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Starmer Judgment Day: Blairite Plot To Take Power
The Duran: Episode 2516
Keir Starmer is on the brink and the Blairite faction inside the Labour Party is moving fast to replace him with their preferred candidate, Wes Streeting. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran break down the unfolding political coup in the UK, from Starmer's desperate last ditch appointments of Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to the coordinated parliamentary rebellion now forcing his hand. The real story isn't about ideology — it's about which faction of globalist insiders gets to control Britain's direction from now until 2029, continuing the pro Ukraine agenda, immigration policy, and quiet Brexit reversal. Meanwhile, Angela Rayner's conveniently prolonged tax investigation and Streeting's own Mandelson connections raise serious questions about how clean this so called "change" really is. Is this a genuine political reset for Britain or just the same establishment reshuffling its personnel while ordinary people pay the price?

00:00:00 Introduction Starmer's crisis appointments Gordon Brown & Harriet Harman
00:01:07 Post local election fallout the make or break weekend pattern in UK politics
00:02:14 Starmer in serious trouble denial delusion & the reshuffle that never happened
00:03:38 Gordon Brown's appointment why it's a strange and desperate move
00:04:57 Harriet Harman a controversial choice that signals deeper weakness
00:06:06 The speech strategy Starmer's last ditch attempt to shore up support
00:07:14 The Blairite plot MPs rebel and the plan to install Wes Streeting
00:08:29 Mandelson Angela Rayner & the factional chess game
00:09:26 How does the handover work the Labour leadership succession process explained
00:10:22 The Blairite argument why Rayner and Burnham are being sidelined
00:12:13 Globalists left and right the real spectrum inside the Labour Party
00:13:33 What would Streeting or Rayner actually do differently
00:16:52 Why Blair wants Streeting and why the public doesn't
00:20:12 Angela Rayner's tax scandal is it being deliberately prolonged
00:23:40 Streeting's Mandelson connection will it haunt him
00:24:30 The real goal survival to 2029 Ukraine Brexit reversal & migration

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Russia doesn't wage war the way the West does and that difference may be deciding the outcome in Ukraine, the Middle East, and now Africa. In this deep-dive episode, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris are joined by military analyst Stanislav Krapyvnik, fresh from a visit to the Donbas front, for a sweeping breakdown of three simultaneous conflicts and the radically different military doctrines driving them. From Russia's systematic, science-based approach to warfare versus America's personality-driven "art of war," to the reorganization of Russian drone battalions, the gamification of Ukrainian drone kills, and the depletion of US Patriot missile stockpiles in the Iran campaign every thread points to a single uncomfortable conclusion. With Kupyansk fallen, Konstantinovka more than half-captured, and Russian forces just 10 kilometers from Sumy, the question isn't whether the front is moving it's how fast, and what comes after. Watch The Duran's full analysis to understand what the mainstream media isn't telling you.

00:00:00 Introduction Stanislav Krapyvnik joins The Duran
00:01:10 Not two wars but three: Ukraine, Iran, and Africa
00:04:30 Russia in Mali: African Corps, Wagner successor operations
00:06:00 Russian military philosophy: science of war vs. art of war
00:08:27 How US military doctrine differs flexibility vs. systematic learning
00:09:35 Repeating mistakes: Tora Bora and the limits of personality-driven war
00:12:13 Russian drone adaptation NYT report and real battlefield context
00:20:20 Front-line drone labs: 3D printing and rapid technology cycles
00:30:46 NATO kill tables and inflated Russian casualty counts
00:41:37 Sumy offensive: Russian forces 10km from the city
00:46:41 Iran-US campaign: PAC-3 depletion and what has actually been achieved
00:53:20 Ukraine front update: Konstantinovka, Chasiv Yar, Kupyansk fallen
01:00:37 Northeastern Kharkiv encirclement the coming Russian breakout
01:04:41 Anti-drone microwave systems: China's area-effect solution

