(0515) Morning all … seems much cooler at this stage, not a well cat just now chez higham, hope to be back together by maybe 0700. Trusting you got through the heat all right. (0630) In better nick now, still warmish though one more day. (0647)

 

5. Govt more than beyond the pale

4. Yet Abbott is facilitating the whole thing

3. Lines of defence

2. DAD at 1424

a) German army only recruits 530 people after asking 300,000. While the response rate from men was high at 96 per cent, the actual conversion rate into voluntary service has been extremely low….

b) Germany: AfD ban debated – again. A report produced by an NGO claiming to be a protector of fundamental freedoms has revived plans to get rid of Germany’s main opposition party, suggesting it is ‘unconstitutional.’….

c) Spain’s PM Sánchez defies any political logic known in Western democracies. No leader could even attempt to cling to power while completely surrounded by serious judicial investigation….

d) (JH: An upload, not sure what about.)

e) Is it time to defund the BBC ?

1. The Vigilant Fox