That Oval Office Meeting: Zelenskyy and Trump
Last Friday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House for what was expected to be a landmark bilateral meeting with Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, the first meeting between… Read more »
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 »
Short: Musk’s Fascist Salute at Trump’s Inauguration
I’ve waited a while before writing about this issue to see if Musk would apologise for what he did, but of course, no such apology has been issued. One of… Read more »
Gaza Ceasefire: Last Drops of Goodwill
After over a year of intense bombardment and abject slaughter of innocents, a ceasefire has finally been agreed between Israel and Hamas, with the desired goal of a permanent cessation… Read more »
Grooming Gangs and the Far-Right
Child sexual exploitation and abuse is an issue, one would expect, that all who choose to speak up on the issue would approach it with utmost sensitivity, thinking at all… Read more »
Syria: New Beginnings
Last week, after decades of struggle, millions displaced, and many hundreds of thousands dead, the brutal Assad dictatorship in Syria was overthrown. A coalition of rebel forces, led by the… 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 »