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UK Elections: Labour Crushed, Reform Landslide
The Duran: Episode 2515
Britain's political landscape was shattered overnight as Reform UK delivered a historic landslide in the 2025 local elections, signaling a complete collapse of the Labour Party's working-class base and a fundamental realignment of British politics. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran break down why this result goes far beyond a protest vote for the first time in over a century, working-class England has fully divorced itself from the left and handed Nigel Farage the keys to their political identity. With Keir Starmer clinging to power despite approval ratings near 10%, the duo explores whether the Labour Party faces an existential reckoning or whether the globalist establishment will keep Starmer in place as a stabilizing "stopper" against an even faster Reform takeover. Meanwhile, Britain edges toward a financial crisis with debt-to-GDP above 100% and bond yields at G20 highs — yet Starmer's government is pledging billions more to Ukraine. Is this the beginning of the end for Britain's political consensus, or can Reform actually deliver the change voters are demanding?

00:00:00 Introduction: UK local election results overview
00:00:29 Starmer refuses to resign after devastating results
00:00:48 Mercouris: this is a Reform landslide, not just a win
00:01:35 Working class England abandons Labour completely
00:02:36 Why this moment is unlike any previous Reform surge
00:04:06 Nigel Farage becomes the voice of working class England
00:04:41 Is this an existential crisis for the Labour Party?
00:06:36 Will Reform actually govern differently on foreign policy?
00:10:23 Britain's financial crisis: debt, bonds, and a possible IMF bailout
00:12:42 Should Starmer step down? The globalist establishment calculus
00:17:39 The elite argument for keeping Starmer as a "stopper"
00:20:04 Why won't Labour call a snap election?
00:24:14 2029 and the coming European confrontation with Russia
00:25:59 Brexit buyers remorse? Reform voters say absolutely not
00:27:00 Starmer pledges billions to Ukraine amid UK financial crisis

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The Duran: Episode 2514
Russia has just issued its most serious military warning of the entire conflict and the world should be paying close attention. On The Duran, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down the explosive situation unfolding around Russia's Victory Day ceasefire, after Ukraine launched a massive wave of 260–300 drones deep into Russian territory in direct defiance of Moscow's ultimatum. The Russian Defense Ministry not Putin, not Lavrov, but the military itself has formally stated that a Ukrainian attack on the Victory Day parade in Moscow will trigger a retaliatory strike on central Kiev, with Western diplomats explicitly warned they are not safe. Zelensky appears to be gambling that Russia is bluffing, while Germany and NATO back his play, but inside the Kremlin, the hawks in the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry, and intelligence agencies are now firmly in control, leaving Putin increasingly isolated in his pursuit of diplomacy with Trump. Is this the moment the Russia-Ukraine conflict spirals into something far more dangerous and is Zelensky deliberately trying to force an escalation that pulls the West back in?

00:00:00 - Introduction: Russia's Victory Day Ceasefire Announced
00:02:17 - Why Ukraine Was Never Going to Honor the Ceasefire
00:03:11 - Zelensky's Phony Counter-Ceasefire Explained
00:04:37 - Ukraine Drone Escalation: Baltic States Overflight Confirmed
00:05:22 - Russia's Unprecedented Threat to Strike Central Kiev
00:07:35 - Is Zelensky Trying to Drag NATO Back Into the War?
00:10:52 - Was Zelensky's Ceasefire an Attempt at a Face-Saving Offramp?
00:13:00 - The West Calls Russia's Bluff: Germany's Dangerous Gamble
00:16:26 - The Two Scenarios: Russia Looks Weak or NATO Goes to War
00:22:09 - Red Square as Sacred Space: Why Moscow Is a Red Line
00:24:06 - Why Did Russia Telegraph Its Warning? The Deterrence Logic
00:27:37 - Ushakov's Message: Ukraine Must Make a Move on Donbas
00:30:23 - What Was Really Agreed at Anchorage? The Trump-Putin Deal Theory
00:33:36 - Who Are the Doves Left in the Kremlin?
00:37:45 - Putin Isolated: Defense, Foreign Ministry and Intel All Hawkish
00:39:45 - Russia Officially Threatens Western Diplomats: A Historic First

