Barrage of new data centers & willingness of local leaders to act in direct opposition to the will of the people should be wake-up call for those who still believe we live in representative democracy.
Americans have trouble with reality, writes Paul Craig Roberts. So Trump keeps them with him by placing them at ease by turning the astounding defeat of the US and Israel by Iran into Iran’s unconditional surrender and America’s victory.
Andy Burnham is clearly his chosen replacement. Kit Knightly on why we shouldn’t expect any dramatic changes
Andrew Gold and journalist Matthew Steeples discus British media and business magnate David Sullivan and why the media avoids reporting on some of his activities
Andy Burnham tipped to replace him at number 10
Trump should know better. After Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and now Iran, his repeated threats and boasts about US military power only diminish its standing
Trump moves to make-up for munitions shortages, damaged radars and equipment shortfalls stemming from the war with Iran
This is now a familiar tale. The authorities, the police, social workers and, of course, the media, are all actively working to play down the negative impact caused by the uncontrolled influx of immigrants and asylum seekers
CJ Werleman on how Mossad are threatening to expose more compromising material on Trump’s dealings with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an effort to undermine the peace agreement with Iran
A Trump official says the U.S. president is, right now, ‘madder at the Israelis than the Iranians.’
Max Igan on how Trump is resorting to cheap and tacky – and in the case of the war with Iran, murderous and bloody – ways to distract attention from the Epstein files
Trump sounds dangerously delusional. Like his ill-advised decision to go to war with Iran, his inability to grasp what has really happened raises questions about his mental fitness to continue in office