US imperialism and Assad: A grand plan for regime change? (Part One)Last week not everyone was celebrating the overthrow of one of the world’s most hated dictators. Jonathan Cook wrote an article for Middle…Dec 15, 2024Dec 15, 2024
The Salisbury poisonings and the idiocies of Craig MurrayThe Dawn Sturgess Inquiry finally got under way last month. As you would expect, the proceedings initially concentrated on the specific…Nov 8, 20241Nov 8, 20241
Has Starmer been bought by Israel?Over the four years since he was elected Labour Party leader, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve read on social media that Keir Starmer has…Mar 28, 20242Mar 28, 20242
Churchill and Tonypandy: Who was responsible for sending in the troops?A while back I wrote a long article (“Churchill and Tonypandy: Did he really shoot down striking miners?”) analysing Winston Churchill’s…Mar 3, 2024Mar 3, 2024
Has the Labour front bench ‘taken almost £650,000 from private health companies’?Back in the day I used to spend quite a lot of time (probably more than was strictly necessary) debunking fake news from the Skwawkbox…Jan 25, 2024Jan 25, 2024
Stephen Fry, Israel’s war on Gaza, and antisemitism in the UK todayChannel 4’s “Alternative Christmas Message” for 2023 was presented by Stephen Fry, and addressed the subject of the rise in antisemitic…Jan 3, 20241Jan 3, 20241
Labour MP was intimidated with antisemitic graffiti, police claimOn 22 November, in a subsequently deleted tweet, Labour MP Feryal Clark denounced the spraying of graffiti on the shutters of her…Dec 19, 20231Dec 19, 20231
Now and Then: A critical analysisOpinion is clearly polarised over Now and Then, the much-hyped single issued last week in the name of the Beatles. Some fans have responded…Nov 7, 2023Nov 7, 2023
Did Ukraine issue an official stamp to celebrate Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka?You might have thought there was sufficient substance to the scandal over Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka’s recent appearance in the…Sep 28, 2023Sep 28, 2023
Why did Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields fail to top the charts in 1967?There are Beatles fans who still harbour resentment over the fact that back in 1967 the group’s double A-sided single Penny Lane/Strawberry…Jul 25, 2023Jul 25, 2023
