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There’ll be a post soon on the latest ructions in British politics (as I said last week things can spiral after a bad defeat, even if it’s expected).
May 13
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Who will blink first? *Updated*
This was initially posted on 7 May when the Iranian response to the latest American proposal was unknown.
May 11
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Lawrence Freedman
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Seven things we learnt from the elections
Hopefully Comment is Freed readers will have felt a sense of familiarity as election results came in over Thursday night and Friday.
May 10
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Who will blink first?
There was a famous moment during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when news came through to President Kennedy and his advisors that the Soviet…
May 7
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How to follow the elections
Over the past month I’ve written three preview posts about this week’s local and devolved elections:
May 5
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Back to the future
The problem of prediction markets
May 3
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Sam Freedman
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Is time running out for Putin?
Ukraine's Micawber strategy
May 1
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April 2026
Where's the centre?
An exclusive new poll challenges conventional wisdom on one of the biggest questions in British politics
Apr 28
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Sam Freedman
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The US no longer leads
The changing context for UK defence policy
Apr 25
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Lawrence Freedman
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"My generation thought in argument"
Alan Milburn on how politics has changed and tackling youth unemployment
Apr 23
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Sam Freedman
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Elections 2026: London
There are local elections in the UK every May, and every year I do a preview.
Apr 21
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Sam Freedman
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Is Ukraine winning the drone race?
Barely six months ago it appeared that Russia was ahead in the drone race.
Apr 19
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