Steve Bloomfield
@stevebloomfield.bsky.social
The Observer's International editor
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Russia was banned from international football four days after they invaded Ukraine. After 22 months of war in Gaza and 63,000 killed, why is Israel's national team still allowed to play? My column in this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna...
World football can strike a blow against Israel – if it h...
The country’s team continues to play as if nothing has happened, despite the Palestinian Football Association repeatedly calling for a ban
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September 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Russia was banned from international football four days after they invaded Ukraine. After 22 months of war in Gaza and 63,000 killed, why is Israel's national team still allowed to play? My column in this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna...
In this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
- why the far right in Japan is on the rise;
- @nickywoolf.bsky.social on Epstein and conspiracies
- the honeymoon is over for Ukrainians in Poland
- why Hezbollah is taking lessons from Sinn Fein
- + me on when to suck up and when to stand up to Trump
- why the far right in Japan is on the rise;
- @nickywoolf.bsky.social on Epstein and conspiracies
- the honeymoon is over for Ukrainians in Poland
- why Hezbollah is taking lessons from Sinn Fein
- + me on when to suck up and when to stand up to Trump
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
- why the far right in Japan is on the rise;
- @nickywoolf.bsky.social on Epstein and conspiracies
- the honeymoon is over for Ukrainians in Poland
- why Hezbollah is taking lessons from Sinn Fein
- + me on when to suck up and when to stand up to Trump
- why the far right in Japan is on the rise;
- @nickywoolf.bsky.social on Epstein and conspiracies
- the honeymoon is over for Ukrainians in Poland
- why Hezbollah is taking lessons from Sinn Fein
- + me on when to suck up and when to stand up to Trump
Max Americana: For @theobserveruk.bsky.social I wrote about America's attack on Iran, the myth of Trump's isolationism, and why the US's willingness to use force could lead to other nations reaching the same conclusion observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Max Americana: Trump’s bombing of Iran opens the door to ...
New world order being established by US president’s unilateral interventions may give carte blanche to his rivals
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June 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Max Americana: For @theobserveruk.bsky.social I wrote about America's attack on Iran, the myth of Trump's isolationism, and why the US's willingness to use force could lead to other nations reaching the same conclusion observer.co.uk/news/interna...
In this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social, I wrote about Israel, Iran and the new age of impunity (essentially, why this really is as scary as it looks): observer.co.uk/news/politic...
No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity
The US once held Netanyahu back. Israel’s attacks on Iran prove that restraint has gone
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June 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social, I wrote about Israel, Iran and the new age of impunity (essentially, why this really is as scary as it looks): observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Strong leader in today's Observer calling for the UK to formally recognise a Palestinian state: observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Leader: it is time to recognise Palestine | The Observer
The UK should recommit to the two-state solution
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May 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Strong leader in today's Observer calling for the UK to formally recognise a Palestinian state: observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Trump's embarrassing fact-free racist diatribe about South Africa would be amusing if it wasn't so dangerous. Its roots lie in far-right conspiracy theorists, both in South Africa and the US: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
How false claims of ‘white genocide’ made their way to the White House | The Observer
South Africans arrived at Dulles airport last week to seek asylum at Donald Trump’s behest. What are they fleeing from?
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May 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump's embarrassing fact-free racist diatribe about South Africa would be amusing if it wasn't so dangerous. Its roots lie in far-right conspiracy theorists, both in South Africa and the US: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Tried to imagine a centre-left government that offered legal aid to asylum seekers, spoke of the strength of "diverse communities" and promised to “prioritise the world’s most vulnerable”... turns out it exists in Canada observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Labour should look to Carney’s Canada for a plan on immigration | The Observer
Despite higher levels of immigration than Britain, voters weren’t that concerned about the issue – and that’s the point
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May 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Tried to imagine a centre-left government that offered legal aid to asylum seekers, spoke of the strength of "diverse communities" and promised to “prioritise the world’s most vulnerable”... turns out it exists in Canada observer.co.uk/news/interna...
I wrote this week about the time I gave Santa a lift in a rented Kia, the global influence of Jospeh Nye, and how Trump is killing America's soft power: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Analysis: Nations that dismiss soft power can end up on the naughty list | The Observer
As Harvard professor Joseph Nye put it: 'Seduction is always more effective than coercion'
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May 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I wrote this week about the time I gave Santa a lift in a rented Kia, the global influence of Jospeh Nye, and how Trump is killing America's soft power: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Kim Willsher's interview with Ekaterina Barabash, a Russian film critic turned Putin war critic, is superb: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Ekaterina Barabash: I fled Putin’s Russia with my laptop, three lipsticks and a can of hairspray | The Observer
The Russian film critic was forced to leave her homeland, family and friends or face years in prison after denouncing the invasion of Ukraine
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May 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Kim Willsher's interview with Ekaterina Barabash, a Russian film critic turned Putin war critic, is superb: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Just because the corruption is in plain sight doesn't mean it's not corruption: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
May 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just because the corruption is in plain sight doesn't mean it's not corruption: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Was about to confidently promote by column in Sunday's paper about how Freidrich Merz could become the new leader of Europe... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Germany's Merz falls short of majority in vote for chancellor
Conservative Friedrich Merz unexpectedly falls short of the numbers needed to become chancellor.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Was about to confidently promote by column in Sunday's paper about how Freidrich Merz could become the new leader of Europe... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For the second time in a week, the anti-Trump centre-left candidate has come from behind to win, while the mini-Trump has lost his seat.
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Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as prime minister in comfortable win for Labor party
Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies and loses his seat
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May 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
For the second time in a week, the anti-Trump centre-left candidate has come from behind to win, while the mini-Trump has lost his seat.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
My column from Sunday's Observer on the creeping sense of authoritarianism across Africa: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Winners in the fight for Africa’s democracies are getting hard to find
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May 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My column from Sunday's Observer on the creeping sense of authoritarianism across Africa: observer.co.uk/news/interna...
The new Observer is here, and it’s a thing of beauty
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The new Observer is here, and it’s a thing of beauty
The final Observer produced by the Guardian and my last day as Head of News. Signed off with a front page on Gaza and enormous pride at what we’ve achieved over the past five years: numerous awards, great investigations, quite simply the best Sunday newspaper in Britain.
April 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The final Observer produced by the Guardian and my last day as Head of News. Signed off with a front page on Gaza and enormous pride at what we’ve achieved over the past five years: numerous awards, great investigations, quite simply the best Sunday newspaper in Britain.
More jobs at the new Observer - we're also hiring a deputy news editor, to commission and edit both national and international news. Deadline is the end of this week: www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/26/d...
Deputy News Editor, The Observer
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March 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
More jobs at the new Observer - we're also hiring a deputy news editor, to commission and edit both national and international news. Deadline is the end of this week: www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/26/d...
Journalism jobs! The Observer is hiring an entirely new team of international correspondents and contributors. It's a genuinely exciting chance to completely reshape global coverage at a UK national newspaper. First up, chief international correspondent: www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/13/c...
Chief International Correspondent, The Observer
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March 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Journalism jobs! The Observer is hiring an entirely new team of international correspondents and contributors. It's a genuinely exciting chance to completely reshape global coverage at a UK national newspaper. First up, chief international correspondent: www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/13/c...