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

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Afghanistan is now a presidential election issue

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The Taliban I am sure will have noticed that the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan is now a hot 2020 election issue. The militant...
Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Jeremy Corbyn wants another three years as Labour leader

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All the talk about Jeremy Corbyn needing to step down as Labour leader for the sake of his political party, the country and the universe is ...
Monday, 29 July 2019

Gove says one thing and Boris says another on Brexit

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Well I really thought that after Boris had manufactured a cabinet of Boris think-alikes, the message from Number 10 and throughout Whitehall...
Sunday, 28 July 2019

It's a no-deal Brexit, folks

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With Michael Gove in charge of sorting out a no-deal Brexit, I am now convinced more than ever that that is exactly what is going to happen....
Friday, 26 July 2019

Boris must be regretting all his past comments

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The higher up the political ladder you climb the more cautious you should be about commenting in public about other political leaders. This ...
Thursday, 25 July 2019

Oh dear Robert Mueller said nothing to excite anyone

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The biggest surprise about Robert Mueller's testimony to two House committees yesterday was that people seemed to be surprised that he s...
Wednesday, 24 July 2019

After fake news comes fake statements

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The Russians apologised profusely for the incident in which one of their military planes entered South Korean airspace by mistake. No they d...
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Veteran Fleet Street reporter, former defence editor, war correspondent and Pentagon correspondent for The Times
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