"A senior lawyer appointed by Reform UK to investigate allegations against suspended MP Rupert Lowe and his team has denied making comments he has attributed to her."
The first sign trump is really serious about invading Canada will be a complete US military pull out from Europe, including the UK. They have a huge amount of valuable assets here, all of which would be seized immediately the US moved on Canada. So those aircraft will be long gone before war happens.
Isn’t something along those lines already planned ?
Only some eastern European countries, at least so far. There has been nothing announced about US bases in the UK, for example, and no current evidence of any withdrawal of forces.
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
Nurses take notes home all the time. They shouldn’t, but they do. (I bet intensive care nurses stopped taking notes home after the Letby case though, once they realised it could be used against them.) The notes to herself about guilt are ones the therapist appointed to her by her employer told her to make apparently.
According to sources I’ve seen, it was standard practice in the neonatal department to not “rush to intervene” with a crashing baby (in case you made things worse presumably) but to stand by at first, so that doesn’t really count either.
This is the thing with the Letby case, it’s a pile of suspicious sounding stories that sound like clear evidence of her guilt /if/ you think she’s already guilty. If not? They evaporate into thin air.
The only hard evidence is the insulin poisoning & if that fails, it seems to me that everything else fails with it.
Nurses don’t usually take home the notes of babies that died and stash them under the bed and then lie about not being able to dispose of them.
A therapist told her to write about her feelings. The therapist did NOT tell her to confess to baby murders in those notes. What she wrote in those notes was up to her.
I don’t know what nonsense you’ve come up with around desaturating infants, but, no, you don’t just stand there.
You ignored other points I had noted. There was the time the mother of Baby E described hearing her infant scream, and walking in to find him with blood around his mouth and Letby in the room. Baby E later died. There is the other evidence that the deaths were unexpected and unnatural. There is the association between these deaths and Letby being on duty. And so on.
The association between the deaths and Letby being on duty is because the prosecution dropped deaths when Letby was not on duty. They drew the target around the holes, as it were.
Rather than bricks in the wall of evidence, the case seems to be made of Swiss cheese after statisticians have demolished the statistical case and the international Shoo Lee commission did the same for the medical case. It is not even clear there were any excess deaths at all compared to similar trusts.
While I don't know the details, that isn't necessarily the smoking gun you think it is.
It is possible (and again, I don't know the details, so I am just creating a theory here), that she was on duty half the time, and there were 20 deaths when she was on duty, and 2 when she was not.
The question -from a statistical point of view- is what would be the normal number of deaths? It is possible that you would expect 2-4 deaths in the period, and therefore when she was not on duty there were a normal number, and when she was, there was an abnormal.
In which case, excluding the deaths from the case isn't particular evidence of anything.
A much bigger issue to me is that statistical evidence on its own should not be enough to convict. Someone is going to win the lottery every week, even if the odds are 16 million to 1 against. That doesn't make them a cheat, that makes them the one person who - ah hem - won.
This was part of the RSS report iirc. First, were there any excess deaths at all, or was the prosecution using the wrong comparator? Second (as you say) clusters can be due to natural variation. Someone has to win the race, someone has to come last.
Now I am no expert. All I am saying is that experts in statistics have demolished the prosecution's statistical case, and medical experts have demolished the medical case. What we now need is for the CCRC to pull its finger out and not get stuck on legalisticarguments about whether theseexperts should have had crystal balls so they could have examined the trial before it took place.
You may have replied on the previous post but I haven’t checked
Your argument boils down to one of the most highly rated and experienced criminal QCs being crap at his job
If the statistical and medical evidence has been “demolished” why didn’t he make that case in the court?
Aiui Ben Myers KC is Letby's barrister now but not at the original trial so any argument based on what he might have done then is moot. In any case, the statistical and medical experts had not weighed in on the original evidence until it had been presented at the trial. How could they? Crystal balls? Ouija boards?
