Prof Rob Dover
@robdover.bsky.social
Academic researcher in intelligence and security, currently Dean of Faculty, but posting in a personal capacity. Poor standard runner. Excitable cricketer. Prone to crunchy deductions....
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the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
Tolerate is doing a lot of lifting here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK will not tolerate Chinese spying, minister says after MI5 alert
Politicians have been warned they are being targeted by suspected Chinese spies posing as "headhunters".
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Tolerate is doing a lot of lifting here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
They've had 14years to think about these things. And it's like (and I'd be amazed if it wasn't the reality) they're bouncing around like 'the shopping trolley' from headline to headline. Not a grown-up in sight.
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
They've had 14years to think about these things. And it's like (and I'd be amazed if it wasn't the reality) they're bouncing around like 'the shopping trolley' from headline to headline. Not a grown-up in sight.
100%. It isn't but they are. Sigh.
Apparently the appropriate response to ‘dark forces’ is to give them what they want.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration
There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
100%. It isn't but they are. Sigh.
Unlikely. And requires a strong defence. I would suggest on the grounds of discovery and contributions to the economy because it is not the age of intellectual purity (sadly): www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/can-ac...
Can academic freedom survive in the new age of hard power?
While submitting to authority comes naturally to Asian universities, their Western counterparts have traditionally resisted coercion. But Donald Trump’s compact could change the game with the illusion...
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Unlikely. And requires a strong defence. I would suggest on the grounds of discovery and contributions to the economy because it is not the age of intellectual purity (sadly): www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/can-ac...
Another deconsumptive and damaging move by the government.
Home Office claims changes proposed on Monday are "the most significant shift in the treatment of refugees since the second world war"
These changes are unlikely to significantly shift flows or deliver control.
The language used is questionable in principle - and v likely to be untrue in practice
These changes are unlikely to significantly shift flows or deliver control.
The language used is questionable in principle - and v likely to be untrue in practice
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Another deconsumptive and damaging move by the government.
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“To the historically oriented, the fight for the minds of decision-makers and noncombatants does not expand the battlespace, but it does expand or at least challenge long-held Western conceptions about war.” A superb review of cognitive warfare from Frank Hoffman
smallwarsjournal.com/2025/11/14/a...
smallwarsjournal.com/2025/11/14/a...
Assessing "Cognitive Warfare" | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Explore the evolving concept of cognitive warfare, its impact on global security, and how China and Russia are reshaping the cognitive domain of conflict.
smallwarsjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“To the historically oriented, the fight for the minds of decision-makers and noncombatants does not expand the battlespace, but it does expand or at least challenge long-held Western conceptions about war.” A superb review of cognitive warfare from Frank Hoffman
smallwarsjournal.com/2025/11/14/a...
smallwarsjournal.com/2025/11/14/a...
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More from the: “I remember being happiest when I was a child” brigade. How about we make judgements on living standards, levels of racism, crime, happiness etc. based on evidence rather than the vague remembrances of people nostalgic for a world they didn’t really experience?
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
More from the: “I remember being happiest when I was a child” brigade. How about we make judgements on living standards, levels of racism, crime, happiness etc. based on evidence rather than the vague remembrances of people nostalgic for a world they didn’t really experience?
The indiscriminate choice of targets had long bothered me in this conflict. Now it makes a little more sense.. not good sense, but sense: www.lbc.co.uk/article/tour...
Tourists 'paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in hunting trips during Bosnian War' | LBC
An investigation has been launched into claims Italian tourists paid as much as £70,000 to shoot innocent people on ‘hunting trips’ during the Bosnian war.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The indiscriminate choice of targets had long bothered me in this conflict. Now it makes a little more sense.. not good sense, but sense: www.lbc.co.uk/article/tour...
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Knocking No.10's briefings meltdown off the top of the headlines seemed an impossible feat.
But last night, news of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on hiking income tax rates in the budget did just that.
London Playbook explains 👇
But last night, news of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on hiking income tax rates in the budget did just that.
London Playbook explains 👇
Labour’s tax bombshell
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November 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Knocking No.10's briefings meltdown off the top of the headlines seemed an impossible feat.
But last night, news of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on hiking income tax rates in the budget did just that.
London Playbook explains 👇
But last night, news of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on hiking income tax rates in the budget did just that.
London Playbook explains 👇
I've had some brief thoughts on the use of law as politics: theconversation.com/first-indict...
First indictments issued as Donald Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ theory begins to take shape
Is this justice or retribution?
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I've had some brief thoughts on the use of law as politics: theconversation.com/first-indict...
Difficult to argue there was no income: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mone-linked firm PPE Medpro owes £39m in tax
Administrator's report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Difficult to argue there was no income: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Say what what?
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Say what what?
Errr, say what?
President Trump has escalated his attacks on Nigeria as he threatened to invade Africa’s most populous country and “wipe out” Islamist groups killing Christians
Trump threatens to ‘wipe out’ Islamic terrorists in Nigeria invasion
www.thetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Errr, say what?
#celebritytraitors Who would have thought Alan would win anything, let alone a wink murder game.. and David - holding the bat for academics - managed to be the worst Traitors player ever. In any series. 🫣😬
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#celebritytraitors Who would have thought Alan would win anything, let alone a wink murder game.. and David - holding the bat for academics - managed to be the worst Traitors player ever. In any series. 🫣😬
I used to smile every time I walked past the dept of American and Canadian studies, so that is my flimsiest reason for feeling sad about this news: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I used to smile every time I walked past the dept of American and Canadian studies, so that is my flimsiest reason for feeling sad about this news: www.bbc.com/news/article...
I'm not sure I understand the surprised tone: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm not sure I understand the surprised tone: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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still bug some units.
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
still bug some units.
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
It's in The Sun, so it must be true: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3723245... #notnews
Britain's most sex-mad areas revealed in survey - does your town make the list?
THE randiest Britons live in Yorkshire and Humber, a survey reveals. Those in the South West are next but Scots romp the least. However, hardly anyone spends enough time on making their partners ha…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
It's in The Sun, so it must be true: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3723245... #notnews
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Since the 1980s we’ve been trying to convince ourselves we’re a bit like America whilst point-blank refusing to accept the kind of extreme economic insecurity Americans have to cope with. We’re not America, we’re a European country with an identity crisis
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Since the 1980s we’ve been trying to convince ourselves we’re a bit like America whilst point-blank refusing to accept the kind of extreme economic insecurity Americans have to cope with. We’re not America, we’re a European country with an identity crisis
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The radiation effects have been ruinous, according to US government reports cited by the Atomic Heritage Foundation, which said the testing was responsible for 55% of cancers on some of the islands' northern atolls.
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The radiation effects have been ruinous, according to US government reports cited by the Atomic Heritage Foundation, which said the testing was responsible for 55% of cancers on some of the islands' northern atolls.
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
And this is one of the ways Nigel will win: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reeves to lay groundwork for tax rises in ‘candid’ speech about budget
Chancellor to promise ‘fairness and opportunity’ but will not repeat manifesto pledge on tax, after PM’s hint at breach
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
And this is one of the ways Nigel will win: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...