Paul Mason
12 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
Read the full article18 October 2025
Student antisemitism and the socialism of fools
The hard left wants to globalise the intifada, imagining that defeating Zionism will liberate humanity. Their delusion is close to religious mania
Read the full article10 October 2025
This deal is a calamity for Gazans
Two right wing crooks have finally brought the slaughter to an end. Now, there must be law and accountability, or there will never be peace
Read the full article06 October 2025
A Gaza peace built on sand
No sovereignty, no law, no dignity. The strip deserves a future free of both Hamas and Israel
Read the full article30 September 2025
Are we already at war?
Russia is sending its drones and bombers into Nato airspace. Whatever this is, it feels like just the beginning
Read the full article23 September 2025
Britain, the US and the Australian dilemma
A new technological defence agreement would change the global balance of power. If Trump backs out, it could all be in jeopardy
Read the full article14 September 2025
How to deal with Tommy Robinson’s far right mob
The extremist march was infested with vile racism and incoherent ideas. That is their weakness. It must be exploited
Read the full article10 September 2025
Starmer’s reshuffle is not enough
The PM needs to remove the blockages that are preventing policy from becoming reality. If he doesn’t, the result could be Reform, and disaster
Read the full article02 September 2025
Rejoin isn’t the issue of the era. Racism is.
Britain is drowning in hate. We can’t let Farage remake us into a truly nasty nation
Read the full article27 August 2025
When the special relationship goes up in smoke
A new book sheds light on the growing gap between the US and the west. It’s time to prepare for the break-up
Read the full article13 August 2025
Do we dare rebuild the UK around defence?
With Nato poised to ramp up spending, a bold new financing plan could create an engine of national renewal
Read the full article05 August 2025
Why is Corbyn’s party so posh?
Many hard left leaders went to private school. Do they view socialism as a hobby?
Read the full article25 July 2025
Corbyn’s new party will put Farage in No 10
People are being dragged towards a deeply flawed new political project that will act as a wrecking ball for the Labour Party
Read the full article22 July 2025
How to beat Putin
Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?
Read the full article12 July 2025
Corbyn, Sultana and the politics of inevitable failure
If they ever manage to set up their new hard left party, there will only be one winner – Nigel Farage
Read the full article09 July 2025
Palestine Action is bad for Palestinians
The activist group has fallen foul of UK anti-terror laws – good. Because the radical, violent action it carries out harms the very causes its claims to support
Read the full article02 July 2025
The silent threat of China
Beijing will have watched the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and will have learned a dangerous lesson
Read the full article02 July 2025
Can we replace capitalism?
American journalist John Cassidy explains why those who despise this unstable system seem doomed to failure
Read the full article19 June 2025
Iran, Trump and the slide into global anarchy
The US and Israel have broken away from the international order and are pushing the world towards anarchy. The rest of the west must do all it can to resist
Read the full article17 June 2025
The lessons of Greece’s summer of tears
Ten years on, the country’s treatment in the midst of financial crisis remains a stain on European democracy
Read the full article11 June 2025
My year of London by Lime bike
E-bikes are changing life in the city – but not in the way right wing protesters imagine
Read the full article05 June 2025
Nigel Farage is deep in the crypto-crapto
It is the preferred currency of organised criminals, terrorists – and now the Reform Party is getting in on the act
Read the full article03 June 2025
Britain enters a new nuclear age
The government has decided that the country will rearm – this strategic review is just the beginning
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