Politics: not a serious party

By Richard North - 10 July 2026

One might have thought that the Farage storm would have abated by now, but not a bit of it. Most national newspapers are currently running mixes of news and opinion about Reform UK leader, and the Guardian is giving him the lead story. Its report is headlined: “Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of… View Article
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Middle East: forever war?

By Richard North - 9 July 2026

It says something of British politics (and the media) that while open season has been declared against the Farage entity, the Iran demi-conflict has been grumbling away in the background, with not a fraction the attention devoted to it. But now that open hostilities have erupted again, with US forces conducting strikes against Iranian targets… View Article
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Politics: status unchanged

By Richard North - 8 July 2026

A thought occurs: why, if Farage is so certain that he has done no wrong, doesn’t he let Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, do his job? As it stands, he is frustrating the process by resigning. Should he be successful in returning to the Commons, one presumes that Greenberg’s investigation – which will… View Article
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Politics: the Farage paradox

By Richard North - 7 July 2026

Contrary to received wisdom, the legacy media taking a tilt at Farage is not necessarily “what scrutiny looks like when you are a candidate for prime minister”, as Chris Mason, political editor for the BBC would have us believe. After all, if proximity to that office was the trigger for intense scrutiny, then it would… View Article
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Defence: complications

By Richard North - 6 July 2026

For an illustration of just how complicated defence technology and operations have become, and a demonstration of the superficiality of the reporting, one needs to go no further that the report by defence editor Tom Cotterill in today’s Telegraph. It is headed: “Armed Forces reveal new unit to speed up drone rollout” and tells us… View Article
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