It's got Simon Pegg in it. But not in a humourous role.

I watched the trailer, hope it will be on dailymotion soon.

Why wait for Dailymotion ? when ( using NordVPN ) and the link below, you can watch all episodes of 'The Undeclared War' now.

Channel 4 - The Undeclared War - Cold War 2 drama

Watching the episodes so far, it's a PC correct Spy drama set in the near future of Britain in 2024, where the geeks of GCHQ
( who work in the doughnut ) race against time to crack gobildeegook malware code hidden inside the gobildeegook Unix code
after a Cyber attack on the UK launched by ( yep you guessed it, none other than ) the dastardly Russian FSB !!

All the the recent 2010 & 2020 cliche conspiracy theories about Russian interference of British public opinion and British elections
over the internet are thrown into the fray of this oft times bewildering & surreal Channel 4 spy drama.

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Surely the time has come for Boris to 'circle the wagons' for a bit of herd immunity ?

Conspiracy theories? That's what they want you to think.

COngrats on Switzerland joining NATO

Hehee.
The correction came quick though.

Anyway, that was miles better than Bush43, who said in May on the Ukrain war "the decision of one man to launch a brutal and wholly unjustified invasion of Iraq ... I mean of Ukraine ... Iraq too. Anyway ..."

Another Ukrainian victory.
Unesco announces Bortsch soup is a Ukraine recipe, not Russian.

Nevertheless those Swiss citizens who trained in the Swiss army before joining 'their final calling' to become members of the Vatican's Swiss Guards,
have been stepping up their halberd and pike drills, just in case.

Missed these news from last week. Well, the Swiss Federal Council recommends to fill your heating oil or gas tank RIGHT NOW. If you think winter is still a few months away or prices are high now...stop thinking and fill the damned tank:

https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/il-vou...i-207557082249

We filled our tank recently so should be good for until next summer or at a push 2 winters with some selective use/rationing. I was more concerned about getting oil than the price paid.

When speaking to the delivery guy, he told me everything was quiet as nobody was buying oil in the hope of prices decreasing in the future. He told me it will be a problem as there will not be enough delivery capacity if everybody tries to re-fill just before winter.

I saw reports that there is now a shortage of wood furnaces and firewood throughout Germany.

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In other news:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/...border-reports

someone tries to smuggle 28m out of Ukraine. I'm surprised that this came to light. I figured that a cut of $28m would be more than enough to clear customs...

Actually it's not the first case (maybe this amount is indeed much higher) and not the first border they tried but I assume you don't read news other than those provided by the English speaking press.
The customs and borders are supervised all the time these days. One must be an imbecile to risk their freedom for a cut that will be confiscated anyways.

Is Kvass next?

Turkey has seized a Russian cargo ship carrying Ukraine grain following a complaint from Ukraine.
Turkey controls the only exit from the Black Sea to the rest of the world so if they continue to block Russian ships then stealing Ukraine grain will become difficult and expensive.

No, Kvass was always Ukrainian.

And if you think that some folks here wanted Turkey kicked out of Nato....

Russia make ground?

I just looked at a map and it looks like Russia has gained 100 sqKm in the last two months.
Ukraine has an area of around six hundred thousand sqKm so only another thousand years before Russia takes all of it.

Lot of publicity now about Russia capturing the city of Lysychansk but it is only about 40Km from the Russian border so not a big incursion, Ukraine is about 1,200Km wide.

check this map:

https://opermap.mash.ru/

Here's a Russian who isn't letting himself be cowed.

Moscow politician gets 7 years for denouncing war

It's been released, as expected.