Labour's soft response to Dover blockade subsidizes insurgency
The British government has a dangerous habit of treating paramilitary theater as a civic disagreement.
By Emilio Quesada ·
uk — Lorien Times
Reform UK is not a revolution, it is a brokerage for the wealthy
When you grow up in Flint, you learn early that the people in charge always have a different set of rules for themselves than they do for the people they claim to represent.
By Maya Ellison ·
Starmer leaves Holborn and St Pancras to Polanski
The machinery of British power wears down to bare metal when the people who built it walk away.
By Caroline Ashford ·
DNB moves gold to London as a vote of no confidence in the US
When you’ve spent your life balancing a ledger or flying a C-130, you learn one immutable truth: hope is not a strategy. You don't assume the runway is clear; you verify it.
By Grant Colby ·
Judge Dabney Friedrich delays Al-Marimi; accountability stalls again
The pursuit of historical accountability is supposed to be linear, a steady current toward truth.
By Imani Sutton ·
Iowa's ground knowledge beats rulebooks in Washington and London
You read about Ethel Caterham, who celebrated her 117th birthday this week.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Meghan Markle underestimates established British institutions
It seems that in the modern American imagination, privacy has become a commodity—a glittering, highly marketable asset to be liquidated piece by piece.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Western condemnation fails as Sa'ar rejects Miliband over E1 plans
The West, for all its talk of universal values, remains a collection of interests waiting for the right moment to diverge.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Burnham confirms private security; titles mean less than tax dollars
The spectacle is back in the headlines: Prince Harry and Meghan are moving back to the United Kingdom.
By Grant Colby ·
Prince Harry and Meghan move to UK for British schools logistics
The sheer volume of drama surrounding the Sussexes is, frankly, exhausting.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Russia warns Britain of 'consequences' for supplying drones to Ukraine
The predictable theater of international intimidation opened up again this week, with Russia issuing its usual brand of dramatic warnings to London.
By Grant Colby ·
Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide
The most dangerous kind of threat is not the missile or the hostile troop movement; it is the text message.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Nigel Farage’s Clacton win proves performance art beats governance
You watch these things—these self-inflicted spectacles in Clacton—and you realize that politics has become less about governance and more about performance art. It is exhausting, really.
By Alma Cordero ·