The first sign trump is really serious about invading Canada will be a complete US military pull out from Europe, including the UK. They have a huge amount of valuable assets here, all of which would be seized immediately the US moved on Canada. So those aircraft will be long gone before war happens.
Isn’t something along those lines already planned ?
Only some eastern European countries, at least so far. There has been nothing announced about US bases in the UK, for example, and no current evidence of any withdrawal of forces.
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
Can you really see any European countries effectively attacking American bases?
"A senior lawyer appointed by Reform UK to investigate allegations against suspended MP Rupert Lowe and his team has denied making comments he has attributed to her."
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I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
Nurses take notes home all the time. They shouldn’t, but they do. (I bet intensive care nurses stopped taking notes home after the Letby case though, once they realised it could be used against them.) The notes to herself about guilt are ones the therapist appointed to her by her employer told her to make apparently.
According to sources I’ve seen, it was standard practice in the neonatal department to not “rush to intervene” with a crashing baby (in case you made things worse presumably) but to stand by at first, so that doesn’t really count either.
This is the thing with the Letby case, it’s a pile of suspicious sounding stories that sound like clear evidence of her guilt /if/ you think she’s already guilty. If not? They evaporate into thin air.
The only hard evidence is the insulin poisoning & if that fails, it seems to me that everything else fails with it.
Nurses don’t usually take home the notes of babies that died and stash them under the bed and then lie about not being able to dispose of them.
A therapist told her to write about her feelings. The therapist did NOT tell her to confess to baby murders in those notes. What she wrote in those notes was up to her.
I don’t know what nonsense you’ve come up with around desaturating infants, but, no, you don’t just stand there.
You ignored other points I had noted. There was the time the mother of Baby E described hearing her infant scream, and walking in to find him with blood around his mouth and Letby in the room. Baby E later died. There is the other evidence that the deaths were unexpected and unnatural. There is the association between these deaths and Letby being on duty. And so on.
The association between the deaths and Letby being on duty is because the prosecution dropped deaths when Letby was not on duty. They drew the target around the holes, as it were.
Rather than bricks in the wall of evidence, the case seems to be made of Swiss cheese after statisticians have demolished the statistical case and the international Shoo Lee commission did the same for the medical case. It is not even clear there were any excess deaths at all compared to similar trusts.
While I don't know the details, that isn't necessarily the smoking gun you think it is.
It is possible (and again, I don't know the details, so I am just creating a theory here), that she was on duty half the time, and there were 20 deaths when she was on duty, and 2 when she was not.
The question -from a statistical point of view- is what would be the normal number of deaths? It is possible that you would expect 2-4 deaths in the period, and therefore when she was not on duty there were a normal number, and when she was, there was an abnormal.
In which case, excluding the deaths from the case isn't particular evidence of anything.
A much bigger issue to me is that statistical evidence on its own should not be enough to convict. Someone is going to win the lottery every week, even if the odds are 16 million to 1 against. That doesn't make them a cheat, that makes them the one person who - ah hem - won.
This was part of the RSS report iirc. First, were there any excess deaths at all, or was the prosecution using the wrong comparator? Second (as you say) clusters can be due to natural variation. Someone has to win the race, someone has to come last.
Now I am no expert. All I am saying is that experts in statistics have demolished the prosecution's statistical case, and medical experts have demolished the medical case. What we now need is for the CCRC to pull its finger out and not get stuck on legalisticarguments about whether theseexperts should have had crystal balls so they could have examined the trial before it took place.
You may have replied on the previous post but I haven’t checked
Your argument boils down to one of the most highly rated and experienced criminal QCs being crap at his job
If the statistical and medical evidence has been “demolished” why didn’t he make that case in the court?
Aiui Ben Myers KC is Letby's barrister now but not at the original trial so any argument based on what he might have done then is moot. In any case, the statistical and medical experts had not weighed in on the original evidence until it had been presented at the trial. How could they? Crystal balls? Ouija boards?
