Paul Mason
11 December 2024
Starmer gets it: this is the age of tough liberalism
Most Labour supporters don’t realise how muscular their own tradition will have to become to survive what’s coming
Read the full article02 December 2024
UK soft power failed with Putin – it’s time for the hard option
Britain and Europe are up against an alliance of evil. Now is the time to resist Russia, and for the UK to lead by example
Read the full article26 November 2024
Tusk is the Donald we all need most
We cannot finesse our way out of the problem that the American people have swung isolationist
Read the full article21 November 2024
Will this fiasco be the last Cop?
Baku has been a spectacle of greed and entitlement. A binding agreement on phasing out fossil fuels would be better
Read the full article18 November 2024
Biden’s wake-up call to Europe
The Ukraine missile strikes he has permitted won’t change the war – but they must change minds in the EU and UK
Read the full article13 November 2024
The next two months will define Starmer
Donald Trump’s election has called into question the Euro-Atlanticism elements of Labour foreign policy
Read the full article07 November 2024
Kemi Badenoch is mediocrity on steroids
Badenoch, for all her anti-woke diatribes, is the wrong kind of Tory rightist. She will lead them defeat, and quite possibly eclipse by Reform
Read the full article06 November 2024
America is in the grip of the fascist process
Trump’s return to power has been helped by the complete failure of the American left
Read the full article30 October 2024
The King must lead the preparations for reparations
The global north needs to be building friendships with as many of our former colonies as possible
Read the full article23 October 2024
Trump must not decide the fate of Ukraine
If Trump wins a second term, he will force Ukraine into a humiliating peace deal with Russia
Read the full article08 October 2024
The west needs a new strategy to stop Netanyahu
It’s in Israel and the rest of the wider region’s best interest to bring Netanyahu under control
Read the full article02 October 2024
A time of chaos
Iran’s attack on Israel shows that Netanyahu’s military aims – and the entire region – are spiralling dangerously out of control. The US must now step in
Read the full article01 October 2024
Lammy is changing minds in testing times
The foreign secretary's language and persona during his UN address broke boundaries. Was the world listening?
Read the full article24 September 2024
Labour must act fast to stop the rise of Reform
Farage’s party are a bunch of deluded dogwhistlers, but here’s the rub: they could actually win the next election
Read the full article18 September 2024
The UK, like Europe, has to innovate – or die
While Europe has under-invested, China has invested. The UK needs to take notice
Read the full article11 September 2024
Can America jail Trump?
Given the insurrectionary character of Trump’s politics, is it wise for his opponents to seek this?
Read the full article03 September 2024
The online threat is real and existential
Unless we act now, it will be used in the destruction of our democracy
Read the full article28 August 2024
Now change the rules to make change happen
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has some tough decisions to make in October’s budget, but has options to achieve growth and avoid austerity
Read the full article13 August 2024
At last, the world finally sees how Ukraine can win
Zelensky’s forces have invaded Russian territory, a move that shifts the whole dynamic of the conflict. But the risks are huge
Read the full article04 August 2024
The mob vs Starmer
The far right are on the streets because they no longer have allies in power
Read the full article30 July 2024
Harris can beat Trump by learning from Starmer
Harris must learn how to construct a voter coalition in the places that matter through actions, not words
Read the full article23 July 2024
Covid lessons and the sickness in our system
If the British state is to meet the crises to come, urgent restructuring is required
Read the full article17 July 2024
A PM in a hurry with a power shift as the prize
Starmer’s first steps prove to voters that he intends to use the power he’s been handed
Read the full article05 July 2024
Tackle migration or face yet more fragmentation
Starmer now has a fight on his hands to keep down a new crop of extreme right and left wing MPs
Read the full article03 July 2024
Starmer’s Labour can win back the working class
Starmer looks poised for victory because those around him understand that Labour is the product of the working class
Read the full article26 June 2024
Starmerism: a clear-eyed and detail-driven quiet revolution
If the new prime minister gets it right, something better than Blairism is in prospect
Read the full article19 June 2024
The price of a Russian win is too high to pay
A Russian victory over Ukraine would provide proof of the concept that ‘might is right’
Read the full article12 June 2024
Could Starmer lead Europe’s defence?
One of Keir Starmer’s first challenges as prime minister will be to navigate the fragmenting world order
Read the full article05 June 2024
How to grow an economy
A Labour government will have to learn to allow rising demand and investment to happen
Read the full article29 May 2024
The West cannot negotiate with Putin
His ‘offer’ should be understood for what it is: an invitation to the west to sign its own death warrant
Read the full article21 May 2024
We can’t let Putin dictate the pace in Ukraine
Those who want to see Ukraine win, and not be destroyed, have a right to ask our politicians to get serious
Read the full article15 May 2024
Xi Jinping’s divide and rule tour of Europe
With China's economy in trouble, Xi has taken to wooing Europe
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