Monthly Archives: April 2026

We often complain about ‘career politicians’; by whom is meant those who have had no other careers before becoming politicians, and so have little experience of what might be called the ‘real life’ of those they are supposed to be … Continue reading →

I imagine that Donald Trump will go down as the worst President in American history (any other candidates?); except by those who believe that his – yes – considerable achievements will put him up there among the Gods. He’s already … Continue reading →

Of course the suggestion that Israel was behind Trump’s attack on Iran fits in with a venerable anti-Semitic trope – the one that attributes all the world’s wars to ‘the Jews’ – and is likely therefore to encourage accusations of … Continue reading →

A lot of people are asking this now. It could be grounds for his removal from office. Personally, I can see a certain perverse logic in his statements and actions up to now, and even a fairly sane explanation for … Continue reading →

That date this year will mark the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence – as every educated American knows. That is, apart from today’s American President; who has a copy of it hanging in his Oval Office, but … Continue reading →

The Sweden Democrat Party (Sverigedemokraterna), far to the political Right, vigorously anti-immigration, and until recently publicly cold-shouldered by all the other parties, has now been allowed into the Centre-Right coalition government, with its leader, Jimmie Åkesson, landing the post of … Continue reading →

NATO is a defensive alliance, not an offensive one. Trump should be aware of that, before chiding the other NATO nations for not supporting his war of choice against Iran.