It’s comforting to think that here in the UK, we are a bit more sensible than our friends across the Atlantic. After all, we don’t elect spray-tanned game show hosts to run the country (we prefer our Etonian buffoons with a touch of classical education). We don’t have gun-wielding lunatics storming Parliament (we just let them Tweet their grievances in block capitals). And we certainly don’t go in for the cultish adoration of wannabe ...
The most surprising thing about Trump’s ambush of Zelensky last Friday is that so many people didn’t see it coming. I am no Jeremy Bowen, but even earlier in the week, I was messaging a friend saying that everything about it felt off.
Trump was already making noise about some supposed minerals deal with Ukraine except it came with no security guarantees. That immediately set alarm bells ringing. Either Zelensky was being wildly naive ...
Every morning, as I sip my coffee and pretend I have control over my day, a miniature ecosystem battle unfolds in my garden. It might just look like a handful of birds squabbling over my well-stocked nut feeder, but after a bit of investigation, in reality, these feathery freeloaders are working tirelessly to keep nature in balance.
Blue Tits, Robins and Blackbirds
Take the blue tits, for example. These tiny daredevils spend half their ...
For years, we have fed a simple story we must believe: the government needs money, so it borrows from financial markets, then spends decades repaying the debt with interest. Just like a responsible adult with a mortgage. Get it? The government is like a household you see. That’s how you should understand it or you’re a conspiracy theorist.
But hold on a moment and get your head around this. Why does the UK government, which literally ...
For a party elected on a platform of change, Labour’s approach to governing seems oddly preoccupied with keeping the right-wing press happy rather than delivering for its core supporters. Instead of using its mandate to push forward bold policies, Labour appears more concerned with neutralising attacks from conservative media outlets like The Daily Mail, The Sun, and GB News.
Take the recent cut in foreign aid to pay for increased defence. ...