Ben Myers was defence counsel in both trials and both appeals. Letby has now engagaed other lawyers to pursue the matter; in her circumstances that is what you do so that, having exhausted the normal processes you can now criticise your previous lawyers. She has a whole life tariff, so nothing to lose.
SFAICS she and the new lawyers have made no criticism of Myers and team, and she has not, SFAICS, released the expert evidence available to the defence which was not called. So I think we should wait and see, and meanwhile respect the jury verdicts.
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I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
We know for a fact that Trump is Empire Building. Is aggressively going at the Danes. Is calling Canada the 51st State at every opportunity. So its not like they aren't openly telling us that they want to annex both - they are.
The challenge for MAGA is that whilst politically they are bending the system to their will, there's a world of difference between that and being able to order US forces to war with neighbouring allies.
But they need a way to remove the mid-term elections, so...
Is there some kind of a Tesla boycott in France? I ask because when I was walking past one today an American who I know by sight said 'shouldn't we spray it?' and laughed as I did and then we walked on. I thought it was just a crack at Musk. Has there been talk of something to do with Teslas in France? They're very popular here for cabs
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Well, I've been jokingnotjoking about Gilead for a while. America and Canada were enemies in that as well.
If - and it remains a big if - America has joined the Warsaw Pact, the question isn't what do we do when the US starts hustling NATO countries, its how we protect ourselves against US nuclear threats.
Robert Reich @RBReich · 4m The Trump-Musk Regime is reportedly planning to cut as much as 50% of the IRS workforce.
That’s right, cut the people who bring in money.
This is one area of public spending where there is a shed load of global research and evidence for the impact of resourcing on revenue. State capacity is a thing.
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I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
It isn't just you - fare evasion is endemic at East Ham.
Most of the fare evaders I see are young men of all races, colours and creeds. It's guesstimated by Transport for London one journey in six is fraudulent. Given their budgetary issues, I suspect TfL has no money to recruit more revenue inspectors so they are happy to see the fare income go.
Having seen in Singapore zero fare evasion, I can only conclude it's a cultural thing. Yes, there may be some who literally cannot afford the fares but have to get to work somehow but I suspect the majority who evade just don't want to spend the money.
When the revenue inspection teams come to East Ham they usually get a good crop of those trying to avoid paying but even then you see people trying to tailgate to get through the barriers.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Well, I've been jokingnotjoking about Gilead for a while. America and Canada were enemies in that as well.
If - and it remains a big if - America has joined the Warsaw Pact, the question isn't what do we do when the US starts hustling NATO countries, its how we protect ourselves against US nuclear threats.
The difference is there’s a concerted US opposition to Gilead in the handmaid’s tale. Whereas the supposed opposition to Trump is asleep at the wheel.
Still, maybe there’s hope. Boris had 4 months of honeymoon after 2019 before we were into Barnard Castle, it was a few months again before Peppa Pig, and the denouement only finally came 3 years in.
Some politicians have a black sheep in the family.
Vance has a white one:
JD Vance’s cousin fought for over two years in Ukraine as part of the "Da Vinci Wolves."
47-year-old Nate Vance, a former U.S. Marine, joined Ukraine’s forces in 2022, saying he "saw history being written."
"JD is smart, but what they did to Zelensky was a dishonest ambush. Being relatives doesn’t mean I’ll accept him aiding in the killing of my comrades." – Nate Vance.
Still, maybe there’s hope. Boris had 4 months of honeymoon after 2019 before we were into Barnard Castle, it was a few months again before Peppa Pig, and the denouement only finally came 3 years in.
Yes, we can hope for [checks notes] another global pandemic...
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Either the use of the Insurrection Act or military action against Canada. If the military don't act then they likely never will and the US as we have always known it will have come to an end.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
I know things are crazy in the USA at the moment but even I can’t imagine that happening .
Trump has apparently said to Trudeau that treaties that govern the boundaries and rivers between Canada and the US are not valid. So that would be the dispute that would seem to be the trigger.
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Absolutely.
