Some thoughts

  European Union forms own 10,000 strong ‘uniformed service’ As the article states it's a border and coast guard force, but could lead to one. No mention of what (if any) vessels the coast guard side will have. I assume that initially it will support and work with national forces, but imagine with time it will supplant and take them over. This also ties in with my own thoughts on the case for an integrated UK coast guard, a draft article about which I am working on. Altogether this news is another reason to be glad we are out, my main motive for voting leave was because I did not want the UK to end up a province of a federal Europen superstate.  I suspect over the next few years the drive for more centralisation will accelerate. 

 A few articles I found interesting this past week: The woke have no vision of the future Charting the decline of the American Republic A positive deal overall – but problems lurk round the corner The year the ruling class got woke A United Europe Aligning With China Would Be A Disaster For The United States The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real It’s time to start wasting solar energy No Families, No Children, No Future Give this woke nonsense the red card On a lighter note: A multibillion-dollar f-you Why is Japan obsessed with KFC on Christmas? 2020 Rated Worst Year Ever, Provided You Never Lived At Any Other Time In History And finally,  15 Economic, Historical, and Health Facts About Bacon !