A badge of honour to be attacked by this far right platform. Centrist people are now ‘extremists’. gript.ie/perrins-john...

Truly honoured to be today’s target of vitriol of the lovely people at GRIPT. I’m an ‘extremist’, doncha know? gript.ie/perrins-john...

The great division opening in our world is between people who are curious and read books to cement their knowledge and those who think that some random bollocks they read on Facebook equates to what decades of learning and layers of thought has taught bookish people. Impossible to bridge the gap.

Russia is a pathetic third rate power yet it keeps provoking European neighbours. A bully only understands the language of force. When will Europe use appropriate force to deter the predator? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The big lie at the heart of MAGA - that they were ever in favour of ‘free speech’. They want to suppress any and all forms of dissent while Trump and his fellow Fascists loot the country and turn the US into Russia. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

He wants the same kind of purge and show trials that Stalin did in the 1930s.

The nutcase who spent years screaming at Biden because of the Afghanistan withdrawal is now threatening to go back to Afghanistan.

Asked about the incident, Donald Trump said: “I don’t love it. I don’t like when that happens. Could be big trouble. I’ll let you know later.”

One by one, Trump is forcing the cancellation of his critics late night talk shows. US corporate owned media is a disgrace for giving in to him. The tyranny is deepening with every successive phase of silencing dissent. It is chilling. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Michael D’s finest moment: the President of Ireland calls for Israel to be excluded from the UN. Why can’t other leaders speak the truth about Gaza like this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsZ...

Draghi puts the boot into Brussels, blaming "inaction", "inertia" and "complacency" for failing to implement economic reforms that mean the EU has fallen further behind global rivals such as China & the US on.ft.com/48hey86 w crack competitiveness crew @bmoens.bsky.social & @paolatamma.bsky.social

This is becoming a regular thing - the United States murdering suspects rather than letting due process occur. Utterly lawless and likely to encourage other states to discard all established norms of legal interdiction in favour of executions.

The Homophobe in Chief. And, if there’s one thing he actually knows about it is cheating at golf.

I suppose if Russia invades your (NATO) airspace and as a 32-member alliance you spend days arguing the hell about whether or not it was a proper invasion or not before doing very little in response, yeah, sure, they will do it again.

Europe and UK being royally trolled by Musk, addressing the white supremacist March in London. A crazed conspiracy theorist who uses his ownership of a media platform to promote ultra nationalists and fascists, and the regulatory response is to do nothing?

Now Putin sends drones to problems Romanian as well as Polish defences. He is emboldened because he knows Trump will do absolutely nothing to defend Europe. European leaders still living in the fantasy world where Art 5 brings the US to aid Europe? Get real. That world is over.

This is VERY revealing. 1/ He never, ever blames Putin. 2/So many caveats are attached to punishing Russia, he knows it won’t happen. 3/ Europeans are on their own (“it greatly weakens YOUR negotiating position”) 4/ He won’t impose sanctions on Russia, even after Polish incursion.

Trump, Musk and other US fascists have no idea who killed Charlie Kirk. But their violent anti left rhetoric is indistinguishable from that of the violent rhetoric of the drunken fascist who was formerly president of Russia.

Hard to believe that the president of a country actively carrying out a genocide is about to be welcomed into Downing Street.

Russia has repeatedly tested nato, knowing that escalation for the alliance means a lot of bureaucracy. It plays well to Russian domestic audience as it makes nato look flat footed, but also strategically nudges things along in Russia’s favour

It is very clear that Trump is being played, left, right and centre, and he doesn’t even realise it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The only thing Boris Johnson will be remembered for is being the sleaziest British Prime Minister in history. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The EU cannot and should not forget the leader of the Turkish opposition, jailed by Erdogan's regime on concocted charges in March. Turkey is an EU candidate state and should face penal EU sanctions for going after dozens of opposition mayors. www.politico.eu/article/demo...

Would that EU leaders listened to Mario Draghi and begin to implement his recommendations. But there seems little political will in some capitals to make this happen. Without it, we will not see a 'Single European Act'-style renewal of European integration. www.politico.eu/article/mari...

Wildly corrupt doesn’t even begin to describe Boris Johnson, as these new revelations show. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tension in Brussels as von der Leyen prepares to deliver her fifth State of the Union speech tomorrow morning. Usually a banal affair, the threat of a new censure motion and the general unhappiness of MEPs with VDL mean that this will be her most important SOTU. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

Just the President of the United States declaring war on one of its greatest cities. Btw, who’s going to tell him how Vietnam ended? (Bone Spurs wasn’t there, after all)

So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference. Has never happened before under any previous leader bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

Literally - unbelievable. What sort of message does it send out when the United Kingdom facilitates a visit by the President of Israel, as that country is carrying out a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza? Unfathomable. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Maybe it is because Morrissey loves money? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Very powerful piece of writing about what it is like to experience racism in Ireland. We are far from the multi-racial utopia many people often suggest. Indian people, in particular, have to deal with v distressing incidents on a regular basis. A wake up call. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The charlatans at this gutter rag will never tell the public the real cost of tax evasion by the wealthy (tens of billions each year). How much easier to stamp on refugees, fleeing every kind of war and catastrophe imaginable. Hitler’s propaganda rags operated in exactly the same way.

After the mass murder comes the forced displacement of the entire Palestinian population of Gaza. For this alone Trump and his acolytes should be tried for the gravest war crimes - active participants and partners in genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Some leaders opt to lead and show moral courage. And then there is Keir Starmer.

The world’s worst monsters, rapacious thieves and killers are gathering in China to compare notes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

These UK polls are increasingly shocking - but not surprising. At what point will Keir Starmer and colleagues understand that trying to out-Farage Nigel Farage will not work?

The best piece I’ve read this year on Trump’s increasingly blatant lurch towards total power. To quote Sinclair Lewis, if you think “it can’t happen here” you are just not paying attention. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU surrendered to Trump on tariffs. It mustn’t do so again on regulation of big tech, writes Thierry Breton. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We truly are living in the age of stupid. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Devastating night in Kyiv last night. Putin’s bloodlust is as strong as ever. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.

While Ukraine exclusively targets Russian military and military support sectors, Russia constantly targets Ukrainian civilians in its daily terror attacks.

When will EU leaders understand that Russia has been at war with Europe for more than a decade? We need a new Iron Curtain, from northern Finland to southern Bulgaria, to protect the continent from Russian pathologies. www.politico.eu/article/russ...

God help America. I cannot think of any advanced country that has ever engaged in this level of self-sabotage. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Trump has completely ceded narrative control to Putin,” Fiona Hill told us. “This is Putin’s way all the way through the 25 years of his presidency, which is: ‘I’m going to beat you up and my concession is I’m going to stop beating you up.’” www.politico.com/newsletters/...

I hope this does not become the image that defines today.

European leaders are walking into a trap in Washington. Trump and Putin have already agreed on all Russia’s (maximalist) demands. Today, Europe either repeats 1938, when Czechoslovakia was given away to the Nazis, or finally stands unequivocally with Ukraine.

Putin masterfully appealed to Trump’s ego (via a lie about no one having mail in voting) and he took the bait in full

I joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk FM to say that the U2 statement on Gaza is far too little and far too late: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

My conversation with Sean Moncrieff on Newstalk FM in Dublin earlier today. I argued that it is night time that we placed a full trade embargo on ALL Israeli goods and services. We are either serious about tackling genocide or not. Listen back here. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...