(Although... what about my iPhone, Macbook?)
The issue is substitution.
EVs are mass market.
There is no alternative to Starlink for many applications - kinda. The bandwidth and latency are vastly poorer and the user cost much higher.
Europe needs to get with he program and sort out its own mega constellation - for defence purposes, if nothing else. OneWeb is a start, but isn’t that.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
I know things are crazy in the USA at the moment but even I can’t imagine that happening .
Trump has apparently said to Trudeau that treaties that govern the boundaries and rivers between Canada and the US are not valid. So that would be the dispute that would seem to be the trigger.
And Trudeau told him to fuck off. It's only a matter of time before someone does it publicly.
I know things are crazy in the USA at the moment but even I can’t imagine that happening .
Trump has apparently said to Trudeau that treaties that govern the boundaries and rivers between Canada and the US are not valid. So that would be the dispute that would seem to be the trigger.
And Trudeau told him to fuck off. It's only a matter of time before someone does it publicly.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
That's why we need to appoint a new 007 without delay.
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No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
Perhaps a revival of the Greenham Common movement.
The first sign trump is really serious about invading Canada will be a complete US military pull out from Europe, including the UK. They have a huge amount of valuable assets here, all of which would be seized immediately the US moved on Canada. So those aircraft will be long gone before war happens.
Isn’t something along those lines already planned ?
Only some eastern European countries, at least so far. There has been nothing announced about US bases in the UK, for example, and no current evidence of any withdrawal of forces.
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
Can you really see any European countries effectively attacking American bases?
If the US has just launched a sneak attack on a NATO member? Yes, absolutely. Although in most cases it wouldn't come to that. The first approach is likely to be a variant of "your people are persona no grata here now, we have planes waiting to take them to a neutral country. And leave your stuff."
All but the most feeble country is likely to be able to confront a US base with enough force to convince them to get their people on that plane. This is Europe, not Afghanistan. The bases are not intended or expected to withstand a direct assault, and their commanders will be very aware of that fact. If the host country has a dozen tanks parked at the gate resistance would be very unwise.
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I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
I know things are crazy in the USA at the moment but even I can’t imagine that happening .
Trump has apparently said to Trudeau that treaties that govern the boundaries and rivers between Canada and the US are not valid. So that would be the dispute that would seem to be the trigger.
As our son and Canadian daughter in law (of Ukrainian descent) live in Vancouver just 32 miles from the US border they could be on the front line and in our conversations with them they are genuinely surprised and frightened by Trump and his bullies
Our daughter in law has just text to say they expect Carney to win in the next few minutes
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
Get a quote from the South Koreans - they are currently in a design/build cycle for SLBMs.
Unlike the French, they would probably accept building a manufacturing facility in the U.K.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
Get a quote from the South Koreans - they are currently in a design/build cycle for SLBMs.
Unlike the French, they would probably accept building a manufacturing facility in the U.K.
We’re overdue a big Anglo-French engineering project after the demise of Concorde and the completion of the Chunnel.
The first sign trump is really serious about invading Canada will be a complete US military pull out from Europe, including the UK. They have a huge amount of valuable assets here, all of which would be seized immediately the US moved on Canada. So those aircraft will be long gone before war happens.
Isn’t something along those lines already planned ?
Only some eastern European countries, at least so far. There has been nothing announced about US bases in the UK, for example, and no current evidence of any withdrawal of forces.
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
Can you really see any European countries effectively attacking American bases?
If the US has just launched a sneak attack on a NATO member? Yes, absolutely. Although in most cases it wouldn't come to that. The first approach is likely to be a variant of "your people are persona no grata here now, we have planes waiting to take them to a neutral country. And leave your stuff."
All but the most feeble country is likely to be able to confront a US base with enough force to convince them to get their people on that plane. This is Europe, not Afghanistan. The bases are not intended or expected to withstand a direct assault, and their commanders will be very aware of that fact. If the host country has a dozen tanks parked at the gate resistance would be very unwise.
