The World This Week From Mennies.

Friday 15 August 2025

Well, this is me on my travels once again. This time, a very last minute cruise out of Dundee. When I say last minute, I mean just that as I only booked it a couple of days ago.

It is not my favourite cruise line but it was available and the price was reasonable. I am on the Ambition, of the Ambasador line.

Been on this ship several times in the past and prefer the Ambience which is one of the other two ships in the line.

Just had dinner, which was quite nice and at a table of six, the other five from a strange foreign country situated to the South of Scotland, all speaking an almost intelligible language formed over milennia by collinisation of multiple races.

To be fair, they were all Geordies, who are almost Scots, or at least? They would like to be.

Putin and Trump

So, as the ship sails out from the mouth of the river Tay the world holds its breath for as I speak Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have just shaken hands in Alaska.

They are there to discuss the surrender of NATO who have been fighting and loosing a war in Ukraine, for the last three years. When this war started I predicted that NATO would fight Russia to the last Ukrainian and that is more or less what has happened as Ukrain as now started conscripting women into the army.

The two leaders will probably come to an arrangement which will see the border of Ukraine reflecting the accession of the Donbas area and the Declaration of Independence, made by the people of Donbas back in 2014.

They might discuss the realise if the two Brittish colonels and the MI6 officer who were taken prisoner whilst directing attacks on Russia, by Spetsnaz team just over a week ago.

Trump, Will of course drive a hard bargain probably insisting on an option on the Kremlin to convert it into a hotel,

Anyway, interesting times ahead as I sail towards Cherbourg and contemplate the ships disco tonight.

Have a good weekend folks and remember:
It is the easiest thing to feel the pressure and fall back in line. It is sometimes hard to walk in the opposite direction but it is sometimes the true road, and you will know, because you will be following your conscience.
As long as you have that you will
Never walk alone.