On Iran...

Sadly, I don't have much intel on the uprising in Iran. The Middle East has not been my favourite place and the wife still fails to understand why I find the whole region erm, displeasing.

She still wants me to visit family in Bahrain, but even with a sweetener of watching a Grands Prix I am inclined not to go. Steadfastly inclined.

Not that I can go into detail why, but I don't like the heat and sand.

We did visit Dubai, the city state being quite impressive, if you have the money to imbibe the lifestyle.

Anyway, I do feel that the Iranian uprising will go the way of Warsaw. People will be urged to rebel, with very little support from those who urge it. 

America has made big noises, but with little application. I don't see US Special Forces being committed to Iran to help destabilise the regime there. 

Israel may, but more likely may not help the revolution along. Because they know all too well that when it comes to Islamic revolutions, what comes out of them is usually not freedom, democracy and tolerance towards non-Muslim nations. 

Better the devil you know... 

Pssst! You Didn't Hear it Here, But Starmer May be Gone by The End of The Year.

Rumblings are that the latest Starmer U-turn (on Digital ID) is straining (if not yet breaking) the Camel's back of the Labour party.

Basically, the Labour faithful are being asked to got out into the public and justify the latest Starmer scheme against what turns out to be pretty solid and sensible criticism, only to have Starmer go "Oh Yeah" and do an about-turn three months later. 

Let's not forget that the whole government machine has been on-side with the government since September when he announced it. So all policies since then have been guided by the fact that Digital ID will be a reality. Then Poof!, it's gone. 

That's millions of pounds of government and civil service effort wasted. 

Let that sink in. The government that has raised the tax take to a historical high, is simultaneously wasting said tax hikes at an eye-watering rate.

The Labour faithful have had enough. 

Enough of the in-out, in-out shake it all about nature of Starmer's announcements. Too many kites flown, too much money wasted,  too embarrassing. 

Rumblings are that there will be at least a challenge for the leadership. 

Some are going further and threatening a seventies-style vote of no confidence. Because, for the good of the country this cannot continue and if what we have seen of the last 18 months is Labour's policy and a change of leader is just more of the same, then it may as well go. 

The thinking is, trigger an election now, while Reform is not fully fleshed out and let them fail spectacularly when they are voted into power. Then the next election will reinstate the status quo and signal the end of the public's experiment with alternative parties.

This is my warning to Reform: stop being the cult of Nigel. Get a credible shadow cabinet team in place and in the mind of the public. Let us see who is going to be in the positions of power so we can judge their character. NOW. 

Get the policies and actions ready NOW. 

Then if Labour trigger a snap election, you'll have a team ready to walk into power and start to dismantle the globalist charter started by Tony Blair. Eradicate the restrictive political straightjacket he placed on Parliament and let's get back to the freedom and accountability we had back in the 1990s.