Paul Mason
29 May 2026
Why have we let Putin get away with it for so long?
The Intelligence and Security Committee demanded a full inquiry into Russian meddling in British politics. It never happened. A new report makes clear that it needs to happen – now
Read the full article26 May 2026
Putinism has failed, and a new kind of threat has arrived
More than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war in Ukraine. But he cannot back off. Instead, he will switch tactics. Ukraine – and the west – must be ready
Read the full article20 May 2026
The science is clear – the world is heading for water catastrophe
Scientists predict that, during the next century, entire regions of the earth will run out of water. And the day that a tap is turned on and nothing comes out, it will all be too late
Read the full article11 May 2026
It’s not about a new leader. It’s about a new story
Any replacement for Keir Starmer would face the same problems – and the need for a fresh narrative to match future challenges
Read the full article04 May 2026
The left has no concept of radical evil
The likes of Jeffrey Epstein rise while we try to rationalise and redeem
Read the full article28 April 2026
When war comes home: how should a government rule in times of conflict?
It is time for Britain to rewrite the rules on war powers. Better to do it now than to wait until hostilities break out. By then it will all be too late – and what’s more, Farage might be in power
Read the full article22 April 2026
Yes, AI can make our lives better. Here’s how
Instead of subsidising AI start-ups, the government needs to use the new technology for socially beneficial ends. But the real opportunity will be after the inevitable coming AI crash
Read the full article10 April 2026
The truth about Trump’s Iran downfall? The worst is yet to come
With Epic Fury’s epic fail, the president has given encouragement to aggressors everywhere
Read the full article01 April 2026
Europe’s escape plan from Trump’s chaos machine
The continent needs to take the crucial step towards ending US global economic dominance. Here’s how to do it
Read the full article26 March 2026
This attack on Jewish ambulances is a new kind of warfare
The aim of the people who targeted the ambulances outside a north London synagogue was all too clear – and the reaction of UK extremists on both the left and right was exactly what the attackers wanted
Read the full article21 March 2026
Iran has killed off Reeves’s fiscal rules. Here’s how to radically rewrite them
Bring back quantitative easing, reboot the OBR and – for a while – let inflation shrink the debt mountain
Read the full article18 March 2026
Britain needs militant democracy
Anti-democratic voices are gaining ground in British politics. Excessive tolerance of these people is the route to disaster – they must be confronted
Read the full article11 March 2026
The quislings of the right have abandoned patriotism
Their mud-slinging over Iran shows that Farage, Badenoch and the Mail prefer to side with US extremists than back their own country
Read the full article05 March 2026
Will AI destroy capitalism?
A recent report by a consultancy imagined a global economic crisis caused by artificial intelligence. The trouble is, they might just be on to something
Read the full article02 March 2026
Iran war: It’s time for Europe to become a superpower
We know what happens when the US breaks something and then walks away. The result is catastrophe. The problem is, Trump doesn’t really care
Read the full article28 February 2026
US attacks on Iran push the world towards chaos
Trump wants to decapitate the Iranian regime. But the danger now is a proliferating conflict that runs out of control
Read the full article24 February 2026
How Europe stops Gen Z going to war with Putin
Governments across the continent must borrow to spend on defence. If they do not, then Gen Z will end up going to war
Read the full article11 February 2026
Three years to save Europe
When leaders meet at Munich, they must start the process of European rearmament in a way that takes account of the threat from Putin – and Trump
Read the full article03 February 2026
Techno-financial fascism is at the depraved heart of the Epstein files
The revelations go far beyond a paedophile's vile exploitation - and explain why so many hate the super-rich elites
Read the full article03 February 2026
Welcome to the even nastier party
Another batch of Tory defectors means Nigel Farage’s Reform is becoming a blend of the worst of Trussonomics and the worst of racist nativism
Read the full article27 January 2026
How Trump’s ‘Soviet America’ plans to wreck Nato
MAGA wants to co-opt the military alliance for its own ends. But Britain can’t push back until it spends more on defence
Read the full article21 January 2026
It’s not about protesters, it’s about Gazans
The Palestinian Action hunger strike was misguided. The focus must be firmly on the people of the Strip, and on the long struggle for statehood
Read the full article12 January 2026
The only path to Iranian revolution
The nation has changed out of all recognition since the Shah was deposed in 1979. There is now only one way that the country can enter the modern world – the state must crack
Read the full article05 January 2026
The lesson of Maduro’s abduction: Europe must unite, or die
Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint. The lessons for Britain, and Europe, could not be any clearer
Read the full article31 December 2025
How China plans to eat the west
While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?
Read the full article17 December 2025
We are Putin’s next target
Most politicians remain oblivious to the threat, especially on the left. But they must realise Putin could do to us what he’s done to Ukraine, without firing a shot
Read the full article07 December 2025
Trump’s new war on Europe
A new strategy statement from the US makes clear that America is imploding, and that its main enemies are not Russia or China but Europe’s democracies
Read the full article03 December 2025
Nigel Farage has a race problem
The school stories, the admiration for Enoch Powell and comments about the “US Jewish lobby” all hang over Farage - and make him unelectable
Read the full article26 November 2025
Artificial intelligence and the end of capitalism
If machines do all the work, there are no jobs left and no one earns any money, Marx might be proved right after all
Read the full article19 November 2025
A budget for the bond market
Rachel Reeves has performed a U-turn on tax, but global lenders have not reacted badly. In fact, for the chancellor, there is now light at the end of the tunnel
Read the full article11 November 2025
Farage and the moron premium
If Reform gets into power, Britain will face an immediate, devastating fiscal crisis
Read the full article04 November 2025
This is Rachel Reeves’s only rational choice
The chancellor faces a tough challenge: writing a budget in a time of low growth. There’s an answer, but people won’t like it
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