Wrote this for Al Jazeera English. Starmer talks about a decade of national renewal, but he has jettisoned basically all of the policies capable of delivering it. Instead, we get cuts, climate change, and yet more constitutional inertia. aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/…

'The Labour Party leader has pledged a great British rebirth, but appears to have no intention of delivering one.' — #AJOpinion by Jamie Maxwell ⤵️ aje.io/77t7v1

"[Starmer] has pledged a great British rebirth but has no intention of delivering one. Reality lies in wait for the next Labour government. Decline is Britain’s reality." — writes Jamie Maxwell for #AJOpinion ⤵️ aje.io/d7xv40

Our July 2024 issue is online. Inside: - French politics: it’s come to this; - Macron’s foreign policy misadventures, - the rise and rise of France’s far right. mondediplo.com/2024/07/

"British conservativsm is splintering. A third of Tory voters say they may switch to the far-right Reform. 4 years after leaving the EU, British – or, at least, English – voting patterns are becoming more continental." My piece in this month's Le Monde diplomatique in English. mondediplo.com/2024/07/01uk

Labour has won a landslide in the UK general election. If Keir Starmer’s ascent was smoothed by the collapse of English conservatism, he also benefited from another stroke of luck: the self-inflicted implosion of the ruling Scottish National Party. mondediplo.com/2024/07/01uk

"This was nothing like 2015, when the SNP won 95 percent of Scotland’s seats on the basis of 1.5 million votes. Labour’s achievement was more muted: 65 percent of the seats on 850,000 votes." Wrote this for Jacobin, on Labour's fragile victory. jacobin.com/2024/07/snp-la…

This is pretty simple. If you don't want someone to do something, you don't give them the means to do it. One must therefore conclude the US government does not object to what Israel has been doing for the past year.

Everyone know Glasgow's big dogs of football: Celtic and Rangers. But over in Maryhill, Partick Thistle is a conflict-free (and financially challenged) zone. In Thursday's read, Jamie Maxwell is sequestered in the stands of Firhill Stadium. glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgows-other…

Throughly enjoyed writing for The Bell on life in the shadow of the Old Firm.

I was in Seoul recently and wrote about South Korea's constitutional crisis for Good News Scotland. thenational.scot/politics/25011…

Korean Dispatch | Jamie Maxwell reports from Seoul bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/03/18/kor…

"“Donald Trump was defrauded and lost his presidency – and it’s the same here." I stumbled across a MAGA march on a recent trip to South Korea. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/03/18/kor…

Wrote for The Bell about the filth and the fury of the North Glasgow speedway.

In celebration of May Day, we're offering yearlong print subscriptions for $10 and digital ones for $1. Subscribers get four beautiful new issues a year and access to our entire back catalog: jacobin.com/subscribe/?cod…

Jamie Maxwell travels across Europe from Helsinki to Sarajevo and reports for Bella on Serbia’s nationalist/authoritarian president, Alexandar Vucic, his pro-Russian ties, and the persistence of the Kosovo question in Serbian politics bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/30/ban…

Scotland's 5th Estate. Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007. This week read Coll McCail ‘Behind the British State’s War on Kneecap’, Jamie Maxwell report from Belgrade and Reuben Duffy on the Imperial Monarchy in Canada: bellacaledonia.org.uk

I was in Belgrade recently and wrote about Serbia's nationalist/Orbanesque president for BELLA CALEDONIA. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/30/ban…