Who will win South Africa’s election?
From the start, it didn’t look good this time round for the African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled South Africa since…
US Dollar hegemony
In 1970, at a meeting in Washington DC, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asked then chairman of the…
Hamas is being supported by TikTok diplomacy
On May 20, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Ahmad Khan KC (a British national), called for the arrest of…
Can Sunak really take credit for future interest rate cuts?
When the Bank of England finally delivers an interest rate cut, can the Tory party take credit for it? Rishi…
Home insulation is the latest net zero farce
Zoe Godrich of Swansea might best be described as collateral damage in Britain’s glorious march towards net zero. Three years…
North Korea’s dirty protest
North Korea has long been known for its rhetorical braggadocio. Most of the time, the regime’s bluster needs to be…
Labour purges are nothing new
Sir Keir Starmer’s determination to prove to voters that Labour has changed, by purging the party’s far left, may look…
SNP’s ‘urgent plea’ to house campaigning Westminster staffers
Oh dear. No one party appears to be enjoying an especially slick campaign at present, but north of the border…
Labour’s law and order plans are pure vibes
Most observers would agree that Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, is a serious person. One newspaper profile last year spoke of…
Starmer’s safety-first campaign is backfiring
The problem with spending an election campaign saying as little new as possible is that it does leave a big…
How does Sunak solve a problem like Farage?
In the classic comedy Blackadder II the late, great Rik Mayall was responsible for one of the most memorable cameo…
Will South Africa reject the ANC?
After many years in power, a corrupt and inept government is finally close to being removed. There is no great…
Starmer purges the Corbynites
One of the first thing Keir Starmer and his team decided to focus on after winning the Labour leadership was…
The sad decline of the Evening Standard
It’s always a sad day for journalists when a newspaper goes to the great printing room in the sky. But for…
Fewer kids should go to university
Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday what many of us have quietly suspected for some time. As a nation, we have…
Pressure is piling on Netanyahu over Rafah
On Sunday, 45 Palestinians were killed after an Israeli airstrike on two Hamas commanders in the Rafah area set off…
Alex Antic: Julian Assange and a Trump Rally
Late last year, I joined a Parliamentary delegation to the United States to speak to US lawmakers and department heads…
Banning live export threatens disaster for Western Australia
Like other Australian urbanites who stomp around our capital cities in their RM Williams, my current knowledge of the bush…
Now Labour blocks Lloyd Russell-Moyle from standing
It is a bad time to be a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Hours after Mr S revealed that…
A solo summer sojourn in the Algarve’s Pine Cliffs resort
Strong, old pine tree branches cutting through a cloudless cerulean sky — a sight I find hard to beat. Throwing…
Why are French politicians obsessed with world war two?
War talk is all the rage in France. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are often cited, but the war…
A heretical conversation with Andrew Gold
Heresy is defined as opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted. It has rarely been more dangerous to…
Diane Abbott has been treated abysmally
Diane Abbott should be allowed to stand as a Labour MP at this election. It is a relief that she…
Labour can’t avoid questions about Diane Abbott forever
The Labour leadership has only itself to blame for becoming embroiled in a bitter and divisive row over the future…
John Swinney’s wounds are self-inflicted
John Swinney has said that he will make sure the public sees enough of him over the election campaign. But…
