If you are 67, as I am, you grew up in the shadow of World War II, even though, of course, it was well and
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Is Trump evil?
Trump’s threat to Greenland is an emergency, and it must be treated as one. This is not just a territorial dispute. It is a deliberately
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Saying ‘please’ nicely is not going to work with Trump
This comes from the Mail, yesterday afternoon: President Donald Trump is preparing to counter Chinese influence in Canada as his ‘Donroe Doctrine’ for the Western Hemisphere expands beyond Latin
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Denmark’s real defence mechanism is its pharmaceutical trade
If Trump chooses to threaten Denmark militarily over Greenland, Denmark cannot respond militarily. It does not have the scale. But it does have the sort
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Do we succumb to the politics of might, or choose the politics of care?
It would be terribly convenient to suggest that Donald Trump is mad; that his breaches of international law can be ignored; that his threats of
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The toxic politics of might and money
The Guardian has noted this morning that: Donald Trump has appointed the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and former British prime minister Tony Blair to a
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Glossary entry: Globalisation
It was pointed out to me earlier this week that the glossary lacked an entry on globalisation. The following list makes up for that deficiency.
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Toxic Tories
We posted this video before midday today, but another recording delayed me from sharing it here. The transcript is as follows: How toxic do you
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There is no pension crisis, but there is a political crisis that won’t address the issue of pensions
The FT has published an article with the headline: Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions? At the core of the argument the piece
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