MH17 and Gaza- two very different elite reactions

298 people killed in the MH17 disaster. Over 600 killed in Gaza. The elite western reaction to these two different tragedies – one still ongoing – tells us so much about the world we live in.

You can read the whole of my new piece for RT.com OpEdge here.

Tunisia- where the Arab Spring has not yet turned to winter

My new piece for RT.com OpEdge.

It’s just past ten in the morning and the temperature in Tunis is already in the mid-thirties. Usually the cafes in the Tunisian capital would be full of people, but it’s the start of Ramadan and most of them are closed...

You can read the whole of my piece on developments in Tunisia, here

Iraq - the things warmongers said

Now that Iraq is back in the western news headlines again, with calls for 'intervention' to counter ISIS, it's worth bearing in mind what the architects of the Iraq war and the cheerleaders for it said in the lead up and during the invasion about the 'threat' from Saddam's WMDs and how toppling a secular dictator would help the so-called 'war on terror' and bring peace and security to the region.

Do we really want to take these people's advice on what 'we' should do now in Iraq? Up to a million people have been killed since the illegal invasion and as critics predicted at the time, the war led to enormous chaos and instability and boosted radical Islamic extremism. By their own words, let the warmongers be damned.

You can read the whole of my piece from RT.com on the things that the warmongers said, here.

The Intelligent Punter's Guide to Wimbledon 2014

Last year it was game, set and match to our Intelligent Punter’s Guide to Wimbledon when we recommended bets on the men’s singles winner Andy Murray at 4-1 and identified Sabine Lisicki, the 80-1 shot who reached the women’s final, as one of the best outsiders in the tournament.

Who are the ace tips this year?

You can read the whole of my Intelligent Punter's Guide to Wimbledon 2014, here. 

'Ukrainian President is acting from position of weakness'

Above you can watch the latest interview with me on RT.
More here.

Tony Blair: How to be a serial warmonger

Being a warmongering NeoCon, and in particular being a warmongering NeoCon called Tony Blair, means never having to accept responsibility for the consequences of your actions.

What it does mean is shifting the blame on to others and trying to rewrite history.

You can read the whole of my new RT OpEdge comment piece on Tony Blair's serial warmongering and his attempts to rewrite history, here.

The Intelligent Punter's Guide to Royal Ascot 2014

Off to a flying start on the first day- you can read the latest IP Guide on how to beat the bookies here.
On the subject of horse racing, my piece on the 'mating game'- the lucrative business of breeding racehorses, is in today's Daily Express. You can read it here.  

The World Cup and a world of changes

My new piece for RT.com OpEdge

The 20th World Cup is upon us. The football World Cup is not only a great festival of sport – it also provides us with a snapshot of the world at the time the tournament takes place, and tells us much about the global political situation.

We can't – even if we’d like to – take politics out of sport, as sport does not exist in a vacuum.

Forty years ago for instance, in 1974, 16 countries participated in the World Cup held in a country (West Germany) which today doesn't officially exist. Two other competing countries – Yugoslavia and East Germany – don't exist either. And the only African country taking part, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was Zaire not too long ago.

You can read the whole of the article here.