Is the War Against Iran in British or European Interests?
22 June 2025
by Noah Carl
Beware the 3.5% Rule
22 June 2025
Liverpool University has asked its full-time support staff to come into the office for three days a week instead of two. Needless to say, their trade union is up in arms about this and 300 of its members are set to strike.
The government has spent £500,000 on revamping a website. According to critics, the rebrand involved little more than changing a colour and moving a full stop.
A collapse of the Iranian state would not be in Britain or the rest of Europe's interests. There could be another mass exodus of refugees to Europe—just like the one in 2015, only larger.
Dominic Cummings has given an interview to Kamal Ahmed in the Telegraph about the sclerotic British state. It's the usual critique that by now we're all familiar with, but cannot be repeated often enough.
Last night the US bombed three different nuclear sites in Iran in what is the most consequential decision of Trump's presidency to date. He has labelled the bombings a "spectacular military success”.
According to Police Scotland, the police aim to ensure "everyone is able to flourish knowing they are valued for their true and authentic selves". No wonder they're so useless at fighting crime, says Dr David McGrogan.
The anti-Trump No Kings protests cling to a '3.5% Rule' that claims tiny minorities can topple tyrants. It's yet another ridiculous generalisation by a political scientist, says Prof James Alexander.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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