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Why the US bombers left RAF Fairford in a rush

The hasty withdrawal by the United States of its twelve B1 Bombers from RAF Fairford, without explanation by the Pentagon, has fuelled much...

05.10.2026 10

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Simon Diggins

Why the US bombers left RAF Fairford in a rush

The hasty withdrawal by the United States of its twelve B1 Bombers from RAF Fairford, without explanation by the Pentagon, has fuelled much...

05.10.2026 2

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Simon Diggins

Terror / Was Iran’s hidden hand behind the thwarted RAF Fairford attack?

Those who like their irony dark may appreciate the grotesque juxtaposition of photographs of our Foreign Secretary, gripping and grimacing – though...

28.09.2026 10

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Britain can help defeat the Houthis

In a lightning series of advances in the past week, the Houthis have captured Hanish and Zuqar Islands, the port of Mocha, and now Perim Island, which...

15.09.2026 20

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Al-Qaeda haven’t gone away, you know

“They haven’t gone away, you know.” Gerry Adams’s chilling words, uttered during the peace process, to remind everyone that the IRA still...

15.09.2026 20

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Simon Diggins

Terror / Al Qaeda haven’t gone away, you know

‘They haven’t gone away, you know.” Gerry Adams’s chilling words, uttered during the peace process, to remind everyone that the IRA still...

12.09.2026 30

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Simon Diggins

Al Qaeda haven’t gone away, you know

‘They haven’t gone away, you know.” Gerry Adams’s chilling words, uttered during the peace process, to remind everyone that the IRA still...

12.09.2026 30

The Spectator

Simon Diggins

What is the point of the new ‘Muslim Nato’?

Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, rather excitedly proclaimed a new defence agreement – the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement – between...

11.08.2026 30

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Are we edging closer to peace in Ukraine?

When he came to write of 1942-3 in his magisterial, if idiosyncratic, ‘History of the Second World War’, Winston Churchill called that period,...

01.07.2026 30

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Simon Diggins

Are we edging closer to peace in Ukraine?

When he came to write of 1942-3 in his magisterial, if idiosyncratic, ‘History of the Second World War’, Winston Churchill called that period,...

01.07.2026 40

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Simon Diggins

It’s time to overhaul the Ministry of Defence

In a telling exchange on Radio 4 last week, during the furore following John Healey’s resignation, Debbie Abrahams, the Labour MP and chair of the...

17.06.2026 30

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Simon Diggins

Britain is facing an Islamist insurgency

The recent horrific attack in Golders Green has generated much anger and despair at this latest in a series of concerted, violent assaults currently...

04.05.2026 50

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Simon Diggins

Britain is facing an Islamist insurgency

The recent horrific attack in Golders Green has generated much anger and despair at this latest in a series of concerted, violent assaults currently...

04.05.2026 60

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Simon Diggins

Nato / What is Putin’s game?

28.09.2025 40

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Simon Diggins

What is Putin’s game?

28.09.2025 40

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Simon Diggins

China’s parade spells trouble for Taiwan

03.09.2025 40

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Simon Diggins

How Britain ended up in the Afghan asylum mess

23.07.2025 40

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Simon Diggins