Month: October 2016

When even the Guardian, which has sustained some fairly alternative views on world geopolitics in recent years – including running a propaganda op-ed by the Russian foreign minister – starts acknowledging that modern-day Russia has slid into a new Cold War with the West, well, it’s time to sit up and take notice. Like a… Continue reading We need to talk about Russia

The question: can we, as Tom Watson put it, “get the band back together”? Kind of depends on the band. While the formation of a government remains a rank impossibility for a Corbyn leadership, there is now no question about his grip on the party. Indeed, with the removal of Jonathan Ashworth from the NEC,… Continue reading Time for the PLP to regroup: once more, with feeling