Iran Says Blockade Of Its Ports Will Come At ‘Significant Costs For Everyone’ As Oil Rises Iranian officials warned that its oil exports cannot be restricted while “expecting free security for others,” through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials warned that its oil exports cannot be restricted while “expecting free security for others,” through the Strait of Hormuz.

Orban defeated: Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day All of a sudden, after months of total darkness, there is hope.

Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day iandunt.substack.com/p/orban-defe...

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez:

“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”

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#LostCambridge Good Friday 1936 - Cambridge used to have a custom of communal skipping on Parker's Piece. This from the Cambridgeshire Collection in the Central Library.

"The Cairo Forces Parliament was a meeting of British soldiers in Cairo, Egypt in February 1944 which voted for the nationalisation of banks, land, mines, and transport in the United Kingdom." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_F... Turns out the commanders and Whitehall were not happy at all!

He KNOWS he violated the Constitution!

Watershed Pollution Map showing latest sewage discharge figures for England.

We've loaded the latest sewage discharge figures for England onto our Watershed Pollution Map so you can investigate how your local water company is doing -

because, here at Watershed, we know how to spoil you:

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Josh was the first person in this role which involved scrutinising a huge volume of planning applications for in/around Cambridge and going toe-2-toe with some big developers. And some politicians too. Oxford, be nice to him! @greenpartyemma.bsky.social

Results from YouGov poll "What forms of future relationship with the EU would Britons support?" conducted 15th-16th March 2026.

The latest YouGov poll gives rejoining the EU a 20% lead over staying out (54% Vs 34%).

It's time the UK government committed to doing what is right for the UK economically and politically, and what the people of the UK want.

It's time to commit to #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

Hello?

Will the mid-term elections be 'free and fair'? Not if Trump can help it .. (cartoon Steve Sack).

Trump and his minions are truly the most sensitive little snowflakes, aren't they ? 😂 .. (cartoon Matt Wuerker)

Trump Accuses Starmer of Seeking to "Join Wars After We've Already Won" and Jismisses UK Aircraft Carriers Trump lashes out at UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over delayed support for U.S. operations, dismissing British aircraft carriers as unnecessary in the Iran conflict. By Fiaz Ahmed

Donald Trump has changed his tune (•AP) CELEBS Donald Trump begs other countries including UK to help defend oil tankers in humiliating U-turn Less than a week ago, the US President declared the war in Iran was "already won" - dismissing reports the UK was preparing the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to deploy to the region

Starmer refuses to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

The art of the deal

Keir Starmer, "An opportunity to put together our values and principles and apply them to a volatile world"

Mark Carney, "The world has become even more challenging"

Both Starmer and Carney acknowledging the damage to the global order caused by President Trump

🇬🇧 @mrjamesob.bsky.social on Trump’s war: “keir starmer should do as little as possible. Trump is a dangerous, delinquent idiot who started a war in one of the world’s most historically volatile tinderboxes’ — with no legal rationale, no plan, and no end objective.”

Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland

‘No clear goal’: lack of Iran war plan has unleashed chaos and could stymie US military for decades, say critics White House contends with reality of shoddy preparations for war and unclear conditions for victory * Middle East crisis – live updates * Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email As US and Israeli jets descended to deliver the opening salvos of the war in Iran, Donald Trump’s back-of-the-envelope plan for regime change in Tehran was about to run into the reality of the largest US intervention in the Middle East since the start of the Iraq war in 2003. That reality came quickly. Continue reading...

‘No clear goal’: lack of Iran war plan has unleashed chaos and could stymie US military for decades, say critics

Ella Baron on Trump, Netanyahu and the victims of the war in the Middle East – cartoon The crisis is intensifying, with Donald Trump saying that the US plans to hit Iran ‘very hard’ over the next week

Ella Baron on Trump, Netanyahu and the victims of the war in the Middle East – cartoon

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." -George Orwell's '1984'

Mission accomplished? The 2003 boast that haunts today's Iran conflict The echoes between the conflicts are certainly there but there are also profound differences.

After a couple of weeks the wars in Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan were all proclaimed great success by the US government. After years of chaos and some humiliating withdrawals there was less boasting. Now Trump thinks he has already won without a plan for the future.
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£150m Cambourne to Cambridge busway moves closer as construction tender planned - News for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Plans for a £150m busway linking Cambourne and Cambridge have taken a major step forward as Cambridgeshire County Council prepares to launch a construction tender.

"£150m Cambourne to Cambridge busway moves closer as construction tender planned" www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/news-hu... (Note the Transport Secretary still has to make a decision on whether to approve or decline the application).

It’s extremely ironic that they changed the Department of Defense’s name to the Department of War but can’t admit it when they launch a war.

Insecure little hypocrites

Next up, Eleanor Reilly of MHCLG/The Government -> says Please respond to the consultation at www.gov.uk/government/c... on the future of Cambridge

Cosy up to Reform all you like, but universities must also sell their successes to the public Alfie Roberts argues that universities need to start advocating for their place in society, or risk punishment in a volatile political landscape

Following news that Cambridge Uni chiefs met with TeamNigel representatives... www.varsity.co.uk/comment/31265

Cambridge Growth Company’s negotiations with councils’ town planning service Chairman Peter Freeman confirms the proposed development corporation is not looking to build a parallel planning service – but senior councillors remain concerned. At a public event at The Gr…

NEW BLOGPOST: Cambridge Growth Company & Gtr Cambridge Shared Planning Service - how can they work together? cambridgetownowl.com/2026/03/04/c... Councillors still have concerns about democratic accountability on planning decisions

Women of Cambridge This is just a short excerpt about your blog.

Given recent research findings I need to add to this: some of the women who made modern Cambridge lostcambridge.wordpress.com/women_of_cam...

#LostCambridge hero Eglantyne Jebb of Save the Children. Before setting up the charity with her sister Dorothy Buxton, Eglantyne researched and wrote the first social scientific survey of poverty in Cambridge in the town's history.

Tom Kerridge, "Immigration is constantly used by political parties for masking years and years of underfunding in infrastructure, health, housing, employment, education" #BBCQT

"It is not the fault of immigration, it's the fault of poor spending, poor money management"