Starmer goes to war in Reform - we all just had our call up papers... open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/s...

How should Labour respond to the radical right threat? Three essays make big strategic arguments:
- @caitprowle.bsky.social calls for Labour to go big on community politics
- @paulmason.bsky.social calls for a "zero-sum socialism"
- @demofuturist.bsky.social calls for a "social democratic futurism"

renewal.org.uk/articles/soc... my essay on Labour strategy in the face of Reform threat ... free to read 👇🏽 ( but subscribe if you can)

The Biggest Far Right March in British History. Worried? Here's how we stop them .... The Biggest Far Right March in British History paulmasonnews.medium.com/the-biggest-...

We're drowning in a sea of racism- here's how to respond

Just seen Die Walkure at Covent Garden ... Pappano's has been the Golden Age at ROH and this tops almost everything I've seen there over 4x decades

Trump's walkaway from European security means that to avoid nuclear proliferation, UK needs to extend deterrence to Allies and get a wider range of delivery mechanisms ... https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-britain-must-expand-its-nuclear-arsenal/

Ten Things Labour Must Do Now To Beat Reform... htsf.substack.com/p/ten-things...

Why we need a Shadow Ministry of Economic Warfare... www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-memora...

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Q, What's the difference between Donald Trump and the Wizard of Oz.
A. Toto unmasked the Wizard's weakness; Trump has unmasked his own... www.theneweuropean.co.uk/paul-mason-t...

What should the world look like when we win? Formulating Uk grand strategy in an era of confusion ... https://htsf.substack.com/p/what-should-the-world-look-like-when?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Quick run before writing

Rearmament: Time for the British left to take a stand - either you're for it or against it... https://htsf.substack.com/p/rearmament-time-for-the-left-to-take?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Starmer is showing exemplary leadership over Trump-vs-Ukraine, but the rebirth of UK grand strategy points only in one direction- towards alignment with Europe https://www.socialeurope.eu/britains-choice-europe-or-a-collapsing-america

Keir Starmer's make or break moment. My take on the encounter in D.C. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/paul-mason-starmers-make-or-break-moment/

We're close to diplomatic midnight. https://open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/were-close-to-diplomatic-midnight?r=2sidg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Q/ Why is Trump posting offensive rubbish about Zelensky?
A/ The Americans got their asses handed to them in Saudi and the Europeans are standing tall.
Focus on what the USA does, not what it says, because it is negotiation through surrealist hallucinatory rhetoric. Ukraine can win!

I've had serious food poisoning and thought I was hallucinating it!

Yup. Let's help people by helping Ukraine kill some Russian fascists. Here's Tony Benn (RAF war veteran) on that subject....

Trump pulls the plug on European security - time to rearm and grow - unpaywalled edition of Conflict & Democracy after a momentous week https://htsf.substack.com/p/time-for-europe-to-become-a-global?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true

5/ Has Labour been here before when in power? Yes it has. Here's Attlee in September 1950 - in a speech I suggest all Labour MPs sit down and read as they digest the impact of Hegseth/Trump's bombshell...