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien · 6h The lack of Republican push back as the USA is helping Russians kill Ukrainians because of the conscious choices of a Republican president is stunning.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
According to Fortune for March, his Tesla shares this month represent just under $200 billion of his $360 billion fortune, so are most of it. That is after they lost $62 billion in value in February.
Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien · 6h The lack of Republican push back as the USA is helping Russians kill Ukrainians because of the conscious choices of a Republican president is stunning.
Here's the problem. In MAGA the enemy isn't Russia. Its liberals. The cultural enemy isn't the autocrat in Moscow trying to impose Russian imperialism. Its Americans who think that woke trans feminists are ok.
So yes, they're supporting Russia because Russia has already defeated liberalism.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
The current French design is 2 inches in diameter larger than Trident. So they probably won‘t fit in the launch tubes of our subs.
The first sign trump is really serious about invading Canada will be a complete US military pull out from Europe, including the UK. They have a huge amount of valuable assets here, all of which would be seized immediately the US moved on Canada. So those aircraft will be long gone before war happens.
Isn’t something along those lines already planned ?
Only some eastern European countries, at least so far. There has been nothing announced about US bases in the UK, for example, and no current evidence of any withdrawal of forces.
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
Can you really see any European countries effectively attacking American bases?
If the US has just launched a sneak attack on a NATO member? Yes, absolutely. Although in most cases it wouldn't come to that. The first approach is likely to be a variant of "your people are persona no grata here now, we have planes waiting to take them to a neutral country. And leave your stuff."
All but the most feeble country is likely to be able to confront a US base with enough force to convince them to get their people on that plane. This is Europe, not Afghanistan. The bases are not intended or expected to withstand a direct assault, and their commanders will be very aware of that fact. If the host country has a dozen tanks parked at the gate resistance would be very unwise.
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien · 6h The lack of Republican push back as the USA is helping Russians kill Ukrainians because of the conscious choices of a Republican president is stunning.
Here's the problem. In MAGA the enemy isn't Russia. Its liberals. The cultural enemy isn't the autocrat in Moscow trying to impose Russian imperialism. Its Americans who think that woke trans feminists are ok.
So yes, they're supporting Russia because Russia has already defeated liberalism.
Yeh. MAGA thinkers, if there is such a thing, think that Russia is a society to emulate because the gays are beaten and any women with ideas about the patriarchy are put down and journalists who deal in the truth are evil and anyone who thinks the last election was rigged is sent to a prison where the guards kills you.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
I made a rather unkind and unnecessary comment about your Tesla ownership a few days ago, which I later apologised for and in case you missed the apology I will repeat it again directly to you - I apologise
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien · 6h The lack of Republican push back as the USA is helping Russians kill Ukrainians because of the conscious choices of a Republican president is stunning.
Here's the problem. In MAGA the enemy isn't Russia. Its liberals. The cultural enemy isn't the autocrat in Moscow trying to impose Russian imperialism. Its Americans who think that woke trans feminists are ok.
So yes, they're supporting Russia because Russia has already defeated liberalism.
Which is why in culture war terms, the best tactic would not be to compare Putin with Hitler, but to paint him as a woke Eurasianist.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
I made a rather unkind and unnecessary comment about your Tesla ownership a few days ago, which I later apologised for and in case you missed the apology I will repeat it again directly to you - I apologise
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Volkswagen seem to have overcome their dubious political background without much difficulty.
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Yes, no issue with that. Just have ATC deny them clearance. At that point they are legally not allowed to either take off or enter the airspace of that country from outside.
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Yes, no issue with that. Just have ATC deny them clearance. At that point they are legally not allowed to either take off or enter the airspace of that country from outside.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
I made a rather unkind and unnecessary comment about your Tesla ownership a few days ago, which I later apologised for and in case you missed the apology I will repeat it again directly to you - I apologise
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Didn't see your comment Didn't see your apology for the comment Apology accepted with a grin - don't worry about it
I was filming yesterday at a Polestar event. Took out a Polestar 4 (very similar to my Model Y) and then a Polestar 3 (big SUV thing). I loved my Volvo S90 and really like Polestar. But the 4 was poor in a number of ways, and the 3 was utterly glorious but costs One Million Dollars.
