World views from the author of First with the News, a memoir of life on the front line

Friday, 12 September 2025

Why on earth was Peter Mandelson appointed in the first place?

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The decision to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as the UK ambassador to Washington was always a mistake. It showed that Keir Starmer wasn't...
Thursday, 11 September 2025

Has Trump given up on Ukraine and Gaza?

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For months there was so much diplomatic activity going on between the United States and all the participants and players and backroom negoti...
Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Putin laughs like a drone

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Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump's old mate, really is having a laugh. He is not foolish enough to invade Poland but he is testing out Nato...
Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Israel strikes at Hamas in Doha

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If Hamas ever thought their "political" leaders residing in Qatar's Doha capital were safe from Israeli attacks, now they know...
Monday, 8 September 2025

Will Putin ever meet Zelensky and shake hands?

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After three years and nearly seven months of war in Ukraine, are we any closer to seeing a meeting between Putin and Zelensky and a formal s...
Sunday, 7 September 2025

The disastrous failure of peace efforts in Ukraine and Gaza

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Nothing better sums up the disasters in Ukraine and Gaza than the current run of bombings by the Russians and the Israelis. Putin's bomb...
Friday, 5 September 2025

Putin says no to European troops in Ukraine

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So much has gone into a blueprint plan for sending thousands of troops from the UK and Europe to Ukraine to monitor/reassure/protect a cease...
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Veteran Fleet Street reporter, former defence editor, war correspondent and Pentagon correspondent for The Times
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