Why has the Conservative government failed so badly with COVID-19? One reason is a neoliberal ideology that can’t cope with present reality.
The government’s defence review should consider risks of climate breakdown and poverty and not just Russia.
A new nuclear arms race is under way. The 75th anniversary of Hiroshima should make us reflect on the sheer destructive potential of these weapons.
Trump’s eagerness to ‘bring our boys home’ is leaving the Afghan government with little power to resist the Taliban afterwards.
Just when Trump might be looking for a diversion.
Julian Lewis gave Boris Johnson a headache this week – he could do the same to intelligence chiefs with an early investigation into the pandemic.
He’s failed on COVID-19 and the economy is tanking. Could a military adventure in Afghanistan, Iran or North Korea be coming soon?
We can assume that incompetence will continue and that the economy will trump health – unless we all keep the pressure up.
British incompetence is in stark contrast to a coordinated high-tech response on the other side of the world.
There is a worrying lack of transparency over the involvement of the military-industrial complex in schools.
The British prime minister wants to be a Churchill but is looking more like George W. Bush.
The pandemic is going badly for Donald Trump, and it has left US aircraft carriers useless. Long-range bombers are still flying proudly, though.