There's a reason why the car I drive was the best selling car globally for the last 2 years - and why sales remain buoyant in the UK. They're great cars. The CEO is a dick. But then again the guy who owns Polestar is directly involved with the Chinese government.
Does driving a Polestar mean that you are supporting the Chinese suppression of various minorities? What about me typing this on my Chinese-made Macbook?
This is why I'm taking the Musk hate as a moral panic bubble. What he is doing is not what my car represents. Just as my computer doesn't mean I have Uighur blood on my hands...
I know things are crazy in the USA at the moment but even I can’t imagine that happening .
Imo using similar pretexts as those they have used every time they have used when doing similar invasions previously.
It will be something around needing to protect their northern front, or securing access to resources, or protecting infrastructure to Alaska, or pretending that Canada did hostile military action (as the Mexican-American War), or anything else.
Trump's associates believe in power, not law, and arguably dictatorship not democracy - and they have launched a major attack on international law already.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
Honestly, the thing about momentum is that when you lose it, it's very hard to get it back again.
I feel like Reform has now reached the point where it's kind of whimpering out.
Do you really expect their support to go down as a result of this?
Depends what Lowe does next.
If he goes off and heads a "true believer" Real Reform, that's a challenge for Faragist Pragmatic Reform. There isn't really space for two antagonistic parties on the right (Ref + Con), let alone three.
Honestly, the thing about momentum is that when you lose it, it's very hard to get it back again.
I feel like Reform has now reached the point where it's kind of whimpering out.
Do you really expect their support to go down as a result of this?
Depends what Lowe does next.
If he goes off and heads a "true believer" Real Reform, that's a challenge for Faragist Pragmatic Reform. There isn't really space for two antagonistic parties on the right (Ref + Con), let alone three.
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Yes, no issue with that. Just have ATC deny them clearance. At that point they are legally not allowed to either take off or enter the airspace of that country from outside.
And if they ignore it ??
With Trump who knows ?
Same procedure as with civil aircraft. If they violate ATC instructions scramble QRA fighters to intercept and order them to land at the nearest airport. Should they ignore that instruction a few times they'll be shot down.
If the aim of denying clearance is to stop aircraft taking off and leaving it's probably best to get ahead of the game and punch a few holes in the runway to keep them grounded. Much less messy that way.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
By which point Starmer Labour would be polling 5th below the LDs and Greens as well as the Tories and Reform given the number of Trump loving social democrats can be counted on one hand, so the King could ignore him anyway
I don't doubt Tesla makes good cars, when Elon is kept away from them.
But their recent outings have been terrible. Mostly because he has decided to get involved.
What recent outings? You mean Cybertruck? I don't expect it will sell in number. But the new technology? Will be on everything in a few years because it helps manufacturers. 48v electrical system plus LAN connections means a huge reduction in wiring.
12v is an anachronism which simply can't provide enough juice to power many modern car systems. My Volvo had two 12 volt batteries and it isn't alone. 12v is it because cars are 12v. But what if we set the voltage so that its fit for purpose rather than because its extant? That is what Cybertruck will give to the industry.
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Yes, no issue with that. Just have ATC deny them clearance. At that point they are legally not allowed to either take off or enter the airspace of that country from outside.
And if they ignore it ??
With Trump who knows ?
Same procedure as with civil aircraft. If they violate ATC instructions scramble QRA fighters to intercept and order them to land at the nearest airport. Should they ignore that instruction a few times they'll be shot down.
If the aim of denying clearance is to stop aircraft taking off and leaving it's probably best to get ahead of the game and punch a few holes in the runway to keep them grounded. Much less messy that way.
