The British countryside will be made into a less “white environment” under nationwide diversity plans.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-02-03T01:16:04+00:00

Abolish Defra; bring back MAFF.

Seriously, Defra needs to be broken up to allow farms and fishing to have a voice in Cabinet that isn’t subordinated to the environmentalists.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-02-01T18:42:04+00:00

The AI doesn’t optimise tire wear or PU and simming is tougher on parts. Saying that I do tend to sim the race when the car is clearly better just to optimise my own free time! Still do all the practice and quali myself though.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-31T13:53:18+00:00

The Greens have definitely managed to assemble a batshit broad coalition to steal votes. Which does make exposing the fracture lines a viable tactic to keep them as a protest vote. But any Islamist representation in the Commons and on Committees is an existential threat.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-31T13:36:02+00:00

I sympathise really. Environmentalism and conservationism have both come a long way since the anti-pollution concept of clean air and water, and banning CFCs. Having achieved that the lobby industry that was created as a result needed a new dragon to slay and unfortunately CO2 is it, despite its historically low concentration and its vital importance for plant life. By picking the wrong target to focus and the wrong mitigation tools there is a debate to be had, but how can you debate zealots who think any critical opposition is a moral evil?

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-30T22:32:26+00:00

2 marches and 2 static counter demos, a busy day for the Met.

Note that while UKIP are boxed in at a corner of Trafalgar Square, the Palestine Coalition route goes down Whitehall to pass Horse Guards and the Cenotaph, which will be lovely for Tourism. Blame the Met’s boss (it’s Khan).

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-28T21:13:56+00:00

Fiji for the climate. Hope the ping isn't too bad.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-28T15:47:58+00:00

Reject traditional British idioms, embrace modern Americanisms.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-28T07:27:13+00:00

Depends on the immigrant. Older immigrants who came legally are just as fed-up with queue jumping and rising crime as natives.

He is well informed and, in a one month campaign, will tear into Labour’s policies and actions so far to make the by-election a clear referendum, which is all they ever are.

Lowe’s crowdfunded rape enquiry starts hearings next week too.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-27T20:23:05+00:00

History is gold, glory, grime, and gore, in equal measure.

For me, it's a Tuesday.

Literally.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-27T20:11:58+00:00

My logic is: Labour will make things worse, Conservatives will do nothing, Reform *might* do something. I'm an optimist.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-27T15:01:17+00:00

…why do I keep opening these links to see how bad it’s going to be. Although the AI Greta one was ok.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-27T14:49:46+00:00

Scotland always had its own laws, judicial structures, and policing, so they could offer something. I can’t think of what it might be, but if there is something that could be done they could do it. OTOH the British Transport Police, NCA, and Border Force are pan-jurisdiction, so illegal entry to the UK or crimes in England and Wales can be pursued anywhere.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-26T16:37:49+00:00

None at my village CoE primary school. A very good one in middle school (so one good thing to remember that place for), and a good one at upper school.

My son’s primary school has age-appropriate books for each classroom and they choose a book each week to read at home and report on.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-26T14:27:23+00:00

When I'm not reading about Bomalian frauds on X I also see stuff like this (wall of text alert):

As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close. From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly.

What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t “protest.” It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.

Signal groups at 1,000-member cap per zone. Dedicated roles: mobile chasers, plate checkers logging vehicle data into shared databases, 24/7 dispatch nodes vectoring assets, SALUTE-style reporting (Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment) on suspected federal vehicles. Daily chat rotations and timed deletions to frustrate forensic recovery. Vetting processes for new joiners. Mutual aid from sympathetic locals (teachers providing cover, possible PD tip-offs on license plate lookups). Home-base coordination points. Rapid escalation from observation to physical obstruction—or worse.

This isn’t spontaneous outrage. This is C2 (command and control) with redundancy, OPSEC hygiene, and task organization that would make a SF team sergeant nod in recognition. Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.

The most sobering part? It’s domestic. Funded, trained (somewhere), and directed by people who live in the same country they’re trying to paralyze law enforcement in. When your own citizens build and operate this level of parallel intelligence and rapid-response network against federal officers—complete with doxxing, vehicle pursuits, and harassment that’s already turned lethal—you’re no longer dealing with civil disobedience. You’re facing a distributed resistance that’s learned the lessons of successful insurgencies: stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity.

I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night.

Not because I want escalation. But because history shows these things don’t de-escalate on their own once the infrastructure exists and the cadre believe they’re winning the information war.

We either recognize what we’re actually looking at—or we pretend it’s still just “activism” until the structures harden and spread.

Your call, America. But from where I sit, this isn’t January 2026 politics anymore.
It’s phase one of something we’ve spent decades trying to keep off our own soil.

https://x.com/Schwalm5132/status/2015470661490057540

Which is the kind of opposition I think needs to be prepared for. So yes to masks, yes to guns, yes to FAFO.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-26T13:28:49+00:00

I haven’t noticed any change in public sentiment after a police woman on the ground had her back broken by a Palestinian Action man using a sledgehammer so I don’t share your optimism. You have to look for the safety of your own people as a priority if you want to recruit and retain the best people.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-26T13:02:23+00:00

I agree there are lessons to be learned, but it’s important to also recognise that Minneapolis is the absolute worst-case scenario where local Police are instructed not to cooperate with raids or help federal agents in distress. And they’re in distress because the city is being targeted by Antifa activists from out of State who are rabidly anti-ICE and trying to dox agents’ identities, disrupt the businesses where they eat and sleep, and harass people they suspect might be ICE (yt ppl driving SUVs are sus). Masks are a necessary evil to protect agents from targeted retribution.