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Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Alexander Mercouris and The Duran for one of the most important analyses of the Iran conflict yet and his verdict is damning. Sachs reveals that Trump's attack on Iran on February 28th was conceived as a one-day regime change operation modeled on Venezuela, a plan that collapsed within hours when Iran's IRGC reconstituted its command and launched a devastating counterattack. With the Strait of Hormuz partially closed and oil prices swinging between $100 and $120 a barrel, Sachs warns the world is facing a supply shock potentially far worse than the stagflation crises of the 1970s one that threatens cascading financial collapse across every economy, regardless of whether a country exports or imports oil. Beyond the economics, Sachs delivers a blunt indictment of US diplomacy: Washington doesn't negotiate in good faith, it negotiates to dominate and Iran, one of the world's oldest and most technologically sophisticated civilizations, was never going to fold the way the architects of this operation imagined. Can Trump find an exit ramp before the situation escalates into something truly catastrophic, or is the world already paying the price for the greatest foreign policy miscalculation of the century?

00:00:00 Introduction, Mercouris frames the Iran conflict with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs
00:01:04 Sachs confirms: this was a regime change operation modeled on Venezuela
00:02:28 Netanyahu's role, what Trump and Mossad promised before the attack
00:03:35 Iran's counterattack: IRGC reconstituted within hours, damage escalating
00:04:24 Trump's two options: escalate or declare victory and exit
00:05:12 Netanyahu's goal keeping the US in the war at all costs
00:06:23 Trump's pressure points: polls, midterms, Saudi & Russian signals
00:07:36 Why a comprehensive peace deal is off the table
00:09:31 Hormuz and the global economy Mercouris sets up the supply shock question
00:10:53 Sachs: oil spiked 50%, two blockades, and the threat of physical infrastructure destruction
00:13:28 Supply shock explained worse than the 1970s oil crises and stagflation
00:17:54 How the oil shock hits every economy gas prices, food, manufacturing
00:20:27 Oil exporters vs importers why no country is truly insulated
00:26:42 Back to negotiations why the US is structurally incapable of good faith
00:29:24 US statecraft as dominance, not diplomacy the bully model explained
00:33:46 Trump as the caricature of bad faith and why voters chose the bully
00:36:41 Ukraine parallel NATO expansion, Minsk 2, and decades of broken promises
00:38:35 Iran as a civilizational state. 5,000 years of history, advanced science & technology
00:41:11 Eurasia rising and Europe's self-imposed isolation from the world economy

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Iran has achieved what almost no country has managed in the post-Cold War era, a strategic defeat of the United States military without being knocked out on the first punch. In a landmark conversation on The Duran, Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou sit down with Trita Parsi to dissect exactly how America's 40-year obsession with finding a "silver bullet" against Iran has brought Washington to its weakest position in the Middle East since 1979. Parsi argues that the naval blockade of Iran sold to Trump as the final pressure tool that would force capitulation was built on dangerously flimsy analysis, and that the window for Trump to negotiate a genuine exit and spin it as a win is rapidly closing. From Iran's nuclear calculus and the prospect of a grand bargain replacing the JCPOA, to the long-term unraveling of the American security umbrella across the Gulf states, this episode maps out the tectonic shift now reshaping the global order. The question is no longer whether US primacy in the Middle East is ending it's whether Washington will recognize it in time to leave on its own terms.

