thespectator – Nicolas Cinquini

[Sharing] The ‘shadow fleet’ tanker raid was pure theatre – Owen Matthews, The Spectator

The news footage was satisfyingly reminiscent of Mission: Impossible. Masked French commandoes swarmed up the side of the rusty oil tanker Boracay, assault rifles drawn, and commenced their search for evidence the vessel had been responsible for launching Russian drones at Danish airports. The captain and first officer – both Chinese nationals – were taken…

Nicolas Cinquini

4 October 2025

ukraine

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hurle le capitaine Haddock, qui à l’instar d’Hercule Poirot, est en réalité belge The Spectator est un magazine hebdomadaire britannique, de surcroît conservateur, mais alors, QUEL TALENT ! Nicolas Sarkozy raconte le mieux l’actuel président : Emmanuel Macron, c’est moi, en mieux. Aujourd’hui est le bilan d’une vingtaine d’années. Droitard, réactionnaire et démagogue, Sarkozy était…

Nicolas Cinquini

1 April 2023

fascism, history, revolution, social struggles

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screams Captain Haddock, who like Hercule Poirot, is actually Belgian The Spectator is a weekly British magazine, conservative, however, QUEL TALENT! Nicolas Sarkozy best tells the current president : Emmanuel Macron is me, only better. Today is the outcome of about 20 years. Rightist, reactionary and demagogic, Sarkozy was in 2003 a kind of super…

Nicolas Cinquini

1 April 2023

fascism, history, revolution, social struggles