This is the opening paragraph of today’s ‘Letter from an American’ by Heather Cox Richardson. Just after 1:00 this morning, the House Rules Committee began
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As the New York Times reports in an email this morning: During a fraught White House meeting with a stunned President Cyril Ramaphosa of South
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Some say Starmer has U-turned on the winter fuel allowance (WFA). I disagree. I prefer the idea put forward by Richard Bergon MP on Channel
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Donald Rumsfeld got his famous quote on knowns wrong: he ignored the unknown knowns, and they are a huge issue in modern politics. This is
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As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to April 2025,
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The UK government made pathetic gestures yesterday on Gaza, aimed at Israel. David Lammy, in his role as Foreign Secretary, told the Commons, according to
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Starmer wants us to think he’s doing big foreign policy deals. He isn’t. He’s playing in the sandpit of international relations, and nothing is really
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I spent some time last night translating comments in response to my request for video ideas, made yesterday, into the mindmap that I use to
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I realised that I needed to record a new introduction to my YouTube channel as the last one still suggested I was still employed at
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