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Iain King

@iainbking.com

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Director of the Centre for Ethical Foreign Affairs, www.cefa.org. Author, former Director of NATO Mission Iraq, diplomat and academic. Fascinated by philosophy and thrillers. CBE, likes tea.

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 04/10/2026

Grok (on X) now very pro-Putin. Absolutely shocking:

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 10/06/2026

Macdonalds has David Beckham on their World Cup merchandise, implying he’s still a player.

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 06/06/2026

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 01/05/2026

Excellent new public art from Banksy in central London. Clever, contemporary, controversial, well executed, and a great prompt for discussion.

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 15/11/2025

Grok labels GB News impartial and suggests the BBC is propaganda:

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 31/10/2025

This shocking image shows a settlement in Sudan where widespread killing of unarmed civilians is believed to have taken place this week. The brown-red is blood. (Full story by Kaamil Ahmed in The Guardian)

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 15/10/2025

Lowest ever murder rate in London:

Graph showing falling murder rate in London

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 07/09/2025

Is this genuine? It appears that a holocaust museum was forced to apologise for asserting that no group should be targeted for genocide. Surely this can’t be real… anyone?

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 24/08/2025

Happy Independence Day Ukraine!

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 12/08/2025

Crime in London has fallen dramatically:

Graph of London crime rates falling over 25 years

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 08/08/2025

Some disturbing trends in psychology (Source: FT)

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 22/07/2025

Murder rates in London: going in the right direction:

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 13/07/2025

Excellent article on the huge political and economic distortions created by the UK housing market:

Matthew Syed article on housing in the UK

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 09/07/2025

Allowing some working from home improves all aspects of company culture, except agility. (Source: The Economist)

Graph showing how allowing some working from home improves all aspects of work culture, except agility.

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 08/07/2025

And today's Internet Post of the Day goes to...

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Iain King @iainbking.com · 21/06/2025

At the Eurostar terminal in Brussels: an official turned away a woman who was 30 seconds later than the 30 minute cut-off. It seemed unnecessary harsh.