The “dead hand” of which Jon Cruddas complains is smothering Labour’s 2015 prospects.
Plus: Bad Suarez. Useless Obama. Kinnock, the new Miliband. And: Make the most of your mother while you still have time.
The Blame Game…Islamist terrorism is back…Trust Maliki…Preserve Sykes-Picot…My enemy’s enemy is my friend…Thinking short-term…It’s all about us.
The philosophy of expansion, slice by slice, assumes that democratic countries will balk at responding to all but the most blatant of provocations.
On the first anniversary of her death, Thatcher’s biographer hails her as the most conservative and most radical Prime Minister we have ever had
The Prime Minister would do well to show Israelis that he understands what they mean by a Jewish state.
If Ukraine is to stay intact, viable and solvent, no one part of it can impose its will on others.
And also to save Putin from his very own Vietnam.
When Sarah Palin is outdoing you on geopolitics, it isn’t a good look.
There’s a limit to what we can do for Ukraine. But Tories shouldn’t sit side by side with autocrats.
Over Ukraine, Obama is uninterested, Cameron hobbled and the EU powerless. No wonder Putin is wreaking havoc with Western foreign policy.
Russians proceed regardless of American concern.
“There will be costs”, the President says.
When America falters and fails to back up freedom against aggression, people suffer.
The fact that the top one per cent are paying so much Income Tax these days only serves to highlight the long-term growth in their share of our national income
The Prime Minister would do well to show Israelis that he understands what they mean by a Jewish state.