Alastair Campbell
13 January 2026
It’s time for a European army
Keir Starmer wants Britain to get closer to the EU. The war in Ukraine and Trump’s military posturing put European security at the heart of that realignment
Read the full article07 January 2026
Maia Sandu, the leader who stood up to Putin
The president of Moldova saw off a vicious campaign from Russia by educating the public about the threat and mobilising them against it. Would we do the same here?
Read the full article31 December 2025
How we must fight the global populist threat in 2026
Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped
Read the full article17 December 2025
American civilisation is at risk – but I’m still going
If they check my social media posts at the border, I might well be on the first plane back, which tells you Trump’s talk about free speech is nothing but a sham
Read the full article10 December 2025
Our politicians should be more like Peter Malinauskas
On political funding and social media, Malinauskas has shown real leadership. Our government should take note
Read the full article03 December 2025
Where is Reform's money coming from?
Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form
Read the full article26 November 2025
We expect politicians to lie - and that's the problem
We have become too accustomed to figures like Donald Trump, who see misinformation as a weapon rather than an issue
Read the full article19 November 2025
This government is like The Thick Of It, but unfunny
It is ludicrous that, in little over a year, Keir Starmer has gone from landslide high to record low satisfaction ratings
Read the full article12 November 2025
Dick Cheney, the unlikely anti-Trump symbol
In Trump’s eyes, Cheney was a non-person who did not even merit a comment upon his death
Read the full article10 November 2025
The malign right can’t be allowed to destroy the BBC
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
Read the full article05 November 2025
Elon Musk's role in funding fascism
What Musk calls free speech, I call the promotion of fascism. The Tesla CEO needs to leave our politics alone
Read the full article22 October 2025
Dear young Republicans, JD Vance is no role model
Students in the US believe the UK has a free speech problem and the vice president is spinning this myth as a reality
Read the full article15 October 2025
Why Trump should never be given the Nobel peace prize
Peace is not just about bombs falling silent, but the humanity that goes into maintaining it
Read the full article08 October 2025
How to spot the charlatans
Moisés Naím’s new book unpacks how these snake-oil shysters deceive the public
Read the full article01 October 2025
Don't take Curtis Yarvin seriously
Yarvin believes liberal democracy has failed and that monarchy should replace it. He just has absolutely no idea how to achieve this
Read the full article24 September 2025
Smash the populists, Keir
The prime minister needs to set out the path to a much better Britain than the one we have, before Nigel Farage does it for him
Read the full article17 September 2025
Where Starmer went wrong with the Mandelson debacle
Politics is as much about relationships and an understanding of human nature as it is about policy and legislation. The PM must learn this before it’s too late
Read the full article10 September 2025
When I unpacked the Putin papers
Today, the west sees Putin as a bloodthirsty dictator hellbent on destroying peace democracy in Europe. 25 years ago, the picture was very different
Read the full article03 September 2025
How Trump lost the moral high ground to China
Right now, Xi Jinping is letting Trump do all the soft power heavy lifting for him
Read the full article27 August 2025
Does Trump deserve the Nobel?
His desperation to follow in Barack Obama’s footsteps deepens day by day, unsolved war by unsolved war
Read the full article13 August 2025
What cricket tells us about life
Americans may have Apple, Amazon and the lead in the AI race, but Donald Trump is killing their soft power
Read the full article04 August 2025
Trump isn't World King, he's a narcissist
The president’s trip to Scotland proves there’s a real harm in not holding his actions to account
Read the full article30 July 2025
My date with Ghislaine Maxwell
If you had said to me then she might end up attached to a powerful man, able to build and exploit connections wherever he found them, I could well have seen how it may happen
Read the full article23 July 2025
My diary from Brixton prison
The problem with Britain’s justice system is that incarceration is more than a punishment – it destroys lives
Read the full article15 July 2025
Yes, it's a genocide
Fence sitting is no longer possible, or right. The manner and scale of Israel’s demolition of Gaza goes way beyond either legal proportion or respect for civilian life
Read the full article09 July 2025
How to understand Donald Trump
The chaos he inflicts on the world is perplexing, but his behaviour has clear patterns
Read the full article02 July 2025
After one year in office, here's what Starmer needs to do now
The prime minister has established strong relationships with leaders of other countries. But now he must fix the one he has with his MPs
Read the full article23 June 2025
Will Farage be prime minister? Really?
The media's obsession with Reform’s leader makes a disaster of Truss and Boris Johnson proportions ever more likely
Read the full article18 June 2025
Donald Trump's birthday parade is not America
The world saw through the spectacle for what it was: the whim of a self-styled strongman in need of flattery and adoration
Read the full article11 June 2025
Have the Channel Islands got it right?
After a few days in Guernsey, the Islands’ message was clear: ‘Our system works better than yours’
Read the full article05 June 2025
A new magazine for new times
The New World will hopefully outlast the new world trends, traits and personalities currently doing so much damage in so many ways
Read the full article28 May 2025
The country desperate for EU membership
Unfortunately for Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister, the country's place in the EU will be secured not by optics, but by its democratic credentials and right now, those are being tested
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