
US President Barack Obama is leader of the free world. Tough gig, but somebody has to do it. Trouble is, he seems utterly adrift when it comes to dealing with the day-to-day demands of such an onerous job description. Take
by Simon Kent4 Feb 2015, 4:47 AM PST0

Nigel Farage has been involved in another astonishing row that has rocked the world of politics to its core. The UKIP leader preferred to go to work Monday rather than engage in a confected Sky News-Facebook Stand Up Be Counted
by Simon Kent3 Feb 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

The truth is out there when it comes to naming terrorists for what they are. Really, it is. Unfortunately a whole lot of people and news organisations would rather you didn’t know it. Tarik Kafala, the head of BBC Arabic, is
by Simon Kent29 Jan 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Normal people take holidays to escape their problems. By normal I mean those of us not counted among the 0.1 percent of the world’s richest people. Instead some of those really, really rich folks board their chartered, 13-passenger Bombardier Global
by Simon Kent23 Jan 2015, 10:04 AM PST0

He came. He saw. He hugged it out. What a sad, impotent moment in international diplomacy we witnessed last Friday when US Secretary of State John Kerry finally made a very belated visit to Paris. At a time when America’s
by Simon Kent22 Jan 2015, 4:05 AM PST0