Starmer’s Last Stand: Local Elections Could Seal Labour’s Fate
Keir Starmer faces a defining moment as local elections threaten to expose Labour’s fragility. From miscarriage care to AI’s grip on African music, the cracks in UK governance widen.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics: Britain's Hybrid War and BP's Iran Windfall
Geopolitics edition: BP's profits double on Iran war oil prices, MPs warn Britain is already at war, and King Charles addresses Congress.
Geopolitics: Political Violence Returns to Washington's Doorstep
Geopolitics this Monday: gunfire at the White House correspondents' dinner, a London terror arrest, and a British premiership running on fumes.
Geopolitics Comes Home: Iran, the Moon, and the IRGC
Geopolitics has stopped happening abroad: the Iran war chokes NHS supplies, China races the US back to the Moon, Westminster eyes an IRGC ban.
Geopolitics at Home: UK May Vote, Mandelson, Black Forest
Geopolitics begins at home: Britain's May 7 vote could fracture the union, while Mandelson's vetting controversy rattles Whitehall's allies abroad.
Iran's Two-Front War: Hormuz Standoff and Diaspora Recruitment
Iran's embassy in Canberra recruits diaspora fighters as Trump orders shoot-to-kill in Hormuz. A two-month war that refuses to respect borders.
Geopolitics: Reeves's Fiscal Wall Cracks as Labour Faces May Rout
Geopolitics UK: Reeves undershoots borrowing by £700m as Iran war threatens fiscal headroom, Labour braces for historic May losses, Lebanon's forgotten south.