‘The British people have spoken, and as expected, Rishi Sunak and his Conservative party have been swept out of power, suffering the worst defeat in their history. After 14 years of Conservative rule, the tide has turned and Labour, led by Sir Keir Starmer, take the helm of the country at the most difficult of times as our economy is in free fall, our borders being invaded by illegal Immigrants flooding in from the continent by boat daily and coming in on the back of a reckless foreign policy under ‘Lord’ David Cameron which has put the whole country under threat of attack from Russia.

Was poor old US President Joe Biden set up by powerful forces in the Democratic Party to produce a catastrophic performance in his nationally televised debate with Republican presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump last Thursday night? Conspiracy theories are already abounding in US political circles with Republican and Democratic alike making this claim. At first glance, there actually appears to be a surprising amount of credibility to the theory. Biden was clearly bewildered and in appalling form throughout the debate and especially during its first crucial, image-defining 10 to 15 minutes.

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s recent visits to both North Korea and Vietnam received significant attention in the western media. So, too, did a recent visit by Russian warships to Cuba.

It may be time to think the unthinkable: all the signs are pointing to the West preparing to launch a proper war in Europe. Once started it could bring, for the first time in living memory, millions of Western civilians into uniform and see the cities of the West attacked. Preposterous? Jumping the Shark? Listen to what the leaders in the West are saying. The time to stop the madness is now, not once the elites drive us into the abyss and civilians are stripped of all rights to oppose.

Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.

Russia trip is Modi’s first since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. India has been a major buyer of Russian oil since war started

To judge from the editorial pages and Capitol Hill currents that both shape and reflect Washington’s perceptions of the world, the doomsayers sounding alarms over the risk of direct military conflict between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine have been proved wrong. Despite many Russian warnings and much nuclear saber-rattling, the United States has managed to supply advanced artillery systems, tanks, fighter aircraft, and extended-range missiles to Ukraine without an existential contest—or even significant Russian retaliation.

“…We should move out into the worldly expanse. And in this expanse the ancient wellsprings of culture should be visible.”

Given their lack of information about the Ukraine-Russia deal scuttled by Boris Johnson early in the war, many Americans will be inclined to believe Biden’s evidence-free claims in last week’s CNN debate.

In March, I traveled to St Petersburg for an exclusive sit-down interview with the legendary director of the Hermitage Museum; the first granted to a western journalist in several years.