Major protests continue in Istanbul. Protests clearly forbidden by President Erdoğan on social media but mixed reports on whether X - and therefore Musk - acceded to his demands. Probably yes but not on the scale Erdoğan would have preferred. Meanwhile in TRNC over 6000 signatures were gathered in a matter of hours in support of jailed Istanbul mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoğlu, preferred candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
Apply for ETA electronic permissions for entry to UK. The app is actually quite good - apparently better than Canada’s. Short number of questions followed by scans and photo on the mobile. Efficient at taking the £10 payment as well. They want to know if we’ve been involved in or suspected of war crimes, genocide, terrorism or support of extremist groups. No, obviously. But extremist groups? One man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter as the saying goes. And suspected by whom? Will our answers change if the US attempts to annex us? Interesting that they include support for genocide. I can answer no, but think it’s lucky for Keir Starmer that he’s already a UK citizen and doesn’t have to apply to enter.