I have spent rather too much of Sunday pondering upon “what if?” questions. The sense of anxiety that I feel, which I explored in my
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What fascism means for those whose support it seeks
As the New York Times reported on Friday: With the United States at war with Iran and embroiled in conflicts around the world, the White
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a poem about a thing
Steve Pottinger, a poet from Wolverhampton, whose work I like, published this poem yesterday. I share it with his permission, and suggest visiting his site
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When people of conscience are removed from power, we all need to worry.
As The Telegraph reported yesterday: Pete Hegseth fired the most senior US army officer one month into the war with Iran. The sacking is the latest
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What is this war all about?
As was apparent from the post I made here yesterday about seeing a bittern at the WWT Welney bird reserve, near where I live, I
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This is coming our way
This war is a long way from over as yet, especially for the UK
In another surreal overnight twist to the war in the Middle East, Trump has declared that he thinks it might be over in 2 to
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Trump’s planning war crimes
Donald Trump has signalled his intention to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure, power stations and desalination plants, and that is a war crime under international law.
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The new political-economic reality
While scanning through all the FT emails that I received each morning, I noted this conjunction of headlines: UK politicians are walking around like headless
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