Paul Knaggs

Profits before Peace When Death Comes Knocking, Profits Take Precedence This week, as the world's spotlight fixated on the inanity of a Eurovision song contest, Joe Biden upended a cornerstone of American foreign policy by warning that the US would withhold arms from Israel should it proceed with its planned invasion of Rafah - the besieged Gazan city where 1.4 million...

Drama, Resignations, and Flag Parades: Eurovision's Political Non-Event Political Satire... While protests and petitions tried to ban Israel's entry, the organisers insist the competition is apolitical. And of course, it's true - Eurovision is not political...well, unless you're Russian, in which case you've been banned from the competition since your little dust-up with Ukraine back in 2022. Some wars are politically...

Sir Keir Starmer's True Agenda: Undermining the Left and Pulling UK Politics Rightward With each calculated move, it becomes increasingly evident that Starmer's grand stratagem extends far beyond resolving the thorny issues plaguing Britain. Rather, his every action seems meticulously orchestrated to compound crises, capitalising on public frustrations to fundamentally shift the nation's political trajectory rightward – all while eviscerating...

Canute Redux: Starmer Grappling with Unstoppable Tides and Small Boats As Sir Keir Starmer unveils his grand plans to tackle the small boats crisis, one can't help but draw parallels to the mythical King Canute, arrogantly commanding the tides to halt their relentless advance. For all his bold proclamations, Starmer shows about as much chance of stemming the flow...

The Betrayal of Socialist Principles: Tony Benn's Prescient Warning for the Fate of the Labour Party “If the Labour Party could be bullied or persuaded to denounce its Marxists, the media – having tasted blood – would demand next that it expelled all its Socialist and reunited the remaining Labour Party with the SDP to form a harmless alternative to...

From Moscow to the West: Reflecting on Victory Day's Legacy and Lessons for All "Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid.” — Ernest Hemingway Victory Day, observed on the 9th of May, holds immense importance as it commemorates the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. The...

Labour's Betrayal: From Left Values to Tory Converts Just when you thought Sir Keir Starmer's complete ideological overhaul of the Labour Party couldn't become any more farcical, he's only gone and welcomed yet another disaffected Tory MP into the big red tent. Yes, friends, the latest rightward lurch in Starmer's relentless pursuit of power at all costs is the defection...

Ukraine: The Hunger for War Will Never be Satisfied When it is Fed by Blood and Money Imagine walking into a bustling restaurant where every table sits empty, save for one - a lone soldier with "War" scrawled across his back, feasting opulently as harried waiters in the guise of powerful political figures incessantly pile his plate high with...

Israel hits Rafah after Hamas accepts truce deal Once again, the Palestinian people of Gaza have had their tenuous hopes for peace brutally dashed by the Israeli government's duplicitous conduct. Despite Hamas leaders accepting a ceasefire proposal brokered by Qatar and Egypt after days of intense negotiations, Israel has brazenly continued its military assault - carrying out strikes in Rafah...

Complicity in Genocide: Western Silence Enables Israeli Atrocities in Gaza As the International Criminal Court investigates alleged war crimes by Israel in Gaza, Western governments continue rendering unconscionable support to the apartheid state's militarised suppression of Palestinians. The grotesque loss of civilian life stemming from Israel's disproportionate retaliation against Hamas has plunged the territory into a humanitarian nightmare - and...