Farage Resigns: From Ringmaster to Sideshow
The leader of Reform PLC Nigel Farage has today resigned his Parliamentary seat of Clacton and stood down as an MP, forcing a by-election in which he will stand as… Read more »
A Lament for Keir Starmer: For What Was, For What Could Have Been
As I watched Keir Starmer step out of the black door of Number 10 Downing Street and towards the blazoned lectern to deliver his resignation speech on Monday morning, glancing… Read more »
Southampton and Belfast: Farage at his Worst
The UK has been rocked by two national scandals in as many weeks. The first, an incident that happened in December of last year in Southampton, the details of which… Read more »
The Catch Up: Keir and Andy
If anyone out there was a dedicated reader of International Thinking, you may have been wondering where the hell I have been this last year. If I said I was… Read more »
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 »