Geopolitics
Politico – British state leaked contact details of thousands of Afghans
A sorry tale of incompetence and authoritarianism built atop a disastrous war. Read the article HERE.
UK Government
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – The UK hits peak feebleness on Israel–Gaza
The British, Canadian and French joint statement criticising Israel was weak and will be interpreted as such as by Netanyahu. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. […]
Geopolitics
BBC – Foreign office official resigns over Israel arms sales
This resignation has happened under the new Labour Government in the UK, which suggests the civil servant in question wasn’t getting anywhere with getting Labour to take international law seriously in respect to the Gaza […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Labour is a moral void
If Keir Starmer’s Labour government doesn’t exist to take children out of poverty, what does it exist for? Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. Co-founder of […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Britain’s Securonomics
The new UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ economic agenda is re-heated ‘public-private partnerships’. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog There’s been Abenomics in Japan; Modinomics in India and Bidenomics […]
Austerity
Yonatan Berman, Tora Hovland – The cost of austerity: How UK public spending cuts led to 190,000 excess deaths
When will politicians learn that austerity kills? Yonatan Berman is a Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute […]
Geopolitics
John Rees – Sunak’s Tories know they’re losing the battle over Palestine protests
The UK Government’s Islamophobia and crack down on civil liberties is a desperate attempt to turn discontent over the Gaza genocide into a culture war. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University […]
Geopolitics
Josh White – The Cameron Doctrine Revisited
A deep dive into what ex UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s return as Foreign Secretary really represents. Josh White is the author of Goodbye United Kingdom: Descent into Chaos (2015-2022). Cross-posted from Counterpunch A familiar […]
Geopolitics
David Jamieson – The movement in Gaza has sown chaos in the UK establishment
The Palestine solidarity movement in Britain has had a transformative effect on British politics. David Jamieson is editor of Scottish anti-capitalist website Conter. Cross-posted from Conter In just a month, the movement against the attack […]
Climate Crisis
AP News: UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift
As Yanis Varoufakis points out “Sunak’s U-turn is a reflection of the total Europe-wide collapse of the market-based, neoliberal consensus on how to tackle the climate crisis. It marks the centre‐right’s new path. And with […]