Month: March 2018

[Posted earlier @EuroTrib] US and diplomacy from the barrel of a gun with Trump in the White House. Blaming Russia again? Filling the void left by American disinterest, Trump bullying and threats, destroying trade agreements,...

There is a lot to digest to Jane Mayer’s big new Christopher Steele piece in The New Yorker, but the following bit interests me in particular. [Clinton campaign manager Robby] Mook told me, “The problem with the Russia...

Even before the Brexit referendum, it was never about the immigration numbers … the hoax of Tory power. ‘I felt a nausea of fury’ – how I faced the cruelty of Britain’s immigration system  ...

Let’s try to imagine, just for shits and giggles, what the right-wing response would have been if President Barack Obama had done these three things in one week: 1. Imposed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel without...

The state power company helpfully explains that I can count on getting power by 11:59pm on Tuesday night. This is discouraging.