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05/06/2026

🌐 Over 30 Connections: My Global Professional Reach on LinkedIn

I am humbled by the professional network I have built. With 33 high-profile connections spanning across the UK, Europe, and beyond, this network bridges public policy, cutting-edge technology, and global strategy.

Here is a breakdown of the incredible expertise and executive leadership represented in my network right now:

Public Administration & Government Infrastructure: High-ranking regional government officials and Directors General who oversee multi-million-pound public contracts, finance, and city-wide digital transformation strategies.

International Development & Global Policy: Senior leaders and strategists working within major international development frameworks to shape global policy and economic initiatives.

Law & Legal Advocacy: Legal experts and solicitors specializing in complex, high-stakes statutory frameworks and cross-border legal protections.

Industrial Innovation & Corporate Strategy: High-profile executives steering industrial strategy, commercial operations, and market growth across international lines.

The Takeaway:
What started as a highly selective networking approach has grown into a powerful, linear engine of influence. These connections aren't just numbers—they represent the exact people driving digital modernization, governance, and structural change on an international scale.

Thank you to everyone who has connected, shared insight, and engaged with my work so far. The momentum is only growing!

If we are to have neo-feudalism, best to represent the most oppressed prolitariat to the Lords directly in their own language.

05/06/2026

I may now be able to show you one screenshot of the hull of The Union's Nebuchadnezzar.

05/06/2026

Total movie rentals and purchases from Google's YouTube plus automatically masked screenshot of the one I particularly like - The Matrix.

01/06/2026

Past events on NSWU

23/05/2026

The week that broke Trump’s control over Congress
Story by Ken Thomas, Lindsay Wise, Marianne LeVine, Philip Wegmann | 11h

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-week-that-broke-trump-s-control-over-congress/ar-AA23R6JA

WASHINGTON—Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and a team of White House aides arrived at a hastily organized meeting near the Senate chamber hoping to reassure Republicans about a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” promoted by President Trump.

Sen. Tom Cotton, a Trump ally from Arkansas, wasn’t having it.

“Who thought this was a good idea? Who chose this timing?” Cotton asked bluntly inside the Senate’s ornate Mike Mansfield Room, pressing Blanche, White House legislative affairs director James Braid and others about the fund with a series of point-blank questions, according to people familiar with the tense exchange.

Cotton was far from alone—more than a dozen Republican senators grilled Blanche about the settlement in the two-hour meeting, the people said, questioning its merit and warning that it could derail approval of a $70 billion multiyear package funding immigration enforcement.

“One of the roughest meetings I’ve seen in my entire time in the Senate,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), said Friday on his podcast. “Fiery does not begin to cut it,” Cruz said, adding that some senators were screaming at Blanche.

For more than a year, Republican senators had largely been deferential to Trump’s wishes—from backing contentious cabinet nominees to giving the president free rein on tariffs and the Iran war.

This week, they revolted en masse, fed up with Trump’s insistence on settling personal scores and pursuing pet projects at the expense of their legislative agenda. The tipping point came when Trump endorsed a rival to Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday, a move that stunned many of Cornyn’s colleagues. They saw it as a reckless way to treat a senior Republican incumbent whose seat the party can’t afford to lose in November.

"I’m just sad,” said an emotional Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.) after Trump announced the endorsement. She fretted that it would now cost Republicans “a fortune” to try to hold Cornyn’s seat.

Trump’s approval numbers are sinking headed into the midterms. A new Wall Street Journal poll found Trump’s job approval at 41%, with 57% disapproving, down from 45% approval in January. In a troubling sign for the White House, the survey showed that the share of Republicans who say they “strongly approve” of Trump’s job performance had dropped from 75% in January to 57% in May.

The poll also found Democrats leading Republicans, 48% to 40%, in a congressional ballot measuring which party is favored to lead the next Congress. The poll was conducted from May 7 to May 18.

White House spokesperson Olivia Wales said that Trump is “the unequivocal leader, best messenger, and unmatched motivator for the Republican party and he is committed to maintaining Republicans’ majority in Congress to continue delivering wins for the American people.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-week-that-broke-trump-s-control-over-congress/ar-AA23R6JA

22/05/2026

Looky, looky! Taekwondo.

22/05/2026

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22/05/2026

The former defence secretary also paid tribute to the 179 British military personnel lost during the eight-year conflict

11/05/2026

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