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Poor Wales!
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Poor Wales!
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
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I contributed a few suggestions to the Spectator's yearly roundup of recommended reading: www.spectator.co.uk/article/book...
Books of the Year II – further recommendations from our regular reviewers
Philip Hensher I have a theory that Mick Herron’s Slow Horses novels are an ingenious variation on Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays. If, in a future episode, River Cartwright ascends to his kingdom renoun...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I contributed a few suggestions to the Spectator's yearly roundup of recommended reading: www.spectator.co.uk/article/book...
Sudan capital hit by drone attacks a day after RSF agrees to truce - reports
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sudan capital hit by drone attacks a day after RSF agrees to truce - reports
Oh dear. Falling apart before it even gets going! The far-left disunited
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party to launch legal action against three of its ‘rogue’ founders, sources say
Exclusive: Leftwing party seeks to recover donations and data from company run by Andrew Feinstein, Jamie Driscoll and Beth Winter
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Oh dear. Falling apart before it even gets going! The far-left disunited
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Scarborough beach
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Scarborough beach
The Economist poll
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Economist poll
Trump’s growing unpopularity
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump’s growing unpopularity
According to The Economist, 100,000 Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone — a roughly five to one ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least six times the Soviet Union’s 1980s death toll in Afghanistan
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
According to The Economist, 100,000 Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone — a roughly five to one ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least six times the Soviet Union’s 1980s death toll in Afghanistan
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Trump at it again. He holds a summit with Putin. No decision…Then thinks about supplying long range missiles to Ukraine… then speaks to Putin…decides to have another meeting with the Russian president…thinks about supplying the missiles…no decision…again…etc. etc. etc.
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump at it again. He holds a summit with Putin. No decision…Then thinks about supplying long range missiles to Ukraine… then speaks to Putin…decides to have another meeting with the Russian president…thinks about supplying the missiles…no decision…again…etc. etc. etc.
www.thenational.scot/news/2554418...
More troubles in the fruit and nut party
More troubles in the fruit and nut party
Your Party issue membership warning after launch chaos
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s fledgling political party has issued a warning to members who signed up through a system which sparked fraud…
www.thenational.scot
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
www.thenational.scot/news/2554418...
More troubles in the fruit and nut party
More troubles in the fruit and nut party
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he may tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he could supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles if the war is not settled.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Trump says he may tell Putin he may send Tomahawks to Ukraine if war not settled
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he may tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he could supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles if the war is not settled.
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he may tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he could supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles if the war is not settled.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ethiopia’s Federal Future Tested in Western Tigray
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open.substack.com/pub/ethiopia...
Ethiopia’s Federal Future Tested in Western Tigray
Federal complicity in irredentism threatens the nation’s fragile foundation. - Viewpoint by Batseba Seifu
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Ethiopia’s Federal Future Tested in Western Tigray
open.substack.com/pub/ethiopia...
open.substack.com/pub/ethiopia...
Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Reach Deal on Hostage Release and Troop Pullback www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Trump Says Hamas Agrees to Release ‘All’ Hostages for Israeli Pullback
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Reach Deal on Hostage Release and Troop Pullback www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
The Farage effect
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The Farage effect
Very strange
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Very strange
Trump’s Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman. There is no indication in corporate documents that Mr. Boulos, a Lebanese-American whose son is married to Mr. Trump’s daughter Tiffany, is a man of significant wealth as a result of his businesses
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
Trump’s Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump’s Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman. There is no indication in corporate documents that Mr. Boulos, a Lebanese-American whose son is married to Mr. Trump’s daughter Tiffany, is a man of significant wealth as a result of his businesses
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
Chris Mason: Starmer unflinching as he seeks to take on Reform First week by week, and now day by day, the prime minister is stepping up the way he describes the political battle between Labour and Reform UK.
September 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Chris Mason: Starmer unflinching as he seeks to take on Reform First week by week, and now day by day, the prime minister is stepping up the way he describes the political battle between Labour and Reform UK.
Ethiopia: Surge in Arrests of Journalists, Media Workers
Clampdown Stifles Independent Voices Ahead of Anticipated National Elections
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Clampdown Stifles Independent Voices Ahead of Anticipated National Elections
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Ethiopia: Surge in Arrests of Journalists, Media Workers
Ethiopian security forces have arbitrarily arrested several journalists and media professionals since August 2025.
www.hrw.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ethiopia: Surge in Arrests of Journalists, Media Workers
Clampdown Stifles Independent Voices Ahead of Anticipated National Elections
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Clampdown Stifles Independent Voices Ahead of Anticipated National Elections
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
