James Woodfield
“Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument
About it and about: but evermore
Came out by the same Door where in I went.”
“The Bird of Time has but a little way
To flutter – and the Bird is on the Wing.”
- Putin is not as invincible as he and his admirer Trump would have us believe.
- We could do with a study like this in the UK.
- Be careful what you wish for. If death or the 25th puts an end to the mad king’s reign, this corrupt and increasingly fascist regime will just carry on without him. Impeachment and convictions, however, will bring it down, remove the perpetrators, and enable the USA to rebuild and redeem itself.
- “Many Western allies have chosen to stay silent on U.S. actions because they fear increasing tariffs and weakening alliances. What we urgently need now is a strong global alliance of countries promoting human rights and the rules-based world order."
- Trump has attacked pillars of democracy, Human Rights Watch says reut.rs/4tgkDcX
- With FPTP, you don’t have to fool all of the people all of the time: 30% will do.
- In this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- A portrait of Farage, by someone you’d expect to praise him: “Outwardly charming, he is in fact a vindictive, aggressive bully, with a huge chip on his shoulder. He is intolerant of criticism, has no loyalty to anyone, and will shaft anyone who disagrees with him, gets in his way or poses a threat”
- “.. in these unprecedented times, we strongly believe that the case can be made that Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, has met and exceeded the committee’s standard of promoting “democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world.”
- Artificial intelligence is hungry for power.. “The US President’s insistence on full ownership rather than a lease arrangement would potentially allow American tech companies to exploit Greenland’s hydroelectric power without the environmental oversight that has blocked similar projects on US soil.”
- 📌 ICYMI — Pro-Trump AI Giants Pushed Greenland Expansion Weeks Before Trump’s Bid to Seize the Island Trump-supporting AI firms have complained that electricity… bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/pro-trum…
- The fact that Putin appears in the Epstein files roughly 1,000 times without being accused as a predator himself strongly suggests intelligence collection for blackmail purposes. If [so], then the Epstein matter is not just a criminal scandal but an immediate and emerging national security crisis.”
- “We are supposed to know who they are, because that is how we hold them accountable. This is why police officers wear visible badge numbers and name tags. The responsibilities they are given are not compatible with anonymity.”
- No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
