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The trouble with the Green party’s Ifhat Shaheen
The Green party’s embrace of extremists is gathering pace. Let me introduce you to Ifhat Shaheen (also known as Ifhat…
On the road with a Myanmar revolutionary leader
When Khu Reedu first joined the resistance following the 2021 Myanmar coup, it was like a prophecy had been fulfilled.…
Is this how the ad industry dies?
A few nights ago, I sat down to watch a movie on Amazon Prime. At the beginning, it said, ‘This…
What I learned from complaining to the BBC
Back in October, the comedian Stewart Lee and the Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci hosted an episode of Strong Message…
The curious case of the £10 toilet
In May’s local elections, most of the attention will fall on the larger contests: the devolved elections in Scotland and…
Swalwell sexual assault accusations detonate California governor’s race
Is it Swal-over for Swalwell? Congressman Eric Swalwell – the longtime anti-Trump crusader, MS Now and CNN mainstay, and a…
Why is Prince Harry being sued by Sentebale?
It must be unpleasant to be Prince Harry at the moment. Not only is he waiting on the judgement of Mr Justice Nicklin for his…
Starmer referred to UN over ‘crime against humanity’
It seems that the Chagos deal is the grift which keeps on giving. The government last night confirmed that it…
This isn’t the end of the Chagos debacle
The policy that seems closest to the government’s heart – the surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – is…
What can we expect from the Iran negotiations?
The eyes of the world are on Pakistan’s capital Islamabad as it plays host to this weekend’s make or break…
Bash Back are thugs posing as victims
There are times when it seems that violence against women and girls – forever these days being hand-wrung over by…
How Pakistan became central to ending the Iran war
When the Iran war kicked off in late February, if you’d been asked to place a bet on which country…
Ireland shouldn’t send in the army against fuel protestors
When a government’s answer to protesting truckers is to send in the army, something has gone badly wrong. At present,…
Picasso’s Guernica has reopened old wounds in Spain
A row has erupted in Spain over what to do with Pablo Picasso’s 1937 Cubist masterpiece ‘Guernica’. Since 1992, this…
If only TACO were true
A useful rule, when trying to understand current affairs, is AAL: Acronyms Always Lie. A case in point would be…
Lebanon should be excluded from the Iran peace deal
The current phase of the disaster rolling through the Middle East hinges on whether a ceasefire in Lebanon should be…
What the hell is going on with Melania Trump?
Melania Trump’s bombshell statement yesterday on the Jeffrey Epstein affair needed subtitles. As she spoke it was all so odd.…
Should doctors be banned from striking?
Kemi Badenoch has said she will ban doctors from striking. Yesterday, asked if he would do the same, Health Secretary…
The problem with John Healey’s tough talk on Russia
What are the odds that Vladimir Putin is going to be cowed when British Defence Secretary John Healey warns him ‘we see…
More youth clubs won’t fix London’s crime woes
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has pledged £30 million to fund a youth club in every London borough. This…
Ex-Tory MPs line up for Reform
Reform’s approach to these local elections seemed to be a variation on a wedding classic: ‘something old, something new, something…
It’s hard to believe that Starmer is getting tough on Russia
Less than a fortnight ago, Sir Keir Starmer sought to signal that the British government was getting tough on Putin…
Can the Royal Navy really deter Vladimir Putin?
The Royal Navy has not had a good few weeks in reputational terms. It was nothing short of humiliating that…
Zack Polanski’s Green party bubble won’t last forever
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but coming at the beginning of a local election campaign in which…
The shameful lies about Israel’s attack on Hezbollah
Imagine there was a virulently Francophobic militia on the doorstep of the French Republic. Imagine it had fired nearly a…
