Paul Knaggs

Student Debt Crisis: A National Disgrace Let's talk about the elephant in the room - student debt. It's not just a problem; it's a national disgrace. Almost 1.8 million people in the UK owe £50,000 or more in student loans. Over 61,000 souls are saddled with debts exceeding £100,000. And for 50 unfortunate individuals, the debt mountain towers above £200,000. Currently,...

UK’s Terrorism Act: A New Tool for Silencing Journalists? What is needed is the right to print what one believes to be true, without having to fear bullying or blackmail from any side. - George Orwell In a deeply troubling development, British journalist Richard Medhurst recently became the target of what appears to be a deliberate effort to stifle press freedom....

If Ukraine Is Winning, Why Are We Sacrificing to Fund the Arms Industry? Volodymyr Zelensky has openly declared that Ukraine's military incursion into Russia's Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow. This is the first time the Ukrainian president has clearly stated the objective of the operation, which was launched on August 6....

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro signed a decree banning coal exports to Israel in a bid to pressure the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the conflict in Gaza.  In a bold move that's sure to ruffle feathers in the corridors of Western power, Colombia's firebrand president Gustavo Petro has taken aim at Israel's war machine. He's hit them...

Not in Our Name: The UK's Complicity in Gaza's Genocide The relentless assault on Gaza has now claimed over 40,000 lives, a staggering toll that lays bare the utter moral bankruptcy of Western governments. Their spineless failure to bring meaningful pressure on Israel to end this carnage isn't just cowardice - it's outright complicity in genocide. Now, in a rare...

Cronyism: The Corfield Controversy When Labour swept to power, many hoped for a departure from the cronyism that had become synonymous with Tory rule. Alas, it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. The recent appointment of Ian Corfield to a top Treasury role serves as a stark reminder that the revolving door between politics and...

Peterloo Massacre: Marching for Democracy “Rise like Lions after slumber in unvanquishable number-Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many they are few.” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy: Written on Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester In the annals of history, certain events cast an indelible shadow, reminding us...

From Xenophobia to Censorship: The Elite’s Strategy to Silence Dissent In the theatre of modern politics, a sinister play unfolds before our eyes. The elite, masters of manipulation, deploy their time-tested strategy of divide and conquer. They orchestrate chaos, then swoop in with 'solutions' that invariably erode our hard-won freedoms. Let's be clear from the outset: this discussion is not about...

Gaza's Grim Toll: 40,000 Dead and the World's Deafening Silence The relentless assault on Gaza is now reaching 40,000 lives, a staggering toll that lays bare the moral bankruptcy of Western governments who continue to turn a blind eye to this unfolding genocide. Their cowardice in failing to bring meaningful pressure on Israel to end this carnage is a damning...

Guest post by Jack Morriss We need to isolate fascists from the deprived and downtrodden The riots that have swept across England and Northern Ireland have not taken place in a social vacuum. Descriptions of mindless violence and criminal thuggery give the impression that the riots have come out of nowhere or are the sole outcome of fascist agitation. There can be no...