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Britain Is Sleepwalking Into a War It Keeps Pretending It Isn’t In

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There is a particular kind of mission creep that doesn’t announce itself with fanfare. It arrives dressed as responsibility, framed as inevitability, wrapped in the language of “support,” “security,” and “peacekeeping.” Britain’s growing involvement in the Ukraine–Russia war is exactly that kind of drift: incremental, quiet, and dangerously under‑examined. Two developments in particular demand scrutiny: … Continue reading →

Labour Faces Challenge as Reform UK Attracts Voters By Pat Harrington

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376 words, 2 minutes read time. Reform UK is gaining ground in local elections. The populist party, led by Nigel Farage, has managed to attract voters from both the Conservatives and Labour. Its recent successes in council by-elections could signal trouble for the established parties. In Kent’s Greenhithe and Knockhall ward, Reform UK won with … Continue reading →