Anthony Glees
@anthonyglees.bsky.social
I'm a professor of politics with a special interest in intelligence-led security policies and practices
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/professor-anthony-glees/
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/professor-anthony-glees/
The gremlins are busy @TheTelegraph__ right now.
Did Rubio really say the US had a policy of ‘aggression’?
And we’re happy to note the USA is in charge of American policy..,
Did Rubio really say the US had a policy of ‘aggression’?
And we’re happy to note the USA is in charge of American policy..,
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The gremlins are busy @TheTelegraph__ right now.
Did Rubio really say the US had a policy of ‘aggression’?
And we’re happy to note the USA is in charge of American policy..,
Did Rubio really say the US had a policy of ‘aggression’?
And we’re happy to note the USA is in charge of American policy..,
‘Don’t eff around with Don’.
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 AM
‘Don’t eff around with Don’.
MAGA leaders are worried he might be. George Bush 2.0? Iraq 2.0? Should we be pleased - or horrified? A big debate is about to begin.
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 AM
MAGA leaders are worried he might be. George Bush 2.0? Iraq 2.0? Should we be pleased - or horrified? A big debate is about to begin.
Reposted by Anthony Glees
A country of almost 30 million, with a powerful if hated security apparatus with links to organised crime and access to lots of cocaine... what could possibly go wrong?
Trump just announced “we are going to run the country” until they can guarantee a just transition because they “can’t run the risk of someone else taking over” Venezuela.
“We are going to run it, essentially.”
“We are going to run it, essentially.”
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
A country of almost 30 million, with a powerful if hated security apparatus with links to organised crime and access to lots of cocaine... what could possibly go wrong?
What happened to America First, asks US, as Trump strikes
A great analysis of a big question: is Trump now a global interventionist?
www.thetimes.com/article/f239...
A great analysis of a big question: is Trump now a global interventionist?
www.thetimes.com/article/f239...
What happened to America First, asks US, as Trump strikes Venezuela
Seizing Nicolás Maduro jars with the isolationist views of much of Trump’s voting base — but he believes America’s back yard is his domain
www.thetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
What happened to America First, asks US, as Trump strikes
A great analysis of a big question: is Trump now a global interventionist?
www.thetimes.com/article/f239...
A great analysis of a big question: is Trump now a global interventionist?
www.thetimes.com/article/f239...
We must assume today was the day that Trump forgot about getting the Nobel Peace Prize himself…& moved onto other things, like wars of foreign intervention.
How dare she win the Nobel Prize?
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We must assume today was the day that Trump forgot about getting the Nobel Peace Prize himself…& moved onto other things, like wars of foreign intervention.
Trump clearly loves Putin’s phraseology. What is actually an invasion is eulogised as an ‘extraordinary military operation’, an upgrade on Putin’s ‘special military operation’. Hah. This does put the cat among the pigeons.
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trump clearly loves Putin’s phraseology. What is actually an invasion is eulogised as an ‘extraordinary military operation’, an upgrade on Putin’s ‘special military operation’. Hah. This does put the cat among the pigeons.
Further thoughts via The Star www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...
Trump strikes are 'egging Xi and Putin on' and 'consequences can't be foreseen'
EXCLUSIVE: World-renowned war expert, Professor Anthony Glees has shared his thoughts on the situation in Venezuela and warns other Caribbean states are now at risk from Trump's new MAGA America
www.dailystar.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Further thoughts via The Star www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...
My take via GBNews
www.gbnews.com/news/world/v...
www.gbnews.com/news/world/v...
Donald Trump 'adhering to China and Russia's way of problem-solving' with airstrikes on Venezuela, security expert says
Donald Trump is acting like China and Russia with US airstrikes on Venezuela, Professor Anthony Glees told GB News. Speaking on the People's Channel, the professor, who specialises in matters of secur...
www.gbnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
My take via GBNews
www.gbnews.com/news/world/v...
www.gbnews.com/news/world/v...
Slightly bizarre statement from a perplexed Sir Keir.
Why would we have been involved?
Why would we have been involved?
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Slightly bizarre statement from a perplexed Sir Keir.
Why would we have been involved?
Why would we have been involved?
Reposted by Anthony Glees
Perfect
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Perfect
It is right that the Swiss cops are ‘pursuing other hypotheses’.
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
It is right that the Swiss cops are ‘pursuing other hypotheses’.
What are ‘flares sparkler candles known as flares’?
Why were they ‘held too close to the ceiling’?
Who did so?
Why did this happen not at midnight but 1.5 hrs later?
