Russia – Jac o' the North

Tidings Of Unease And Foreboding

Jac — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:30:41 +0000

This is the last posting of 2025. I just wish I could be more optimistic. But the lunatics have taken over the asylum and it looks like they might burn it to the ground. ◊ WAY BACK WHEN . . . As he left office in January 1961 outgoing US President Dwight D Eisenhower (R) …

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How The Trump Revolution Will Affect Europe

Jac — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:30:58 +0000

What a week that was! President Trump’s executive orders exceeded my expectations. Everybody (and perhaps more so those on the left) now realises that what Trump has set in train will not be limited to the USA. After thoughts on what’s being achieved in the USA I’ll consider how the changes in the USA might …

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Coleg Soros And Associates Part 2

Jac — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:30:42 +0000

I had considered doing this piece as an update to the one I put out on Tuesday, but there’s too much I want to say, so it has to be done as a second posting. And that wasn’t the only problem. For I’d also intended including a reminder about the generosity to Coleg Soros that …

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A Personal Take On The Euro Elections 2024

Jac — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:00:12 +0000

It might seem odd for me to be writing about elections to the EU parliament 8 years after Wales voted to leave the EU, but I’m doing so because these results are important, and will have repercussions for us. ◊ THE BIG PICTURE There was a swing to the right across the continent, but of …

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Miscellany 30.01.2024

Jac — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:00:42 +0000

For the first time in quite a while I’m putting out a Miscellany, an assortment of unrelated stories. There’s one from Wales and then we’re off to the USA, Ireland and the Eastern Front. This is longer than recent posts but it’s four separate pieces with a wee monologue to end. So it should be …

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Ukraine: A Personal View

Jac — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:20:26 +0000

Anyone expecting an armchair strategist’s take on the fighting in Ukraine should look elsewhere. This is a very personal attempt to explain how I believe we arrived at war between Russia and Ukraine. This is a litany of lies, mistakes, personal failings, and geopolitical manoeuvrings. ♦ HISTORY AND RUSSIA Perhaps the only time Russia enjoyed …

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