This is Tony Blair once again doing his best to push a surveillance society on everyone. As he is the architect of this that’s reason enough to oppose it.

Thanks for the commentaries, Martin. I wonder what arguments the club can put forward to persuade me to renew my membership.

5. Politics is still (mostly) local, seems unlikely Musk endorsement or Vance intervention helped AfD much but maybe helped Linke. Where Trump admin does appear to be shifting politics is away from the US - see Merz last night on need for European defence independence or boost for Canadian liberals