world's largest LNG production facility - following an "Iranian targeting". 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/b8762y?update=…

US intelligence concluded that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war. u.afp.com/SL8j

A positive engagement with the President of the United States at the White House. It was an opportunity to promote Northern Ireland and to talk about our key messages - that Northern Ireland is an excellent place to visit and invest, but importantly to build relationships and collaborations. I am always proud to champion Northern Ireland.

🇺🇦 Ukraine’s plan to cut off Russia’s front-line troops is working Inside Kyiv’s drone campaign ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

There's no break in MAGA. Trump's approval with MAGA GOP is literally 100%. 90% of MAGA GOP approve of US military action in Iran. Those who disapprove of Trump are not MAGA at this point. Importantly: MAGA makes up the same share of voters as it did when Trump won in 2024.