Jake Wallis Simons

3 days ago | afr.com | Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis SimonsMay 12, 2025 – 1.28pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Swindon. Stockport. Rochdale. At first, it is difficult to see how this collection of urban English neighbourhoods could possibly be battlegrounds in the fight against one of the most serious geopolitical threats facing the world.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Jake Wallis Simons

Swindon. Stockport. Rochdale. At first, it is difficult to see how this collection of urban English neighbourhoods could possibly be battlegrounds in the fight against one of the most serious geopolitical threats facing the world. Last Saturday, however, armed police raided addresses in all of these locations plus others in west London and Manchester, arresting five men, four of whom were Iranian, on suspicion of plotting an atrocity that was just hours away from execution.

4 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jake Wallis Simons

A dark shadow looms over the president's attempt to bring the art of the deal to the Middle EastSwindon. Stockport. Rochdale. At first, it is difficult to see how this collection of urban English neighbourhoods could possibly be battlegrounds in the fight against one of the most serious geopolitical threats facing the world.

1 week ago | thejc.com | Jake Wallis Simons

At least, that was the impression they gave yesterday when this motley crew of rebels broke ranks to write to Sir Keir Starmer expressing support for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, then leaked the letter to the Guardian. How Badenoch’s heart must have lifted. That should help in the struggle against Reform, eh? To add insult to injury, Sir Keir didn’t bother to reply.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jake Wallis Simons

There are two men in American public life who evoke a sense of jeopardy about how their every sentence might end, and they happen to be the current and former presidents. We have become accustomed to enduring the simultaneous nail-biting and toe-curling when Donald Trump speaks.