Caitlin Allen

London

Deputy Editor at Reaction

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Articles

Israel's strikes on Iran are unlikely to end soon

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

The Reaction Daily Briefing will be taking a summer break for a week and returns on Monday 23 June. Our columnists will still be appearing and you can find them on the Substack site. "Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left,” declared Donald Trump today, as the Middle East teeters on the abyss after Israel launched major overnight strikes on the Islamic Republic.
Is Israel readying to attack Iran?

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Speculation that Israel is getting ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities is mounting today, after the US State Department ordered the evacuation of all non-essential staff from its embassy in Iraq, due to heightened security risks. The Pentagon has also approved the voluntary departure of families of American military personnel from countries across the Middle East, according to Reuters. What has prompted the withdrawal advice?
Reeves attempts to win back voters by investing in Britain's renewal

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has accused Rachel Reeves of delivering a “spend now, tax later” review, after the Chancellor laid out her long-awaited plan today to “invest in Britain’s renewal”. Announcing her Spending Review this afternoon, Reeves conceded that too many voters in Britain were “yet to feel” the benefits of her economic plans. “My task, and the purpose of this review,” she added, ”is to change that”. REACTION is a reader-supported publication.
Allies sanction far-right Israeli ministers

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway have all imposed sanctions on two members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet today, marking the first time that western nations have ever sanctioned Israeli government ministers.
Labour's challenge to fund its pensioner U-turn

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Three-quarters of pensioners in England and Wales will have their fuel payment restored in full this winter, confirmed Rachel Reeves today, ending weeks of speculation about the scale of the U-turn the Chancellor was preparing to enact.
Hamilton by-election grants Labour a moment of respite

3 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

"We have, in this by-election, proven the pollsters wrong, the political commentators wrong and the bookies wrong," beamed Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar today, as Starmer’s party enjoys a moment of unexpected respite. Labour has secured a narrow victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, winning 8,559 votes, ahead of the SNP on 7,957 and Reform UK on 7,088. Meanwhile, the Tories languished far behind on 1,621 votes. REACTION is a reader-supported publication.
Merz meets Trump in biggest diplomatic test to date

3 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Germany’s new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, became the latest leader to brave a potential Oval Office ambush today as he arrived in Washington for his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump. The public part of their meeting appeared fairly unfiery. Merz politely told Trump he wanted more pressure on Russia to end the war, insisting the US is in a strong position to bring the conflict to an end. Trump in turn likened the war Putin is waging in Ukraine to "two children fighting in a park".
Is Trump’s planned Iran nuclear deal on the verge of collapse?

3 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

“Who are you to tell us whether we should have a nuclear program or not?” declared Iran’s supreme leader today, in comments directed at President Trump that suggest Tehran is on the brink of rejecting the US proposal for a nuclear agreement. In his first public remarks since Washington proposed the outline of a deal over the weekend, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labelled the Trump administration “rude and arrogant”, effectively rejecting its key demand: “We won’t stop enriching uranium”, he insisted.
Can South Korea's new President end six months of political chaos?

3 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

South Koreans “have made a fiery judgement against the insurrection regime”, declared the country’s new President, Lee Jae-myung, this evening, after voters flocked to the polls in record numbers to draw a line under Seoul’s biggest political crisis in decades. South Korea has elected a new leader six months after former Conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol made the ill-fated decision to declare martial law, sparking a constitutional crisis and leaving his People Power Party in tatters.
The challenge to fund Britain's 10-year defence plan

3 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

“The front line, if you like, is here,” said Keir Starmer today, who insisted that Britain’s defence spending priorities for the next decade, laid out in a long-awaited document, will allow the UK to deliver “peace through strength”. The PM has, however, refused to commit to a date for reaching the government’s 3 per cent defence spending target.