Paul Knaggs

The False Choice: Both Candidates Offer More War How America's Election Could Reshape Global Conflicts... Have you ever noticed how, despite all the heated rhetoric about "choice" in democratic elections, when it comes to matters of war and peace, voters are increasingly offered what amounts to no choice at all? As Britain watches the American electoral drama unfold – with implications both...

A major espionage scandal has erupted in Italy, implicating Israel's foreign intelligence agency Mossad in what Italian officials are calling "a threat to democracy." The operation allegedly involved the systematic hacking of government databases and collection of sensitive information on high-ranking Italian officials, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The Digital Dragnet: How a Private Intelligence Firm Exposed the Shadowy World...

How Labour's Tax Policy Threatens Our Country Side and Food Sovereignty The most profound changes in a nation's character rarely announce themselves with dramatic flourish. They creep in through the quiet corridors of power, wrapped in bureaucratic paper and stamped with legislative seals. Today, we face such a moment as Labour's inheritance tax proposal threatens to fundamentally reshape British agriculture...

The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936 In the bleak years of the 1930s, the Great Depression cast a long and ominous shadow over Britain. Nowhere did this shadow loom larger than in the industrial heartlands, and among them, the town of Jarrow stood out as a symbol of economic despair. By the mid-1930s, Jarrow, a once-thriving shipbuilding town in...

Rachel Reeves’ £12.21 Minimum Wage: Just Don't Cut It! When Alistair Darling last brandished the Chancellor's red box from 11 Downing Street in March 2010, Labour still believed in protecting society's most vulnerable. His final act as Chancellor? A £600 million commitment to the Winter Fuel Allowance – a lifeline now stripped from most pensioners by the very party that...

Labour Continues to Hit The Workers. In a move that would make Margaret Thatcher proud, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that bus fares will rise to £3, abandoning the previous £2 cap with all the careful consideration of someone who's never had to count pennies for their weekly commute. This isn't just about an extra pound per journey...

'Nobody is Above the Law': Tommy Robinson Jailed for 18 Months After Admitting Contempt of Court Stephen Yaxley-Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting to 10 breaches of a High Court libel order. The 41-year-old activist appeared at Woolwich Crown Court in south London on Monday after missing a previous hearing, during which...

Britain's Complex Legacy of Bondage: From Scottish Mines to Colonial Empire When King Charles III expressed his "greatest sorrow" over Britain's slavery past to Commonwealth leaders in Samoa this week, he walked the careful line between acknowledgement and apology that British monarchs have tread for generations. The irony of his position could hardly be more stark: his own namesake, King...

Trump accuses UK's Labour Party of 'foreign interference' "The British are coming. The British are coming"... The ghosts of 1812 aren't stirring yet, but a new Anglo-American political drama is unfolding with distinctly modern complications. This time, instead of redcoats marching on Washington, it's Labour Party staffers heading to North Carolina—and Donald Trump's campaign is crying foul. At the heart of this...

Firearms Officer Cleared in Chris Kaba Shooting Case A firearms officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba during a police stop in Streatham, south London, has been acquitted of murder. Martyn Blake, 40, was cleared by a jury after a trial at the Old Bailey, where he denied intending to kill the 24-year-old during the incident in September 2022. The court heard...