OPINION

To avoid an American war, Ukraine must be Poland, not the Rhineland.

— If the United States want to avoid a very-possible very-near future war with China over Taiwan, it must stand up now vigorously to Putin and Russia in Ukraine.

Open Letter

An open letter to Tucker Carlson.

— On the man who Fox News’ lawyers admit he doesn’t know what he is talking about, doesn’t tell the truth – and anyway, his employers don’t even expect him to.

OPINION

“Make Brexit Work” is the only way forward right now.

— I want to be in the EU, but I tend to think Keir Starmer is right that there is no way to do it (for the foreseeable future) and that therefore it is a pointless fight – especially as waging that fight is playing right into the hands of the Tories.

OPINION

British nationalism means power is never held to account.

— As you don’t agree to an out of court settlement if you are confident that you can win your case in a court of law, you just don’t give a prime minister the power of unaccountability.

OPINION

Are Trump’s followers standing back and ready again?

— His followers who do take every word the former President speaks to heart, likely would follow his direction and take to the streets if he’s accused of a crime, real or imagined.

OPINION

Vulnerable children are still waiting for vaccination, and many are being infected while they wait.

— We are begging the UK Government to demonstrate humanity, decency, and a modicum of intelligence in giving all children access to vaccination.

OPINION

Westminster: Where it’s a bigger sin to call out a liar for lying than it is to lie.

— It is clear both that Boris Johnson will not go quietly and it is unlikely that backbench Tories will find enough of a collective spine to unseat him as they are desperate to move on from the Downing Street parties.

OPINION

Vaccinate the kids!

— Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) children are still waiting to be vaccinated, and many are being infected while they wait.

OPINION

President Biden. A ‘meh’ first year?

— Last week marked President Biden’s first year in office. How’s it going so far?

OPINION

Johnson is a symptom of a chronically sick Westminster.

— We were all suffering isolation for the greater good, in order to protect ourselves and our vulnerable friends and relatives, whilst Boris Johnson was himself ignoring the rules that the rest of us had to follow.

OPINION

Trapped between a rock and a party place.

— At this point in time, it might be easier for Boris Johnson to list the days when there wasn’t a booze-up in Downing Street.

OPINION

Schools are stuck in 2020 too.

— It’s a new year. But it somehow still feels like 2020 too. We know so much more about COVID yet we are still having the same conversations we had in 2020, Stephanie Salgado writes.

OPINION

Thoughts on a dreadful year.

— Some thoughts on US politics as we wind down 2021.

OPINION

In Tory Britain, you never know what will happen yesterday.

— The UK is now at that critical point where it is about to slide into full-blown authoritarianism, presided over by an entitled clown.

OPINION

The perfect figurehead for a corrupt and unreformable Westminster.

— What the Tories are getting with Boris Johnson is precisely what they should have expected they were going to get. He’s incapable of change and as such is a perfect figurehead for a corrupt and shambolic Westminster which is incapable of reform.

OPINION

The moral vacuum that is Johnson’s Westminster.

— The eyes of the world saw a British Government desperately trying to evade democratic scrutiny and oversight as it helped to water down vital resolutions on the future of the planet. The Conservatives have trashed the UK’s international reputation.