The pic appears to show a fire high about the sparklers (which did not burn those holding them) & are used every year.
Why were they ‘held too close to the ceiling’?
Who did so?
Why did this happen not at midnight but 1.5 hrs later?
The pic appears to show a fire high about the sparklers (which did not burn those holding them) & are used every year.
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
What are ‘flares sparkler candles known as flares’?
Why were they ‘held too close to the ceiling’?
Who did so?
Why did this happen not at midnight but 1.5 hrs later?
The pic appears to show a fire high about the sparklers (which did not burn those holding them) & are used every year.
Why were they ‘held too close to the ceiling’?
Who did so?
Why did this happen not at midnight but 1.5 hrs later?
The pic appears to show a fire high about the sparklers (which did not burn those holding them) & are used every year.
How many of us knew this? Not I, as I don’t read the Speccy & no one else would publish such drivel. No one serious (probably not even in Israel) would suggest either the IDF or its boss should get the Peace Prize. One wonders if a donation to the mag lies behind this piece.
People should never forget that Gove argued in the Jewish Chronicle that the IDF should receive the Nobel Peace Prize: A supporter of genocide as well as all his other obnoxious traits.You don't need to read the whole of his brain-numbing article. Just scroll to the end
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
The IDF should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize - The Jewish Chronicle
Thank God Israel had the courage to sometimes ignore its most powerful ally
www.thejc.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
How many of us knew this? Not I, as I don’t read the Speccy & no one else would publish such drivel. No one serious (probably not even in Israel) would suggest either the IDF or its boss should get the Peace Prize. One wonders if a donation to the mag lies behind this piece.
Germans have a good way of spotting if the Moon is waxing (‘zunehmen’) or waning (‘abnehmen’). If it’s the top of a ‘z’, so a right-pointing crescent, it’s waxing; to the left, like an ‘a’, it’s waning.
Tonight's shot of the Moon and she's almost full again!
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1600
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 97%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1600
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 97%
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Germans have a good way of spotting if the Moon is waxing (‘zunehmen’) or waning (‘abnehmen’). If it’s the top of a ‘z’, so a right-pointing crescent, it’s waxing; to the left, like an ‘a’, it’s waning.
The Moon seems to come much closer than it ever used to do when I was a child in the 1950s. Can it be so?
Tonight's shot of the Moon and she's almost full again!
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1600
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 97%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1600
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 97%
January 2, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The Moon seems to come much closer than it ever used to do when I was a child in the 1950s. Can it be so?
This is a brilliant, funny must-read.
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
This is a brilliant, funny must-read.
Some great obits in The Times this morning. The obits dept is the last remaining vestige of the once great paper of record, imho.
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Some great obits in The Times this morning. The obits dept is the last remaining vestige of the once great paper of record, imho.
‘The Father of his People’. A new, statesmanlike pose from the guy who did ‘change Britain’ (in 2016). Irretrievably so. Sadly very much for the worse. Bizarrely 29% of voters want to give him another shot.
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
‘The Father of his People’. A new, statesmanlike pose from the guy who did ‘change Britain’ (in 2016). Irretrievably so. Sadly very much for the worse. Bizarrely 29% of voters want to give him another shot.
Reposted by Anthony Glees
The Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/w...
The Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/w...
Reposted by Anthony Glees
Happy new year from Dominic, who has no concept of the passage of time and whose only resolution is to continue being an ungovernable gremlin
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Happy new year from Dominic, who has no concept of the passage of time and whose only resolution is to continue being an ungovernable gremlin
But still refuses to give Ukraine this key weapon.
Germany has taken the first formal step toward large-scale production of an upgraded TAURUS stand-off missile.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-move...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-move...
Germany moves to produce TAURUS NEO to boost deep-strike
Germany has taken the first formal step toward large-scale production of an upgraded TAURUS stand-off missile.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 AM
But still refuses to give Ukraine this key weapon.
Reminds of Colston Bassett Stilton.
Another lunar halo tonight, multi haloes in multi colours
#nature #photography #astrophotography #moon
#nature #photography #astrophotography #moon
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Reminds of Colston Bassett Stilton.
Michael Gove admits regret at turning on Boris Johnson. Gove flies a new Brexit fairy tale: if he’d not turned on Boris, he could have made Brexit work (defying the laws of economics, we presume). What a conceited awful man he is.
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Michael Gove admits regret at turning on Boris Johnson. Gove flies a new Brexit fairy tale: if he’d not turned on Boris, he could have made Brexit work (defying the laws of economics, we presume). What a conceited awful man he is.