The battle for Labour After Labour’s damaging losses in the Council Elections, the newshounds waited with bated breath to see if Keir Starmer would resign.  He vowed to resolutely carry on.  Then they waited to see if there would be a leadership challenge.  Wes Streeting resigned as Health Secretary, but did not launch a leadership […]

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Peter Magyar “A few families own half the country” ~ Peter Magyar There were many reasons to celebrate Peter Magyar’s win over Viktor Orban last week in Hungary, and put an end to his 16-year rule.  To name but a few: a dent in the rising march of right wing populism in Europe, some alleviation […]

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J.D. Vance I haven’t treated J.D. Vance, the Vice President of the U.S.A., to a blog all of his own before now.  But he has now been sent to try and save the Iran war situation, apparently the only person the Iranians would trust because he did not advocate for the war.  After 21 hours […]

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Artemis II “We really are going for all, by all, and we want to take the whole world along with us” ~ Reid Wiseman, Commander of Artemis II The Artemis II mission launched this week from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, aiming to encircle the Moon and return after 10 days.  With four astronauts […]

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Iranian War “Maybe it’s just possible that a few people missed a chance to prevent America bombing Iran” ~ John Crace With the first week of an Iranian War coming to a close, today I will be looking at the charts of a few of the players and their countries’ charts, to look at where they […]

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Jesse Jackson (1941 – 2026) “Jackson’s presence presents the American Republic with questions and choices it has spent all hits history until this hour trying to avoid…And nothing will ever again be what it was before.” ~ James Baldwin, 1984 Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson died this week, at the age of 84.  He was […]

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Zohran Mamdani “In the coming months, I and my team will build a city hall capable of delivering on the promises of this campaign.  We will form an administration that is equal parts capable and compassionate, driven by integrity and willing to work just as hard as the millions of New Yorkers who call this […]

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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau In a week’s headlines wrought with sadness, sorrow and tragedy, I am choosing this week to write about an unlikely romance, between a pop star and a politician – between Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau.  They were openly seen together in public, last weekend, though rumoured to have been seeing […]

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The Deputy Labour Leadership Contest Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell Among the drama-laden political stories of the week (which included the sacking of Peter Mandelson, and the shooting of Charlie Kirk), the search began for the successor to Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister.  Her strength in her role was shown in her chart by […]

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Zack Polanski New Leader of the Green Party “A fluent media performer” ~ The Guardian “I believe that his style and emphasis meet the challenge of the moment” ~ George Monbiot It’s been a turbulent week for politics in the UK this week: Angela Rayner was forced to resign as Deputy Prime Minister, a cabinet […]

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