Tag: news
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Return to Sender: October 2026
So on this Monday, 26 October, we are mid-way through the current election cycle and so far it’s 2-0 to the left wing parties but with the two elections that really matter on a geopolitical level still to come.
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Letter from Lincoln…October 2026
October marks Halloween, when the witching hour is nigh for some, as the US mid-term elections approach for others. Either way, the outcome is likely to be grim for many of us.
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Return to Sender: August 2026
Right at the start of August, three countries in the Middle East region – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – came together to sign the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. Similar to NATO’s article 5, this states that any attack on one will be considered as an attack on all three and be met with a…
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Letter from Lincoln…August 2026
The dominant theme of the summer is continuing into August – runaway wars and out of control wildfires – but attention is now starting to turn to the cost of all this.
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Return to Sender: July 2026
The recent news within the UK has been dominated by the Odyssey – not the latest cinematic retelling of Homer’s original poem – but Andy Burnham’s far less interesting journey from Westminster to Manchester and the long return back to Westminster to become Britain’s fifth prime minister in four years. He has promised a radical…
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Letter from Lincoln…July 2026
Entirely predictably – and not just by me in my last column – the ceasefire between the US and Iran has broken down, with both sides initiating strikes in the Middle East. This has left more ships stranded on the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz while the oil prices head north again.
