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Politics: Braverman bites back

November 15, 2023 2:09 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Prime minsters are perfectly entitled to dismiss their ministers but once freed from the constraints and responsibilities of office, recently... View Article

Politics: a monument to irrelevance

November 14, 2023 2:28 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I don’t suppose it matters a damn what I think of Sunak’s resurrection of David Cameron to British politics. Nor... View Article

Israel: “theatre of death”

November 13, 2023 2:30 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The focus on the UK demonstrations has, to a certain extent, distracted attention from what is happening in the ground... View Article

Politics: appeasement at the top

November 12, 2023 2:50 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I watched through the day yesterday, without enthusiasm, the progress on the London “hate” march and the so-called “right wing”... View Article

Media: back to the front

November 11, 2023 2:54 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It has become something of a theme of mine, noted not in the hope of securing any improvement, but simply... View Article

Politics: hate marches

November 10, 2023 2:14 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

One of the most otiose offerings on the Braverman affair comes from a “former minister” – anonymous, of course. He... View Article

Israel: the enemy within

November 9, 2023 2:45 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Much to the surprise of many – not least the Israelis – the incursion into the “heart of Gaza” has... View Article

Politics: an inevitable disappointment

November 8, 2023 2:02 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In the normal course of events, yesterday was the day the nation turned to the Monarch’s speech in the House... View Article

Israel: a “tactical pause”?

November 7, 2023 2:56 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Left to myself when preparing to write my evening blogposts, I would be cycling though a mass of media reports... View Article

Israel: despair at the violence

November 6, 2023 2:48 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

IDF ground forces, we are told from multiple sources, has managed to bisect the Gaza, leaving the main conurbation detached... View Article

Israel: on the front line

November 5, 2023 2:55 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Despite Gaza continuing to dominate the headlines, at home and abroad, it is increasingly difficult to follow exactly what is... View Article

Israel: back to business

November 4, 2023 3:37 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If you were writing a story on the latest developments of the IDF ground offensive in Gaza, with the headline:... View Article

Ukraine: that other war

November 3, 2023 3:23 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Even if one discounts the political motivation behind the sources who fed the Time magazine article on Zelensky, published on... View Article

Israel: a looking glass war

November 2, 2023 2:51 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Anyone who followed the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will recall being able to follow the drama... View Article

Israel: weaponising civilian casualties

November 1, 2023 2:46 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Even in less pressured times, I doubt whether I would have given much attention to the proceedings of the Covid... View Article

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