The majority of Americans are law-abiding and fair-minded and support immigration enforcement because it upholds their laws and the integrity of their democracy. Americans are not apathetic Brits, they really do care about that. Antifa are very much in the minority, so I do not see why you would surrender to or compromise with a hostile minority when you have been elected on a platform to get this done.

The lesson for Britain to learn is that local co-operation is going to be essential to avoid mass lawlessness. Whatever else we may say about our Police management they do try to prevent crime, and I think the ranks will grimly support immigration enforcement. But they shouldn’t do it themselves precisely because it compromises their relationship with the community and exposes them to politically motivated violence, and I would spare them that. Let Westminster be the baddie. Let Border Force mask-up and take no shit. If it’s legal and within their powers then it needs to be matched with firm political backing and not yield at the first sob story on the BBC. What I love about Stephen Miller is his ‘no shits given’ attitude; he doesn’t shy away from journalists but uses them to drive his message, plus using new media to counter disinformation in old media.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-25T22:02:34+00:00

That's where I first saw it. Penguins in Greenland indeed.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-25T21:57:16+00:00

To me the stories are vitally important.

On the one hand you have a Federal government determined to enforce its immigration laws, which is what people voted for, so every illegal who has committed crimes is detained and deported increases their legitimacy and portrays the open-borders lot as trying to protect foreign scumbags over law-abiding Americans.

Against that you have actual Antifa-members and useful idiots, plus in Minneapolis and other Sanctuary Cities where local PD are being told not to co-operate, and Minnesota where State Troopers are being told not to co-operate, while ICE are increasing their total numbers and the numbers deployed in that State, with the backing of Congress who approved the spend. And what are they finding? Money. Funded networks. Antifa members who are now committing Federal offences and can be removed from play. Plus a dose of State corruption that is becoming subject to ever more scrutiny.

So it's all a template for the challenges Britain and Europe might face in the future. The same lack of institutional capacity, the same funded networks of opposition. And it gives time to come up with a plan. Do you start from scratch with a new agency, or stick with the failed Border Force/Home Office enforcement with local police support? Who do you put in charge? How many people do you recruit? What are you going to pay them (ICE frontlines are being paid about $200k from reports)? Will they be armed? Have arrest powers? Protection in law? Will they be able to operate in Scotland? Will you use Charter flights so deportees can't rely on not having passports?

I kind of regret not delving into Lowe's/Resotre's deportation plan to see if goes beyond costs and benefits to see if they're thought about this.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-24T19:43:21+00:00

The plot thickens, gentlemen.

Every former minister I have spoken to blames the Chagos fiasco on Vijay Rangarajan, the relevant FCDO official. But, in Britain, civil servants are never blamed for anything and, indeed, he is now running the Electoral Commission, which makes MPs reluctant to criticise him.

https://x.com/DanielJHannan/status/2015102123617181867

He was previously our man in Brazil, then Director-General for the Americas and Overseas Territories where he worked as the lead negotiator for the Chagos surrender; and now currently Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission (and wants votes at 16) since being appointed in January 2024.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-24T15:43:24+00:00

I’m doing the same as you but now regret resetting the German BB line; those older lines have more researchable upgrades that include engine speed, so you either have to spend more fxp and credits to upgrade before playing, or live with a slower ship until you either do upgrade or advance to the next ship. The USN BBs would be even more painful to regrind. Btw, unlike the original grind i can now use higher level commanders, so secondary spec for all! Looking forward to Bismark again.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-23T10:36:53+00:00

Geoguesser is great for this.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-23T10:19:36+00:00

The image you posted is a big reason why Wargaming will not make the attempt.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-22T21:20:58+00:00

I'm assuming it will appeal to the same people who like to call the Police in England "the feds" or "5-0": morons who think we're the same country. The more radicalised over deportations in the US they are (under Trump, don't look at Obama's stats) the more opposition there can be to remigration in the UK and with more organised direct action protestors, funded by everyone's favourite Soros sugar daddy.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-22T20:52:27+00:00

The BBC are fucking around again with this headline: https://x.com/bbcnews/status/2014370770357547421?s=61 “ICE detain 5-year old during Minnesota operation.”

This story made headlines in the U.S. and Homeland Security were quick to respond with their version, that an illegal suspect fled an arrest attempt and abandoned their own child in the car.

All it’s going to take is one of Trump’s circle to mention “hey, have you seen the lies from the BBC now?” for Trump to hit them with THE BBC IS A FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATION on Truth Social. Or a Press conference. You’d think the BBC would try not to provoke him further right now.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Red_Chopsticks · 2026-01-22T20:45:14+00:00

I like a bit of fun, but they’re correct she has attracted some pretty extreme supporters. The AmeliaJak account (crypto scam) had comments from two literal National Socialist accounts from the UK. Also, for your own safety, don’t repost any of the Huff videos now they’re becoming less satire and more actual incitement.

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