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The Iran War: What are Trump’s Options and How Bad Could It Get ?

  Donald Trump has a problem on his hands…and the USA as a nation now has an even bigger one.... Having been persuaded by Netanyahu, and advised by his own White House advisors, that an all-out attack on the Iranian regime and its military wing, the IRGC, was the best solution to the ‘Iranian problem’, Trump was clearly expecting the war to be over in a matter of days. Somewhat surprisingly, this still seems to be his 'default' position for any campaign he starts, despite the lessons already provided by the Ukraine war and the continued attacks by all 3 of the Iranian proxies in the face of the massive bombing campaigns meted out to all 3 since the October 7th HAMAS attack. All this does beg the question of how closely he is really being kept informed, and who is actually driving US foreign policy... Despite the intense battering his military and the Israelis administered over a wide area of Iran durng the first 6 weeks of the war, and the cumulative and continuing decapi...

Election Politics: UK’s General Election 2024 - What Did it Really Tell Us ?

  Now that the dust has long since settled on the election result, it’s worth taking some time to reflect on what the 2024 UK General Election results actually told us about the way the electorate feel about politics in general, and the individual parties in particular. Although by polling day a change of government was pretty much a foregone conclusion, and we were all no doubt heartily relieved that the electioneering was finally all over, a look back at the results may give us some valuable indicators as to what we should expect to happen in the next 10 years or so. First, let’s take a look at the overall voting statistics for each major party, and compare these with the results for 2019: UK General Elections: 2019 vs 2024 2019 2019 2024 2024   Party %Votes cast Seats won %Votes cast Seats won Conservative 43.6 365 2...