Paul Knaggs

Turkey launches military offensive in Syria, days after Trump announced pullback of US troops US President Donald Trump is being roundly condemned by bi-partisan voices in Washington and around the world for “selling out” the Kurds in Syria. Turkey began a planned military offensive into northeastern Syria on Wednesday, launching airstrikes and artillery fire across the border just days after the...

Parliament has been prorogued for six days as the UK faced the prospect of a no-deal Brexit. Johnson last month secured an order from the queen to suspend parliament for a month until October 14. He was accused of using the procedural device of ‘prorogation’ for political purposes to curtail MPs’ ability to scrutinise the government’s Brexit plans. But the Supreme...

Despite there been more Green MEP's in the European parliament than at any time the EU roll back on its promise climate neutral by 2050 Three central and eastern European countries blocked a new EU climate change target, undermining global action to cut carbon emissions. EU leaders had hoped to commit all the union’s member states to going carbon neutral by...

Portugal's socialist prime minister António Costa declared victory in national elections early Monday, saying he would continue to govern in a coalition nicknamed the 'Geringonça' or 'contraption'. The Socialist Party (PS) gained support but failed to secure enough seats for an outright majority. It means the Socialist Party must negotiate a new deal with one or both of his far-left allies...

The 4th of October marks the anniversary of the day that Jews, communists, trade unionists, Labour party members, Irish Catholic dockers and the people of the East End of London united in defiance of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists and refused to let them march through their streets. Shouting the Spanish civil war slogan "No pasaran" - "They...

A knife attack on the Paris police headquarters on Thursday left at least four people dead and at least one police officer injured, according police union sources. French outlets reported the attack was an administrative officer at the Directorate of Intelligence of the Prefecture of Police. The attacker: The attacker, who was an administrative officer employed by police, was shot dead. There is not yet...

Boris Johnson has proposed creating two new borders around Northern Ireland in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock with Brussels Johnson wrote to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, insisting the entire U.K. should leave the EU customs union on the current Brexit deadline of October 31. That would mean a customs border between Northern Ireland and Ireland which Johnson said...

The Case for Mandatory Reselection: Strengthening Democracy and Accountability in the Labour Party In the realm of politics, where the will of the people should reign supreme, it is imperative that elected representatives not only embody the desires and aspirations of their constituents but also remain accountable to them. Sadly, recent events within the Labour Party have demonstrated a disconnect...

There is much ado about Boris Johnson and others referring to the Benn Act as a Surrender Act. We must recognise that this Act is not the surrender Act. Boris Johnson is way off the mark. The question we should be asking is that by design or fault? After all, it would not fit his new role as Tory prime...

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed the DWP benefit will be ditched under Labour - starting with £3billion in emergency reforms to scrap the benefit cap, two-child limit, benefit sanctions and five-week wait Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour Party Leader, will today announce that Labour (Saturday) will scrap Universal Credit, calling the flagship Tory welfare reform “inhumane” and an “unmitigated disaster”. Speaking at a...