Exactly, so in those circumstances you are saying an RAF fighter jet would shoot down a US fighter plane in UK airspace
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
Indeed, we fought the war of 1812 against the Americans when they invaded Canada and British troops burnt down the White House (albeit they didn't have nukes then)
Indeed, we fought the war of 1812 against the Americans when they invaded Canada and British troops burnt down the White House (albeit they didn't have nukes then)
Good idea for a Harry Turtledove alt history novel though.
You may recall my thesis that free speech does not exist, and that the only task of the statistician is to measure it (#pbfreespeech). Here is a substack trying to keep track of Trump free speech suppression: https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/real-chilling-effects
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Germany, France, Italy, even the US ffs - they can all manage it but not the UK.
(Makes you proud to be British tbh.)
(Although... what about my iPhone, Macbook?)
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
The Reserve is the tibetan mastiff, first time for the breed in best of show
The winner is....the Whippet, from Italy
Another Italian winner, and another whippet.
That whippet is just gorgeous. Stood out the moment I saw it.
"I saw 62 fare dodgers in 90 minutes on the Tube. It’s everywhere" (£)
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/london/article/fare-dodging-london-transport-underground-tube-p39vrzv5g
If Europe defeats Russia in Ukraine, the free Americans will deal with the MAGA Quislings.
I have been informed by a reliable source that 'senior Reform figures' have been briefing journalists that I have dementia.
In politics, there is rough and tumble. I get that.
But this is sick.
What they are doing to me is disgusting
SFAICS she and the new lawyers have made no criticism of Myers and team, and she has not, SFAICS, released the expert evidence available to the defence which was not called. So I think we should wait and see, and meanwhile respect the jury verdicts.
I feel like Reform has now reached the point where it's kind of whimpering out.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
The challenge for MAGA is that whilst politically they are bending the system to their will, there's a world of difference between that and being able to order US forces to war with neighbouring allies.
But they need a way to remove the mid-term elections, so...
Latest car not to buy under any circumstances:
Elon Musk
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First of the new Model Y design delivered from our US factories!
laughed as I did and then we walked on. I thought it was just a crack at Musk. Has there been talk of something to do with Teslas in France? They're very popular here for cabs
Robert Reich
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The Trump-Musk Regime is reportedly planning to cut as much as 50% of the IRS workforce.
If - and it remains a big if - America has joined the Warsaw Pact, the question isn't what do we do when the US starts hustling NATO countries, its how we protect ourselves against US nuclear threats.
I know things are crazy in the USA at the moment but even I can’t imagine that happening .
This is one area of public spending where there is a shed load of global research and evidence for the impact of resourcing on revenue. State capacity is a thing.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
Most of the fare evaders I see are young men of all races, colours and creeds. It's guesstimated by Transport for London one journey in six is fraudulent. Given their budgetary issues, I suspect TfL has no money to recruit more revenue inspectors so they are happy to see the fare income go.
Having seen in Singapore zero fare evasion, I can only conclude it's a cultural thing. Yes, there may be some who literally cannot afford the fares but have to get to work somehow but I suspect the majority who evade just don't want to spend the money.
When the revenue inspection teams come to East Ham they usually get a good crop of those trying to avoid paying but even then you see people trying to tailgate to get through the barriers.
Dean Blundell🇨🇦
@ItsDeanBlundell
Mike Myers doing Elon really pisses off Elon…
https://x.com/ItsDeanBlundell/status/1898699593308688628
Still, maybe there’s hope. Boris had 4 months of honeymoon after 2019 before we were into Barnard Castle, it was a few months again before Peppa Pig, and the denouement only finally came 3 years in.
Vance has a white one:
JD Vance’s cousin fought for over two years in Ukraine as part of the "Da Vinci Wolves."
47-year-old Nate Vance, a former U.S. Marine, joined Ukraine’s forces in 2022, saying he "saw history being written."
