Paul Mason
13 February 2025
What Trump’s Ukraine betrayal means for Britain
This Munich moment means Starmer must borrow to rearm, then forge stronger ties with the EU
Read the full article11 February 2025
Three steps to help Starmer beat Reform
The prime minister needs to crack down on crime, set and meet a fair migration target and bring in a UK ID card
Read the full article01 February 2025
Planning for an American collapse
Trump is already doing colossal damage to the US and sending his allies into a spin. Can Europe and China deal with America’s wild political volatility?
Read the full article23 January 2025
After Southport, we must change the contempt law
The right wing are lying about a cover-up. But the information vacuum which allowed fascists to foment mass violence can’t be allowed to continue
Read the full article16 January 2025
Now Britain must play its part in stabilising Gaza
This brutal, bloody conflict shows the dangers of our new, multipolar world
Read the full article11 January 2025
If the facts change, Rachel Reeves can change her mind
Whatever the chancellor has to do to maintain fiscal credibility has to be done, but there is no reason it has to be spending cuts
Read the full article07 January 2025
We must make a better job of the way we work
Labour promised to produce the highest growth in the G7. But, few people understand what it will take to do that
Read the full article29 December 2024
Five radical steps that will make Starmer beat Farage
Labour can only put its stumbling start behind it if it constructs a compelling narrative to match the one peddled by populists
Read the full article17 December 2024
The Labour project just became real
Labour's energy policy is absolutely critical to reviving growth, meeting net zero and keeping the far right out of power
Read the full article11 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
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