Short: UK Increases Defence Budget
The United Kingdom has stepped up to meet the challenge of a more dangerous world today, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of… Read more »
Ukraine and Trump: History Echoes
The President of the US has today called the democratically elected President of Ukraine a “dictator”, and has blamed Ukraine for starting the war against Russia. It has truly shocked… Read more »
Trump’s Victory: What it Means for the World
Whenever decisions like this are made, I always find myself making excuses to be optimistic. With Brexit, I reasoned that cooler heads in Parliament would prevail and a workable deal… Read more »
Labour’s First New Budget: The First Step
After 14 years out of government, the Labour Party has delivered its first Budget of the new Parliament, marking a significant shift in economic policy to the previous, as was… Read more »
Hassan Nasrallah and the New War in Lebanon
The political and military leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has last week died in an air attack by Israeli air forces in Beirut, Lebanon. This represents a seismic moment in… Read more »
Short: Harris vs Trump Debate
I’m currently abroad enjoying a much-needed holiday, and have been trying my best to avoid politics and the news, but after I saw a few clips of the recent Presidential… Read more »
Harris vs Trump: Old Enemies, New Blood
Joe Biden has done the honourable thing and stepped aside, and the free world has breathed a sigh of relief. With his resignation from the Presidential race, his VP, Kamala… Read more »
Haniyeh Dead: The Road to Peace?
In a brazen and unprecedented attack, Israeli defence forces carried out the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s political leader, in Tehran on 31 July. The manner of attack is as… Read more »
Southport Stabbings: Sorrow and Shame
Harrowing, atrocious, abominable. These words to not do justice to the unspeakable act of cruelty and violence which has been perpetrated in Southport. Three innocent little girls, murdered for no… Read more »
Biden-Trump Debate Aftermath: US Elections 2024
With so much going on in my own country, I haven’t been looking to what was going on across the Atlantic. I was terrified of it, and thanked my lucky… Read more »