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Journalist, author, and academic.
Keir Starmer's bland utopia and Kemi Badenoch's bleak vision of the future appear to have been swept off the table by tides of nationalism and divisive, hate-fuelled rhetoric, by authoritarian populists...
What’s different this time isn’t that Armageddon is now rather more likely than it was, say, at the height of the Cold War, but how utterly irrational our world seems to have become.
Alex Roberts delivers a sharp satire on Trump’s return, mocking his chaotic global trade war, diplomatic blunders, and delusional quest for vengeance against allies.
How stupid are they? How stupid are we? How stupid do they think we are?
The public inquiry into the British government's management – and in many cases, mismanagement – of the COVID-19 crisis rumbles on.
Careless words all too often cost lives. Peace is too commonly lost in the mistranslation. Europe now holds its breath, as another stick of dynamite has been thrown carelessly into the mix.
The UK refused to sign an AI ethics agreement, aligning with the US in prioritizing profits over regulation. Alex Roberts examines the deeper implications of AI on society and politics.
The man who appears to see the struggle in the Middle East as an excuse for a massive land-grabbing real estate deal may also threaten to impose trade tariffs on Britain if it doesn’t agree to major US tax breaks.
When you're playing with sweaty gelignite, or cosying up to the big bad wolf, it might be wiser, Prime Minister, not to bring it home to meet your folks.
Elon Musk is fast becoming for real the kind of megalomaniacal movie villain that he's so often been caricatured as resembling.
