The conundrum that is Kaliningrad and what it means for NATO’s weakest link
The City that is Russia’s psychosis in miniature – from glory days to aggrieved isolation. The risks of the war in Ukraine exploding into...
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markmardellweb
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Is it time for some gesture politics ?
Putin’s hideous war is a war on freedom. Just because it sounds simplistic doesn’t make it any less true. It is a war to stop a sovereign...
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markmardellweb
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Towards a European Army ?
While the Russian advance into Ukraine has become stuck in the mud the European diplomatic response has been something of a blitzkrieg,...
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markmardellweb
- Feb 15
- 3 min
More than a whiff of Munich
A whiff of appeasement ? Putin's already won. When the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace suggested there was a “whiff of Munich in the air”...
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markmardellweb
- Nov 30, 2021
- 7 min
Are the skids under Boris ?
A report from the Old Bexley and Sidcup By Election. Two men kitted out in rather splendid tree costumes amble down a piercingly cold...
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markmardellweb
- May 31, 2021
- 5 min
How does he get away with it ?
This is the script of a piece I wrote for RTE’s ‘World Report” As a rule, I’m not that keen on the English seaside and loathe the rain...
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markmardellweb
- May 7, 2021
- 6 min
Sir Keir's Torment
The Royal Navy sailing towards Jersey may have had something to do with Labour’s shellacking in Hartlepool : after all, according to...
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Mark Mardell
- Mar 26, 2021
- 7 min
The Coldest War
The unlikely sight of a massive Arctic walrus on a Welsh beach. Deadly heatwaves in India. Plans for a new US military base in Alaska....
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Mark Mardell
- Mar 20, 2021
- 5 min
A European Nation Adrift
The Government’s new foreign policy paper is both martial and maritime, drenched in salt spray as we choose the open sea over Europe. So,...
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Mark Mardell
- Mar 13, 2021
- 5 min
Why Meghan Matters
Oprah’s long, gripping, infinitely sad interview with Meghan and Harry was more than an outpouring of hurt. It had a purpose – to...
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Mark Mardell
- Feb 26, 2021
- 8 min
Global Britain : a Pacific Nation ?
Global Britain: a Pacific nation ? You could argue that there’s little that says “Global Britain” so well as traveling half way round the...
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Mark Mardell
- Jan 27, 2021
- 5 min
Boris bowed down before the Death Cult
Boris bowed down before the Death Cult The counter has ticked up relentlessly until we reached a headline-triggering row of zeroes , each...
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Mark Mardell
- Jan 16, 2021
- 7 min
The Elephant in the Room
The stands have been built, the capital will just about close down, the National Guard are standing by in case of armed insurrection. The...
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Mark Mardell
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Storming of the Capitol
When dawn breaks over Washington, democracy will be weighed in the balance. The storming of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters is...
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Mark Mardell
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
Peschismo #2
In one of my last programmes I coined the term ‘peschismo’, fish flavoured machismo, to capture the political pungency of squabbles over...
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Mark Mardell
- Nov 22, 2020
- 4 min
Priti Vacant
“Are you going to resign, minister?” The raw London accent of the late and much missed Paul Lambert, aka Gobby, BBC fixer extraordinaire,...
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Mark Mardell
- Nov 15, 2020
- 4 min
Dom's Gone
Until I get a proper berth, I'm going to be bothering you with a few occasional mumblings. We don’t call them news ‘stories’ for nothing....
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