Putins AD Vance helped by JD

 Goodness me, already the 2025 blog content is focusing on Donald Trump again. There is an expression used up North,  'Always the victim, never the blame' and I suspect that might just have crept into the presidential word bank, goodness me there is enough room for it.

Was Zelensky ambushed, or did he just misread the situation? US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, implied that the 30 minute exchange behoind closed doors did not go well and that Zelensky was the blame. Then Brian Glenn, a white House correspondent highlighted Zelensky's combat clothing as being disrestectful. Does he not do his research very thoroughly? If he did he might have found this.

Trump is a bully pure and simply, surrounded by likeminded people, many of whom  are on the Worlld stage for the first time. They are used to getting their own way and so the rest of the World are in for a rocky time in the short term. Maybe the Saudi's or Isreali's could advise on how to make people disappear?

Putin will be delighted to be Trump's new best friend and must already be working out how the Ukrainian Earth minerals can be divided up. Hold on to your hats we are in for a bumpy ride.

All wind and bluster

They say a week is a long time in politics and so it seems at the moment. It was not many days ago that Bonking Boris was knee deep in Partygate, with the police calling and a swell of opinion increasing towards him facing a vote of no confidence. In the blink of an eye he was then thrust centre stage as the new Vlad The Impaler appears  on the block,  surrounding Ukraine with every last Russian storm trooper he could find. Then blow me down, even that was pushed off the front pages as Britain was bombarded by three mega storms in less than a week. First Dudley with its eerie Brummie wind tone, then Eunice fresh from the 1920's and a bit of  a flapper followed by Franklin, a true moaner if ever there was one.

Now I have long supported Bonking Boris as regular readers will know. This was based on sound evidence from his time as Mayor of London. I lived there under his regime and he was renowned for his ability to surround himself with clever people who basically ran the Capital while he opened things, had photo shoots and took centre stage when it helped team Johnson.

The mess the capital is now descending into under the control of Shere Khan just re-enforces the job he did. Knife crime and teenage murders are increasing, the transport system is creaking and its flagship Elizabeth line is well behind schedule and over budget. I still think it should have been called the Elizabethan line, so as to role off the tongue a bit better....like the Metropolitan or Northern Line.

Finally Khan has thrown a grenade under the bus which is the Metropolitan Police by sacking Cressida Dick and not having a suitable replacement lined up. London faces some tough months ahead.

But back to Boris. He has had a very difficult term in office and is now fighting battles he did not expect to  be involved in. I agree he has made mistakes and taken decisions which have been somewhat misguided but he has deserved a few beers occasionally. Unfortunately for him Dominic Cummings appears to have been stalking him and storing up imagery by which to torment the PM at a time when Boris should be taking accolades for the brave COVID decisions he has taken, all aimed at releasing us back to normality as soon as possible.

He is a great fan of Sir Winston Churchill and now has the chance himself to take centre stage in the unified diplomatic process aimed at pushing back at Vlad before we find ourselves fighting another enemy from the East, this time the Eastern block.

Let's hope his initiatives go well otherwise goodness knows how much heating bills will be next Winter. I'm just off to put another  jumper on.