Chinese no? RFK used it....

Along the southern embankment of the River Thames in London, just over the road from Vauxhall railway station is the 'SIS Building'. It's more commonly known as MI6's London HQ. It's been used as a backdrop on just about every James Bond film over the last 25 years. It's probably one of the most...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-council-moscow-ukraine-kyiv-london-b2764790.html Media reports starting to filter through with Russia's Ambassador to Britain partly blaming the British for interference in the Spider's Web drone attacks.

Partly agree on this. France and Germany have been very cautious, yes. But not Britain though. They seem intent on pushing the Ukrainians to keep going at it hard. Losing thousands of young men in the meat grinder each month seems an irrelevant factor. This war might have finished by now with a...

Intelligence. It's military intelligence agencies that are the masters of the modern battlefield. Even in such a rudimentary war as this one. And particularly when conducting synchronised operations such as the one we're talking about , some of which was more than 5,000 kilometres from...

Fair point and I certainly agree here. The Russian military isn't a great example of how a superpowers military should perform. It's been widely reported that Russia's army is facing issues with motivation, stemming from factors like inadequate training, poor leadership, and logistical...

I doubt anyone would believe that Ukrainian military forces could pull off such an operation on their own. Therefore some NATO involvement must have been in place. As for collaboration only France and Britain have these kinds of capabilities in European NATO and I don't think MI6 or the French...

Good point. Agree with you there. It's a little bit like Israel's 'Operation Days of Repentance' attacks on Iranian military installations in October. A 'caveman' approach to showing them how you can conduct precision attacks on certain military sites with disruption being the main goal but...

It will harden their stance not to find a diplomatic solution to this war. Probably should have been more specific. Russian military primary and secondary suppliers are generally themselves, China, India, Iran and North Korea. Aeroplanes replacement times? 20 years is probably an over...

The Green Party probably did start off with good intentions, at least in terms of ecological sustainability and implementation of actual 'Green' policies. But they’ve revealed themselves to be a protest party…… and people caught on eventually. Rent freezes? How the fuck can this be implemented...

On the surface yes, but it will just harden their stance. The Russian mindset is not inclined to be taken advantage of in such humiliating circumstances. Nobody should want escalation but this is what we're going to get As for the planes destroyed in the attacks, 8 of which were Tupolev Tu-95...

Now that the dust is starting to settle (literally) on the Ukrainian 'Spider's Web' drone bombing of these Russia's Air Force assets, the recklessness of the operation is really starting to emerge. It's obvious that this operation was 'helped along' by external forces, most likely French or...

The British political establishment is an amalgamation of two closely aligned groups. The North London Labour Party and their 'sister party' the West London Tories. Anyone thinking that the modern Labour and Conservative Party's in the UK differ would be completely deluded. They all went to the...

Interesting thoughts.... Paramount going broke?? I wasn't really aware of that. Australia has what? 27 million people maybe? Not a huge population by any stretch of the imagination. Aussie Rules, Rugby League and to some extent cricket and Rugby Union dominate the market in terms of tv and...

Has the A League's new tv deal been announced yet? I've been getting the feeling Ch10 and Paramount have slightly changed their attitude towards the A League. The Socceroos and Matilda's are great draw for them but domestic football? Probably not. I'm not saying that Ch10/P+ wouldn't want to...

That'd probably do me. But then again I'm the easily pleased type.... 22 players, 2 goals, a bit of grass and a few beers....Yep...easily pleased. 🤪

Agree with this. From what I understand there was a lot of genuinely ambitious football people around the 'Fire' but disillusionment has kicked in a bit there now.

You're probably correct but Maroochydore is undergoing huge commercial and residential development and is attracting a lot of new businesses particularly in the digital and new media environment. This will eventually increase the number of younger graduates and their families living up here...

Possibly. The Sunshine Coast is a build it and they might well come kind of place. Home to over 350,000 residents (similar in size to the Central Coast), I think the ‘Sunny Coast’ would be an intriguing left-field option. The region represents a clear, unique identity from Brisbane. If a...

Ha! No!! Maybe one or two people with that kind of money who would be willing to invest in a sports franchise but probably not going to put money into the round ball game unfortunately. Clive Palmer's failed experiment on the Gold Coast would spook his billionaire/multi millionaire friends on...