sir keir's leadership goes to war under fire....
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted he runs a "united team" after a senior minister was forced to repeatedly deny that he planned to oust the embattled premier.
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abusing the quiet solemnity of remembrance day.....
It beggars belief that the outgoing head of the RSL, Greg Melick, has abused the quiet solemnity of Remembrance Day to lecture and berate the Albanese government on its defence policy.
Worse, he carelessly flung around the tired epithet of ‘appeasement’ at the Prime Minister and his Ministers.
be afraid.....
In succumbing to a lust for the limelight, the ASIO director, Mike Burgess, is not making it easier for the government and citizens to retain confidence in him and the organisation he’s trying to run.
the pawns in the greater geopolitical game….
When one mentions Zbigniew Brzezinski, it is like advancing the concept that the devil is a great proponent of Christianity because it gives him (the devil is male, transgender or female — depending on your bent) more material to work with.
von der leyen has an authoritarian and opaque leadership style.....
The European Commission plans to establish a new intelligence division directly under President Ursula von der Leyen, even as the move faces resistance from the EU’s existing spy apparatus, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
trump warns of ‘catastrophe’ if tariffs scrapped....
President Donald Trump has claimed that the US faces a “national security catastrophe” if the tariffs he introduced against most trading partners this year are ruled illegal.
the ordinary persistence of nasty evil today....
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg....
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today