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Why Trump hasn’t stuck the knife into Starmer

Why Trump hasn’t stuck the knife into Starmer

As public messages of support go, it scored pretty low on the conviction-o-meter. ‘Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom acknowledged...

22.04.2026 10

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Why Trump hasn’t stuck the knife into Starmer

Why Trump hasn’t stuck the knife into Starmer

As public messages of support go, it scored pretty low on the conviction-o-meter. ‘Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom acknowledged...

21.04.2026 10

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Will Keir Starmer be a casualty of the Epstein fallout?

Will Keir Starmer be a casualty of the Epstein fallout?

In America, important men don’t seem to suffer too much over their links to the late Jeffrey Epstein.Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Howard...

18.04.2026 10

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If only TACO were true

A useful rule, when trying to understand current affairs, is AAL: Acronyms Always Lie.A case in point would be the acronym of the year so far: TACO...

11.04.2026 10

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Will Trump strike a ‘final blow’ on Iran?

Will America’s ground invasion of Iran begin in the early hours of tomorrow? Everybody knows, by now, that Trump likes to initiate action late on...

28.03.2026 10

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Who is actually talking to the Iranians?

On Friday night, Donald Trump announced that America was “very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great military...

24.03.2026 20

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Iran and America’s new protection racket

“Whoever rules the waves rules the world” – Alfred Thayer Mahan. Would Donald Trump have attacked Iran on February 28 if the Supreme Court had...

22.03.2026 10

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What Signalgate tells us about Iran

Remember Signalgate? It was quite the story, and worth revisiting now in light of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and...

14.03.2026 10

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What Signalgate tells us about Iran

Remember Signalgate? It was quite the story, and worth revisiting now in light of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and...

13.03.2026 10

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‘We don’t know what’s going on or why we’re doing this’: how Trump’s Iran gamble backfired

‘Donald Trump is a complicated person with simple ideas,’ said Kellyanne Conway, the former White House senior counsellor. ‘Way too many...

12.03.2026 20

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Will the Iran war propel Gavin Newsom to the presidency?

“I’m very angry about this war,” said Gavin Newsom, the California Governor, on stage yesterday. Newsom has a memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, to...

06.03.2026 20

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US politics / Operation Epic Fury is already tearing the MAGA movement apart

When President George W. Bush invaded Mesopotamia in 2003, everybody laughed at Comical Ali, the bespectacled Iraqi information minister who kept...

05.03.2026 10

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Operation Epic Fury is already tearing the MAGA movement apart

When President George W. Bush invaded Mesopotamia in 2003, everybody laughed at Comical Ali, the bespectacled Iraqi information minister who kept...

05.03.2026 20

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Why is Vance silent on Iran?

Twenty eight hours or so into the new war against Iran, and America’s Vice President J.D. Vance has yet to declare his support in public. His social...

01.03.2026 20

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Why is Vance being silent on Iran?

Twenty eight hours or so into the new war against Iran, and America’s Vice President J D Vance has yet to declare his support in public. His social...

01.03.2026 20

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Can Trump’s strikes topple the Ayatollah?

“We’re going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” said Donald Trump, as he stood at the podium in his white...

28.02.2026 40

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Can Trump’s strikes topple the Ayatollah?

“We’re going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” said Donald Trump, as he stood at the podium in his white...

28.02.2026 20

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Has the Supreme Court just ‘SCREWED’ Trump’s administration?

‘If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this…  WE’RE SCREWED!’ said Donald Trump on Truth Social last month....

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Has the Supreme Court just ‘SCREWED’ Trump’s administration?

“If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this…  WE’RE SCREWED!” said Donald Trump on Truth Social last month. ...

21.02.2026 10

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Has the Supreme Court just ‘SCREWED’ Trump’s administration?

‘If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this…  WE’RE SCREWED!’ said Donald Trump on Truth Social last month....

20.02.2026 10

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What does it take to get fired from Trump 2.0?

How many right-wing parties do we really need? Keir Starmer doesn’t know how close his government is to collapse Inflation is down – but for how...

18.02.2026 30

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Will Trump ‘totally obliterate’ Iran’s nuclear programme – again?

12.02.2026 10

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Exclusive / Nigel Farage: Trump can still ‘sink’ the Chagos deal

20.01.2026 20

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These tariffs aren’t just about Greenland

18.01.2026 20

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These tariffs aren’t just about Greenland

18.01.2026 30

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Team Trump won’t stop at Venezuela

08.01.2026 30

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Why Trump captured Maduro

04.01.2026 30

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Why Trump captured Maduro

03.01.2026 70

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Why does the American right take itself so seriously?

13.11.2025 10

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Can anyone stop J.D. Vance becoming president?

16.10.2025 10

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The Nobel snub won’t bother Trump

10.10.2025 10

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Turning point / Charlie Kirk and America’s fifth great awakening

22.09.2025 10

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‘Like a cockroach, I refuse to die’: a meeting with the Tate brothers

18.09.2025 10

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Mandelson’s Epstein problem is not going away

10.09.2025 20

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Was the Minneapolis shooting an anti-Catholic hate crime?

29.08.2025 20

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US / The return of Russiagate

06.08.2025 20

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Starmer’s disingenuousness on free speech won’t fool Trump

28.07.2025 20

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As Donald Trump declares peace, the war goes on

24.06.2025 10

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Who’s pushing Trump to be an Iran hawk?

19.06.2025 20

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The world that Elon Musk couldn’t conquer

29.05.2025 20

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What we know about the Israeli diplomat shootings in Washington so far

22.05.2025 10

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Is Pope Leo XIV part of the ‘Trumplash’?

09.05.2025 20

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US / Has Starmer managed to score a beautiful new trade deal with Trump?

08.05.2025 20

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US politics / Trump’s big gambles are paying off

02.05.2025 20

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Trump’s big gambles are paying off

01.05.2025 20

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Orange Swan vs Red Dragon / Why Liberation Day is all about confronting China

09.04.2025 20

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Team Trump walked into Jeffrey Goldberg’s trap

26.03.2025 20

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What Team Trump’s group chat error really revealed

25.03.2025 10

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