Trump Extends Ceasefire, World Extends Its Neck Like a Tortoise Expecting Lettuce That Never Arrives The United States has extended its ceasefire with Iran for an indefinite period, at the request of Pakistan, after a day in which President Trump announced on American television that he expected to be resuming bombing shortly, then announced on social media that he would not be, at least not yet. The world, which has…
Trump’s Kharg Island Masterplan: Take the Oil, Rename the Country, and Maybe Build a Golf Course A Strategy So Straightforward It Has Left Whitehall Simultaneously Baffled and Quietly Relieved They Weren’t Asked Somewhere between a Truth Social post and a very energetic monologue over lukewarm Diet Coke, the Trump administration has unveiled what insiders are calling the most ambitious property acquisition since the British Empire — except this one comes…
British Consumers Gloomiest Since 1978, Still Polite Enough to Queue About It The GfK Consumer Confidence Index has confirmed what anyone who has been near a British supermarket recently already knew in their bones: the nation is deeply, structurally, and at this point professionally miserable. The index fell to minus 21 in March 2026. Consumer confidence has not been in positive territory for ten consecutive years. The British people have…
