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Did you see that three men have been arrested on suspicion of assisting Chinese intelligence services in violation of the National Security Act 2023?

Rachel Reeves’s spring statement in the Common’s the other day painted a rosy picture of a prosperous British economy delivered by a confident Chancellor.

In the biggest takedown of a British Prime Minister in many decades, President Trump has not held back his increasing frustration with Sir Keir Starmer.

Sometimes I think it is important to zoom out from the particularities of the daily news about the Iran war and think more about the broader geo-political consequences.

Janus was a Greek god gifted with the ability to look in two directions at once.

Well, I guess we can all see that the “special relationship” between the UK and the US is well and truly over.

I saw a recent X post by Elon Musk endorsing Rupert Lowe’s views on English ethnicity. This has in turn has sparked a spicy debate on national identity.

We have a Prime Minister in the form of Sir Keir Starmer who refuses to defend the United Kingdom against an enemy which seeks to kill thousands.

I don’t see there should be ANY controversy about it.

You might remember the brickbats hurled at Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Radcliffe when he said that the UK was being colonised by mass migration.

Today sees the sun rise on a brand new era for the Iranian people.

Back in early 2025 at the Munich Security Festival, US V-P JD Vance joked that the UK could become the first “truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon” In the aftermath of the Gorton and Denton by-election JD’s words seem more likely than I would like to believe.

Well, it’s been a wild day with the US-Israel decapitation of the Mullah tyranny happening in Iran.

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Following their stunning victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last night, I though I might take a look at what the modern Green Party actually stands for and guess what – it sure as hell isn’t the environment!