"JD is smart, but what they did to Zelensky was a dishonest ambush. Being relatives doesn’t mean I’ll accept him aiding in the killing of my comrades." – Nate Vance.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1898827429696684253?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
Trump wants the border redrawn.
He wants more of the great lakes water.
He wants parts of Ontario.
When he gets told to do one by the mounties, how will he respond?
EVs are mass market.
There is no alternative to Starlink for many applications - kinda. The bandwidth and latency are vastly poorer and the user cost much higher.
Europe needs to get with he program and sort out its own mega constellation - for defence purposes, if nothing else. OneWeb is a start, but isn’t that.
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
It's only a matter of time before someone does it publicly.
Can't think why.
Live:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg4k2l204zqt
All but the most feeble country is likely to be able to confront a US base with enough force to convince them to get their people on that plane. This is Europe, not Afghanistan. The bases are not intended or expected to withstand a direct assault, and their commanders will be very aware of that fact. If the host country has a dozen tanks parked at the gate resistance would be very unwise.
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
Our daughter in law has just text to say they expect Carney to win in the next few minutes
Unlike the French, they would probably accept building a manufacturing facility in the U.K.
The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.
—Hannah Arendt
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
The party of Ronald fucking Reagan no less.
Phillips P. OBrien
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The lack of Republican push back as the USA is helping Russians kill Ukrainians because of the conscious choices of a Republican president is stunning.
https://x.com/PhillipsPOBrien
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
Not now!!! FFS.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/article/the-top-ten-richest-people-in-the-world/
Admittedly, $160+ billion is still quite a lot.
So yes, they're supporting Russia because Russia has already defeated liberalism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82qGJRmR5Yo
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Ein Volk, ein Wagen... etc
With Trump who knows ?
Didn't see your apology for the comment
Apology accepted with a grin - don't worry about it
I was filming yesterday at a Polestar event. Took out a Polestar 4 (very similar to my Model Y) and then a Polestar 3 (big SUV thing). I loved my Volvo S90 and really like Polestar. But the 4 was poor in a number of ways, and the 3 was utterly glorious but costs One Million Dollars.
There's a reason why the car I drive was the best selling car globally for the last 2 years - and why sales remain buoyant in the UK. They're great cars. The CEO is a dick. But then again the guy who owns Polestar is directly involved with the Chinese government.
Does driving a Polestar mean that you are supporting the Chinese suppression of various minorities? What about me typing this on my Chinese-made Macbook?
This is why I'm taking the Musk hate as a moral panic bubble. What he is doing is not what my car represents. Just as my computer doesn't mean I have Uighur blood on my hands...
It will be something around needing to protect their northern front, or securing access to resources, or protecting infrastructure to Alaska, or pretending that Canada did hostile military action (as the Mexican-American War), or anything else.
Trump's associates believe in power, not law, and arguably dictatorship not democracy - and they have launched a major attack on international law already.
But their recent outings have been terrible. Mostly because he has decided to get involved.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
If he goes off and heads a "true believer" Real Reform, that's a challenge for Faragist Pragmatic Reform. There isn't really space for two antagonistic parties on the right (Ref + Con), let alone three.
If the aim of denying clearance is to stop aircraft taking off and leaving it's probably best to get ahead of the game and punch a few holes in the runway to keep them grounded. Much less messy that way.
12v is an anachronism which simply can't provide enough juice to power many modern car systems. My Volvo had two 12 volt batteries and it isn't alone. 12v is it because cars are 12v. But what if we set the voltage so that its fit for purpose rather than because its extant? That is what Cybertruck will give to the industry.
We are beyond surreal
NEW
Mark Carney “next PM of Canada” replaces Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader on first ballot with 85% of vote…
Fmr Canadian PM Chretien to Trump:
“From one old guy to another… stop this nonsense… “ going on to say US will not “starve” Canada…. Says he proudly refused to follow US to Iraq
Quite clear how election to be fought… but you get a sense of what Trump’s insults have done:
I will bet that his U.K. links were considered a big plus.