Jenin: More Fear, More Death, More Hate
Israeli forces have this week conducted a major incursion into Palestinian territory, the largest since the Second Intifada in the early 2000s. Reports vary, but following a sustained period of… Read more »
Author Archives: Euan
The Wagner Rebellion: Prigozhin’s Revenge
Yesterday, Russian private military company Wagner Group turned on the Russian Army, instigating a civil conflict within Russia. After months of threats and posturing in response to lacklustre support from… Read more »
It Was A Good Day: Trump and Johnson
After being given advance sight of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee’s investigation into him over Partygate, disgraced ex-Prime Minister Johnson has stepped down as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip…. Read more »
King Charles III
King Charles III was crowned last week at Westminster Abbey, the first new Monarch the United Kingdom has had in more than seven decades. The man who, for the longest… Read more »
Local Elections 2023: Bad Omens, Silver Linings
After a full day of voting and a full night of counting, the results of the 2023 Local Elections are in. 230 councils went to the polls on Thursday in… Read more »
War in Sudan: East Africa Unravels Further
Sudan, a nation that has long been gripped by political instability and violent episodes, has become embroiled in a destructive internal conflict that has already claimed many innocent lives. Much… Read more »
Short: Biden in Ireland
US President Joe Biden was in Ireland this week, a trip commemorating the Good Friday Agreement and to tour the island, but felt more like a bit of a jolly… Read more »
NATO’s 31st: A New Iron Curtain?
NATO has this week welcomed its newest member state, with Finland becoming the thirty-first nation to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Finland, a nation which has maintained strategic neutrality since… Read more »
The March Protests
This month has seen reports of incendiary protests and social unrest in nations across the world. The importance of freedom of assembly and speech is no less important now than… Read more »
Hunt’s Maiden Budget
Jeremy Hunt this week announced his first budget in the Commons. There is little support for working people in it, but includes a tax break fro the top 1%