Donald Trump says US is not seeking war with Iran
President tells UK officials he wants to engage in talks with Tehran to broaden nuclear deal Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Wed 5 Jun 2019 Donald Trump assured the UK about […]
2019: Predictions for Europe, the US and the region (Middle East)
Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Political analysts like to make predictions. This is, after all, what they are expected to do. This commentator is no exception. As […]
There’s just been a historic government defeat that increases the chances we’ll stay in the EU
Our chief political commentator explains the significance of tonight’s votes in the House of Commons John Rentoul @JohnRentoul The Independent Voices Theresa May lost three votes tonight, which are […]
Inside Westminster, it’s clear Theresa May’s fate is in the hands of people who are getting sick of her fast
If May survives a confidence vote, she cannot be challenged again for another 12 months. But this rule might persuade some MPs to vote against her now – and they […]
Brexit: UK and EU ‘agree text’ of draft withdrawal agreement
AFP Ministers are to be called in to see the prime minister this evening UK and EU officials have agreed the draft text of a Brexit agreement in […]
When pushing for war, belief is all that matters
The dailyReport By Andrew Brennan April 25, 2018 10:48 PM (UTC+8) When will it stop? The Trump administration was “confident” that “animal Assad” was responsible for the alleged attack […]
Trump’s ‘mission accomplished’ tweet may come back to haunt him as another battle looms around Damascus
As Syrian troops move to another confrontation around the Syrian capital, what will the US president – and the British and French – do if more images of gassed civilians dying in agony appear? […]
U.S., Britain, France launch air strikes in Syria
By Reuters – Apr 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement about Syria at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018 (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON […]
As Theresa May gears up for war in Syria, we should remember what hypocrites we are about chemical warfare in the Middle East
Not a soul today is mentioning the terrible war fought between 1980 and 1988, which was fought with our total acquiescence. It’s almost an ‘exclusive’ to mention the conflict at all, […]
World leaders always decide to let bygones be bygones when rich visitors are in town
May’s fear that the UK is going to go down the plughole if we really do leave the EU was bound to plunge her into the most unsavoury shopping expeditions […]
GENERAL ELECTION: THE MORNING AFTER‘The UK is now ungovernable’
By Simon Bradley JUN 9, 2017 – Will Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May stay or go? And what about Brexit? There are lots of questions after the shock UK vote (Keystone) Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to hold a snap election to strengthen her hand in Brexit talks has been […]
Theresa May will not resign despite her election gamble backfiring with a hung parliament
Joe Watts Political Editor @JoeWatts_ Prime Minister Theresa May will not resign following her failure to secure a Commons majority, according to Conservative sources. The news follows Ms May’s statement in which she said it is her party’s responsibility to now try and ensure the country’s stability ahead of brexit […]
It Looks Like No One Has Won The UK General Election. What happens now?
It Looks Like No One Has Won The UK General Election. WTF Happens Now? Theresa May called an election to strengthen her hand. That hasn’t happened. So…what will? Posted on […]
Cheating Britain out of Europe
May 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jacek Rostowski Several months ago, I predicted that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government would fall by next month, when the British people realised that the “soft Brexit” they had been promised was impossible. How wrong I was! May has now called an early election, […]
If Theresa May is happy to call out anti-Semitism in other parties, isn’t it time she addressed Islamophobia in her own?
The number of incidents is truly staggering. These have not, however, been sufficient for the Conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into Islamophobia Miqdaad Versi a day ago 252 comments It is quite reasonable to expect that in this day and age, all bigotry will be challenged and scrutinised rigorously. […]
Leaked details from May’s disastrous dinner with Juncker suggest Brexit could be far worse than anyone imagines
Denis MacShane Europe is waking up on May Day to the most devastating document published so far on Brexit. In what appears to be an almost verbatim account of the […]
Pride or shame in Balfour
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 1 May 2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May expects the British public to be proud of one of their most terrible colonial disgraces and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The then British government promised to support a national home […]
Why has Theresa May called a general election and how will it work?
Theresa May has called the general election for June 8 Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent 18 APRIL 2017 • 1:06PM When will the general election be held? Theresa May said […]
Donald Trump’s Muslim ban is nothing compared to Theresa May’s ‘Christian’ approach to immigration
May is hardly the first avowedly Christian politician who would have made Jesus ruin his cute trick with the loaves and fish by puking over the lot of them Matthew Norman @IndyVoices When starting a column such as this, the sense of inadequacy is even more overwhelming than usual. The […]
This is how Theresa May should have reacted to Donald Trump’s travel ban – for the sake of British Muslims
Trump is no Roosevelt or Kennedy – not even a Bush, for what that’s worth. But May is no Churchill. Not even an Attlee or a Macmillan or even a John Major. It’s not just a failure of compassion – she does not have what Churchill spoke about very often […]