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My blog nick-name is SIR HUGH. I'm not from the aristocracy - my middle name is Hugh which relates to the list of 282 hills in Scotland compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891. I climbed my last one (Sgurr Mor) on 28th June 2009

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Sunday, 25 January 2026

Fright

 Sunday 25th January 2026

There seems to have been limited coverage of the goings on across The Pond in UK media for reasons that I do not want to discuss, but I suggest that with scarcity of reporting here it may be appropriate to look a bit further afield. 

However, The Guardian has published a detailed account from an eye witness of the latest atrocity this morning. Ok, the BBC would probably shy away from publishing this without their supposed strict verification, but there is no doubt in my mind that this is an accurate and bone fide report. It is sickening to me to the point of physical nausea, especially when you can also see graphic video of the appalling violent crackdown by armed storm troopers on unarmed and peacefully protesting citizens with indiscriminate use of tear gas, pepper spray and bodily physical violence. 

I am scared. Similar trends are developing here, illogically supported by a large percentage of our population who must be blind or uninformed not to see the pattern emerging.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/alex-pretti-killing-witness-testimony?CMP=share_btn_url

There are many You Tube channels chronicling in detail what is going on and care is needed to assimilate the reliability of some. Perhaps the most reliable is:

@MeidasTouch

(When you open the link go to The Meidas Touch Podcast section for the continuing update of news.)

They are given to somewhat hyperbolic headlines, but pride themselves on the veracity of their research and sources.  These people are under threat and fear for their safety.