Veteran leftwinger has been ‘in exile in the east’ in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign beganGeorge Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an...
Read MoreFormer Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiserThe former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself defending Britain’s decision to fight against Adolf Hitler...
Read MoreEvery day, trillions of dollars, oil and gas and 99% of the world’s web traffic move through undersea pipelines that bear no state’s protection. With superpowers and corporations vying for control, should we be worried about...
Read MoreSupplies cut off from Ukrainian city where bodies are being left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from dronesThe phone message sent out of Russian-occupied Oleshky was grimly matter of fact: food for the 2,000 or so...
Read MoreEndless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was comingThe symptoms of decline are everywhere you look. On Sunday, Germany’s far right won another state election,...
Read MoreA conflict that began with tanks and then artillery is now pivoting around a new generation of drones focused on military, industrial, economic and civilian targetsFinally, in the dead of night, the threat above has passed. The...
Read MoreUrsula von der Leyen’s outreach to Canada and new security proposals are wise – but she may not be the right messengerEurope’s strategic predicament is ever clearer, and ever darker. The continent is at war, which is being...
Read MoreExiled dissidents and an unsealed indictment suggest Kremlin may have abandoned longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territoryRoman Dobrokhotov had been content enough for his appearance at a conference in Washington DC...
Read MoreAs Russians vote this weekend, remember that Britain is not immune to the cynical tactics and corrosion of trust that keep him in powerMillions of people will participate in elections in Russia this weekend and a new parliament...
Read MoreSupermarket shelves half-filled in Ukrainian capital as Moscow bombs warehouses supporting civilian lifeStocking up on cured sausages from the half-empty shelves in her local supermarket, Valentyna Sveshnikova is worried about...
Read MoreFury at Russia’s death and destruction has fuelled art, action and resistance. But eventually, rage’s fire is all-consumingTwice, I have heard Ukrainians perform Verdi’s Requiem. Once in Lviv, last Maundy Thursday, and once last...
Read MoreAs the Trump administration refuses to end its war in Iran, it is steering into the storm, not out of itRussia hasn’t yet killed large numbers of Europeans outside Ukraine, but it’s getting closer. The night of 4-5 August, an...
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