SUBSTACK

As the sands of time run out on 2025, I thought I would give you a hostage to fortune by offering you a few forecasts for 2026!

It’s interesting to note the studied silence of the mainstream media about the series of massive fraud cases targeting federal and state social services programs in the Somali community in Minnesota.

Did you see that the Irish Government has announced that it intends to use its forthcoming Presidency of the EU to remove all anonymity from social media?

July 2025 marked one year of Labour in Government and it also saw Prime Minister Keir Starmer force through watered down welfare reform bill in Parliament after a major Labour rebellion threatened to derail it.​ This was a humiliation.

Before we leave this year, I thought I might put together 12 images that sum up this year.

2025 comes to an end with the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and several members of his cabinet hailing the news that a man called Alaa Abdel Fattah is now living in the UK.

Like all decent people, I was deeply upset by the very public execution of Charlie Kirk back on September 10th.

I was not in the least surprised to discover that Labour’s Rachel Reeves has cemented her place as the most ruthless tax-raising Chancellor in modern history.

It increasingly looks like Australian PM Anthony Albanese is in deep trouble.

He has become a globally recognised figure who dominates the news agenda.

One of the best things about us more conspiratorial minded folks is the pleasure we often get from being proven absolutely right!

It’s been a few years since I was last in Brussels.

Another cultural battle has erupted and as far as I can see President Trump is on the side of the angels but he battles demons.

The Bible is clear.

I don’t know about you but I think the UK was a much better place BEFORE we imported those who carry out female genital mutilation (FGM).