Britain's lack of presence at Munich security conference sparks concern among allies
Nancy Pelosi among those to highlight the issue, while UK representative says he hopes it is a case of ‘quality over quantity’ More
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Trump officials and Pelosi unite to warn UK over Huawei 5G decision
No UK government ministers were present in Munich after late cancellations More
Is Twitter Killing the Written Word?
If Donald Trump had anything in common with a poet, it would be Homer. Homer was a pre-literate poet from Ancient Greece, while Trump is a post-literate US president who prefers to be briefed orally, gets his news from television and boasts that he likes to read as little as possible. Homer refers to speech […] More
Can the Democratic Party Unite Behind Bernie Sanders?
The Washington Post has published an AP-sourced article about Democratic candidates across the nation who are freaking out about the idea of Bernie Sanders becoming the Democratic standard-bearer in the November election. The various corporate media in the US are awash with pundits warning about the impending socialist takeover of capitalist America if Sanders is […] More
Boris Johnson’s Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Business Insider reminds its readers about Boris Johnson’s incredible plan to physically unite Scotland and Northern Ireland by building a 22-mile bridge between them. The article bears the title, “Boris Johnson is deadly serious about building a £20 billion bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, which one engineer described as being ‘as feasible as building […] More
Responding to the Resurgent Radical Right
Since the diminishing of the British National Party (BNP), there has been a lack of political representation of the extreme right in the UK. The consequence of this has been an increase in street-based activity by non-political organizations like the English Defence League (EDL), Britain First, PEGIDA and the Football Lads Alliance. These groups have […] More
Irish MEP reprimanded for calling Venezuela's disputed president a 'gobs****'
Juan Guaidó is the leader of an opposition movement and has been recognised as president by many countries More
Emmanuel Macron’s War on Welfare
France is in chaos. For the last five years, the land of wine, cheese and chateaux has dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons: a series of terror attacks, the yearlong mobilization by the gilets jaunes, and now the longest transport strike in over two decades that crippled Île-de-France (greater Paris region) amid growing social […] More
