National Politics
Reuters – Pressure grows on British Prime Minister Starmer over Mandelson fallout
It couldn’t have happened to a worse person. Read the article HERE.
Keir Starmer
Geopolitics
Jeremy Corbyn – Starmer’s Passivity on Venezuela is Cowardice
“Keir Starmer’s evasiveness towards Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela is a clarifying example of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ of unthinking submission to the White House’s interests.” In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Peter Oborne – Maccabi Tel Aviv: Why Keir Starmer is stirring the politics of hatred
The UK Prime Minister’s determination to overturn a police ban and allow violent racist bigots to come to a football match Birmingham is truly absurd. Peter Oborne won best commentary/blogging in both 2022 and 2017, […]
National Politics
Binoy Kampmark – The Factory of Perceptions: Starmer’s Woes and Media Magnification
Just over a year into his prime ministership, it only appears a matter of time before Keir Starmer is booted out of office. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at […]
Geopolitics
Joe Gill – Can Starmer survive his week of shame with Herzog and Mandelson?
Keir Starmer chose his bed with Israel and Jeffrey Epstein’s best buddy – now he has to lie in it. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, Venezuela and Oman, for newspapers including […]
Geopolitics
Politico – UK ‘ready’ to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, PM Starmer says
Interesting timing. One could read it as an attempt to scupper peace talks. Alternatively, the UK wants to position itself as America’s useful idiot. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Peter Oborne – Keir Starmer is drawing up a terrifying blueprint for the UK
Starmer’s purge of the Labour left is so brutal and anti-democratic it would have made Stalin wince. Peter Oborne is a British journalist and author. His latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the […]
Geopolitics
Paul Whiteley – Labour’s Muslim vote: what the data so far says about the election risk of Keir Starmer’s Gaza position
The Labour party in the UK may lose not just Muslim voters to apathy, but all of those disgusted by the party’s complicity in Israel’s colonial war in Gaza. Paul Whiteley is a Professor in […]
Economics
Grace Blakeley: Property Developer Patriotism
“The irony of Keir Starmer’s plan for a ‘patriotic economy’ is that it relies on corporate developers to enrich shareholders, many of which don’t pay their taxes in Britain.” In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Peter Oborne – Andrew Feinstein: A challenge to Starmer that could rekindle the politics of hope
Former member of parliament for the ANC in South Africa who quit over ANC corruption, Andrew Feinstein is the antithesis of Keir Starmer. Peter Oborne is a British journalist. His latest book is The Fate […]