Jeremy Corbyn’s dangerous foreign policy would be a disaster for Britain August 16, 2015 I assume that soon-to-be Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has more than a passing understanding of Lenin, if of little else. One of the Soviet revolutionary’s more piercing insights involves his belief that non-revolutionary members of the European left – or useful idiots, as he apocryphally put it – should be taken advantage of by genuine [...]
Israel’s elections are another nail in the coffin for Middle East stability March 22, 2015 Let us be clear. It isn’t that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to win an upset re-election victory in Israel’s parliamentary elections last week that spells the definitive end of the Middle East peace process; it’s the manner in which he did so. With the last opinion polls before the election showing him decisively losing [...]
We’re staring into the abyss in Gaza: Only the US can halt this deadly cycle July 21, 2014 “If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” Moshe Dayan, Israeli politician and military leader IN GAZA, the inexorable logic of destruction continues apace. Since the Israeli ground incursion into the Hamas-dominated enclave began on Thursday, the death toll has risen tragically. Sunday was the worst [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 22, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES New hedge fund cuts fees One of the UK’s fastest-growing hedge funds is slashing fees, hoping it will spark a rethink of the industry’s high charges. The Core Macro fund from Cambridge-based Cantab Capital will employ similar trading strategies as funds from Man Group, Winton Capital and BlueCrest, three of the world’s biggest [...]