Peter Barnes
The month formerly known as October
8 NOVEMBER 2025 | OPINION
The Month That Defies Words
From grooming gangs betrayal to sectarian fear and royal disgrace, governance became improv.
It would be easy...
September 2025: The month the dystopias came true
6 OCTOBER 2025 | OPINION
Orwell warned of surveillance, Huxley of control through comfort, Kafka of faceless justice, Bradbury of thought turned into crime. In...
Collaborator: How Starmer, in your name, made you an accomplice to...
23 SEPTEMBER 2025 | OPINION
I. The Betrayal
I was on GB News the morning Britain recognised Palestine, and by accident I went viral. That in...
ROUND-UP: From Pol Roger to White Lightning – how migrant hotels...
26 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
August was sold as a vintage for Westminster: migrant hotels closing, Lucy Connolly finally silenced, and Trump’s Alaska summit setting...
July wasn’t a dream – that happened
7 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
Votes for kids. Trains to Berlin. Corbyn’s comeback. Trump outshining Starmer. If you thought you were hallucinating, you weren’t. July...
You wanted rage – Glastonbury was the punchline
2 JULY 2025 | OPINION
A Glastonbury performer shouted: “death to the IDF” — and the nation collapsed into outrage, denial, and hypocrisy. But this...
Waiting for Starmer: matinee politics in a failing state
30 JUNE 2025 | OPINION
The Prime Minister acts like he’s in charge. Parliament delivers its lines. But no-one believes the script anymore. From rebellion...











