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https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2036237646599537061

IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency claims that the US and Israel has carried out strikes on two "energy infrastructure" sites

Does that mean that Bibi has pulled rank on Trump-again.

Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacks
Israeli military says it will continue operations in line with Israeli government directives until told otherwise
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/israel-launches-new-strikes-on-tehran-as-trump-pauses-iran-energy-attacks

Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep bombing Iran after Donald Trump called off strikes against Tehran’s energy facilities.

“We are continuing to strike in both Iran and Lebanon,” the Israeli prime minister said on Monday night.

“We are smashing the missile programme and the nuclear programme, and we continue to deal severe blows to Hezbollah. Just a few days ago, we eliminated two more nuclear scientists – and we are still active.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/23/iran-war-latest-news-trump-strait-of-hormuz-israel/ (£££)

Good.

Remember George, this is no time to go wobbly.

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https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2036237646599537061

IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency claims that the US and Israel has carried out strikes on two "energy infrastructure" sites

Does that mean that Bibi has pulled rank on Trump-again.

Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacks
Israeli military says it will continue operations in line with Israeli government directives until told otherwise
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/israel-launches-new-strikes-on-tehran-as-trump-pauses-iran-energy-attacks

Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep bombing Iran after Donald Trump called off strikes against Tehran’s energy facilities.

“We are continuing to strike in both Iran and Lebanon,” the Israeli prime minister said on Monday night.

“We are smashing the missile programme and the nuclear programme, and we continue to deal severe blows to Hezbollah. Just a few days ago, we eliminated two more nuclear scientists – and we are still active.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/23/iran-war-latest-news-trump-strait-of-hormuz-israel/ (£££)

Morning all.
YouGov brings a tightening

Ref 23 (-2)
Lab 19 (+2)
Grn 18 (-1)
Con 17 (=)
LD 13 (-1)

We are not far off an effective 4 way tie with YouGov

It's clear Reform are on the skids. We can all have our own theories. Mine is that the zeitgeist has shifted. They have become associated with things that are now seen as ugly. Trump Netanyahu bombing lying ,,,,,,their USP that they could be more ruthless with people fleeing persecution dioesn't seem quite as attractive anymore.

........The people associated with them don't seem quite as fresh......hand me down politicians from a time not so long ago. Do they feel a little shop soiled?

They are no longer the shiny new pin for the dissatisfied (Pokanski and Lowe are the new thing) and it's simply not possible to keep your vote absolutely raging for 5 years which they need for 'full potential'.
And Nadhim Zahawi

My guess is that 75% of the movement in public opinion on Brexit is nostalgia for the time before Trump, Covid and Ukraine.

Nostalgia for an imaginary period before Brexit.

The 2006-2016 period wasn't the best in the UK - bank crashes, high unemployment, uncontrolled immigration and then public spending restrictions.

You'd have to go back to between 1995 and 2005 for a period when things seemed good and the future rosy.

The Blair Years...

There was never a better time to be PM than what Blair had.

And what did he achieve during it ?

48 quarters of successive growth

Medicated growth by stoking a credit bubble and allowing mass immigration.

Immigration was lower under Blair than under Cameron/May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak.

So was national debt.

You could argue that the issue is not with the politicians but with the voters who are happy to pass on costs to future generations. But they don't like the solution (more working age immigration) either.

My guess is that 75% of the movement in public opinion on Brexit is nostalgia for the time before Trump, Covid and Ukraine.

Nostalgia for an imaginary period before Brexit.

The 2006-2016 period wasn't the best in the UK - bank crashes, high unemployment, uncontrolled immigration and then public spending restrictions.

You'd have to go back to between 1995 and 2005 for a period when things seemed good and the future rosy.

The Blair Years...

There was never a better time to be PM than what Blair had.

And what did he achieve during it ?

48 quarters of successive growth

Medicated growth by stoking a credit bubble and allowing mass immigration.

Immigration was lower under Blair than under Cameron/May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak.