Blair started Child Trust Funds in 2001 for new babies with smaller sums - £250 to £500, with smaller installments at 5, 11 and 16; Cameron killed it in 2011. Worth about £1500 now. http://news.bbc.c… (View Post)

Statement from Ursula VDL. Proposals for the EU to free up financing for €800bn of defence expenditure over 4 years. 6 minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ApqrF3FnE Roughly to facilitate … (View Post)

Canada. Hmmm. I probably need a neutral source for this. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with King Charles III on Monday and reportedly discussed the King making a public declaration in su… (View Post)

There's also the Department of Justice. This week one of them told a Federal Judge that they could not properly resource dealing with a legal case because they had lost so many staff, so the sub… (View Post)

Without looking, I think the 2.2% is cumulative aid Estonia has sent to Ukraine since the start of the conflict as a % of current GDP, which is a common metric. Checking, Estonian defence expenditure… (View Post)