“We need to recognize the irrationality and inhumanity of living in a world overshadowed by nuclear weapons” – Daisaku Ikeda Whilst the very concept of nuclear weapons is abhorrent to many, they have been the foundation of the UK’s national defence strategy for decades. Nuclear weapons have not been used
‘To halve violence against women and girls by a decade’ forms a critical part of the fifth and final mission of this Labour government, coined by the rather austere objective: ‘Take back our streets’. Not only does this depend on a second term to be realised, but it is a
From Monday to Wednesday this week, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Forum. In normal times a gathering of the terminally online modern political right here in London with speakers like Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, and Louis Mosley (before you ask, yes, he
Keir Starmer’s commitment to send British troops to Ukraine is possibly the most consequential decision he has made as Prime Minister so far. Labour List niggled that it had won a mixed reception at this weeks meeting of European leaders in Paris. With impending elections for the German Bundestag and
If this government wants us to know one thing about its objectives at the moment, it is that economic growth is their priority. From infrastructure investment, to planning reform and even pensions, growth is the thread running through all recent government announcements. Whether or not you agree with every decision,
Our democracy, like those across the world, is in danger. Citizens here are losing faith in democracy as they cannot earn enough to live, and we are also threatened by Putin’s aggression in Europe. Dealing with both is the only way to save democracy. We can only protect democracy by
Party meetings become tough and tedious when moderates resist predatory groups that exploit Labour as a recruiting ground but don’t share its values of social democratic change by parliamentary means. In the early 1980s there was a running confrontation in Brighton and elsewhere with the Militant Tendency, formally known as
Vision without Funding is Hallucination. Most ambitions are limited by resources; difficult choices and compromises need to me made. By way of example, the UK has an outstanding Fire Brigade, but since most of the UK population will never directly require their services, the level of funding required is subject
Last month, tech giants in the United States (US) were dealt a blow of $1 trillion by DeepSeek, a relatively unknown artificial intelligence (AI) startup from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). NVidia, a US company at the forefront of the AI revolution, lost over $600 billion in market value
The sudden collapse of Assad’s regime in Syria significantly diminished Iran’s regime, which poured an estimated $30 billion into propping up Assad. Assad fell within weeks of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and the primary losers in this geopolitical shift are undoubtedly the ruling clerics in Tehran. The fall of Assad has sparked
