It’s important to honor those who died from 1939 to 1945, but we should also stay upset about today’s conflicts | Simon Tisdall
Remembering the Victims of Atrocities Next week, a ceremony will honor the victims of Nazi atrocities as we mark the end of World War II in Europe. Survivors and families came together at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Hanover last Sunday, remembering the estimated 72,000 lives lost there, including Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl […]
Forget Risk, play Fantasy Football for Fascists: grudge matches, foul play and violent conduct guaranteed | Simon Tisdall
IIt's been a dark year, and it's reflected well in this space. So it might be time to get into the festive spirit with an exciting new Swiftian parlor game: Fantasy Football for Fascists (FFF). Ideal for dictators, autocrats, strongmen, neo-Stalinists, far-right nationalist populists, or students of geopolitics, it's a game of enthusiastic fun for […]
In their inhumanity, conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine offer a shared, brutal vision of the future of war | Simon Tisdall
IThe golden rule of politics is that national leaders do not interfere in the elections of other countries. Tell that to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who jumped into the midst of the US presidential election with both feet in size 10 combat boots last week. The resulting thud could be heard as far away as Kiev (perhaps […]
The post-Biden era may be uncertain for the Democrats, but for Trump it will be utterly dismaying | Simon Tisdall
TIn Shakespeare’s words, “Nothing in life was more fitting for him than to throw it away.” Joe Biden could have hung on. He could have fought through pain and pride, failed and lost the Presidency to a complacent Donald Trump. He could have let his stubborn Irish heart rule his gray-haired Yankee head. But finally, […]
A failing British nuclear arsenal reliant on the goodwill of Donald Trump? Itâs a terrifying thought | Simon Tisdall
DDonald Trump and nuclear weapons are a terrifying combination.As president, he contributed greatly expanded the US nuclear arsenalabrogation of arms control treaties; repeatedly threatened To start a nuclear war. After he left office, he stole nuclear secrets from the White House and leaked their contents.recent judge I had doubts about his mental state.. The scariest […]