So Starmer thought it necessary to bare his soul to the egregious Piers Morgan. He needed to convince us, apparently, of his...

The situation in Northern Ireland is intractable. The Protocol is blamed, but the real problem is Brexit itself. European travellers to...

In case you haven't noticed, the government is engaged in a massive data harvesting exercise using your personal NHS data. The government...

The Republicans have voted against an inquiry into the storming of the Capitol in January. They are launching voter suppression bills in...

Recent analyses of the impact of the pandemic in India, such as the blogpost in the 'Sidecar' blog of New Left Review, and the report by...

This blogpost is not about Dominic Cummings. This blogpost is not about his self-aggrandising grandsatndings and his megalomaniacal...

It is abundantly clear that Alexander is fascinated by the exercise of power, and wants more of it. As Colin Talbot, Professor of...

Germany's recognition of its genocide in South-West Africa and Macron's recognition of French complicity in the genocide in Rwanda are...

The Biden administration has announced that it is launching a CIA-led investigation into the possible origins of coronavirus in a Chinese...

Victor: 'Alexander, you are a good, diligent pupil, but perhaps you are learning too slowly. Look at Hungary. We have it all sewn up ! We...

Oriel College has decided to retain the statue of Cecil Rhodes. Their stated reason is that the government will ensure that there are...

The pandemic has 'turbo-charged' conspiracy theories. When people are confronted by a complex and baffling situation, which seems both...

The Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, has presented his plans for the future of the railways as a fundamental...

Japan is entering an emergency phase of the pandemic, with the hospitals filling up, and restrictions in place. Yet the International...

The government appears to have decided to blame those who have been infected by coronavirus for having refused to be vaccinated. However,...

Whenever the BBC is (often deservedly) criticised for serious ethical failures, there is a deafening silence about the misdemeanours and...

It is interesting that the other day, under pressure from protestors, the Scottish police freed refugees who had been detained by...

Thatcher and Blair have been criticised for having used their prime ministerial office to enrich themselves after the end of their formal...

Commentators appear to have decided that Biden is continuing Trump's policy toward China. That is not quite true: Biden's commitment to...

The election of Edwin Poots as leader of the DUP is a further marker of the disintegration of Unionism as a political force. The DUP is...