Israel has a chance to de-escalate after Iran’s failed attack
Iran’s strike on Israel yesterday is, simultaneously, a moment for alarm and calm. Alarm because, by unleashing more than 300…
Five takeaways from Rachel Reeves’s Mais speech
We live in an age of stunts and soundbites so it was refreshing to hear a politician stand up and,…
Labour is right to ditch its £28 billion green pledge
My family despises war movies, so it’s way after Christmas that I get to see Ridley Scott’s dire Napoleon film.…
This is what a ‘multipolar’ world looks like. It’s chaos
The Hamas terror attack has triggered war in Gaza, a geopolitical crisis and now – from Sydney to New York…
The left-wing case for Keir Starmer
Do you remember where you were when the BBC showed a rerun of Bowie’s Glastonbury set? When we ask each…
Paul Mason: The Brexit party is great news for Labour
Multiple copies of a Labour leaflet for the European elections are being shared on messaging apps by horrified activists. Not…
It’s not communist buildings that are bleak – it’s capitalist budget hotel chains
A few of us on the Labour left decide to see if it is possible to conjure, from nowhere, a…
Paul Mason: In a parallel universe, Cameron is delivering Brexit
At the BBC early doors for the Today programme, to preview Corbyn’s speech advocating membership of a customs union. I…
Paul Mason’s diary: My Greek TV drama
It’ll be a Skype interview, says the producer from Greek television, and not live. In TV-speak that usually means not…