00:00:00 Introduction — Trita Parsi joins The Duran for the first time
00:00:51 Where to follow Trita Parsi: Substack, Twitter, Quincy Institute
00:01:17 Setting the scene: yesterday's Hormuz events and what they mean
00:02:18 The blockade as a failed silver bullet — Parsi's key article explained
00:03:26 40 years of US "silver bullet" thinking on Iran — and why it always fails
00:04:42 Why the ceasefire was lopsided against Iran from the start
00:05:55 Iran only accepted the ceasefire under pressure from China and Pakistan
00:07:10 Why the US Navy won't actually escort ships through Hormuz
00:08:20 UAE drone strike: Iran signals it still has escalation dominance
00:09:38 Iran's original opposition to the ceasefire — the inside story
00:10:28 What would it actually take to force open the Strait of Hormuz?
00:11:36 The real military answer: occupying 1,500km of Iranian coastline
00:14:13 A watershed moment: the US failed to knock out an adversary on first punch
00:16:19 Can this strategy be replicated by other states? Implications for China and Russia
00:17:29 Why this is a strategic defeat — not just a stalemate
00:18:22 The end of US global primacy: from NSS documents to battlefield reality
00:19:38 GCC states begin to diversify away from the American security umbrella
00:21:06 The psychological blow — when strategic defeat hits home inside America
00:22:09 Iran's hostage crisis legacy and why admitting defeat to Iran is uniquely painful
00:23:40 Trump's remaining window: he can still spin a deal as a win
00:24:38 What a real deal looks like — nuclear compromise plus sanctions relief
00:26:52 Will Iran compromise? How the war may have hardened Iranian positions
00:28:47 Iran's nuclear calculus: sprint to a weapon or negotiate?
00:29:53 Iran's grand bargain: full sanctions removal, non-aggression pact, UN guarantee
00:31:38 Is the US heading for a Middle East withdrawal after 35 years?
00:33:31 The danger of Iran framing a US withdrawal as a demand rather than a choice
00:35:36 The decline of US diplomacy — and can it be reformed?
00:37:56 Obama's JCPOA as the exception — and the secret Oman channel that broke the deadlock
00:39:45 Stop listening to Israeli-aligned advisers — Parsi's direct message to Trump
00:40:47 How Trump could overwhelm the foreign policy blob and win the public
00:41:29 Closing — where to follow Trita Parsi's work

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The Duran: Episode 2513
Russia's oil export volumes held firm in April and that's just the beginning of the story. In this episode of The Duran, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down the latest Russian economic data, revealing that despite relentless Ukrainian drone strikes on oil infrastructure, Russia's energy revenues are not only surviving but rebounding. The bigger geopolitical earthquake, however, is China's direct order to its state refineries to ignore US sanctions entirely and buy Russian oil without restriction a move that could unravel the entire Western sanctions architecture. As Russia simultaneously cuts off LNG exports to Europe and deepens energy ties with India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, a fundamental restructuring of global trade is now underway. Is the age of American-led economic sanctions officially coming to an end and is Europe the biggest loser in the world that's emerging?

00:00:00 Introduction: Russia's Oil & Economy Under Pressure
00:01:08 Russian Oil Export Volumes Hold Steady in April
00:02:30 Budget Deficit Update: January, February, March
00:03:38 Drone Strikes on Oil Infrastructure: Real Impact?
00:04:54 Europe's LNG Imports from Russia — The Final Surge
00:06:07 Putin's Decision: Cut Europe Off Before 2027
00:07:38 Russia Ends Energy Partnership With Europe
00:08:25 China Orders Refineries to Ignore US Sanctions
00:09:38 Asia Steps In: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan
00:12:46 Russian GDP Revised: Economy Stabilizes in Q1
00:14:31 Can the West Block Russian Oil Tankers?
00:17:04 Trump White House: The Internal Oil Price Debate
00:21:28 CIA, Treasury, Commerce — Washington's Divided Factions
00:27:35 China's Sanctions Defiance: The Biggest Underreported Story
00:30:27 Why Doesn't Russia Issue the Same Warning as China?
00:35:24 Naval Convoys: Russia's Answer to Ship Seizures
00:38:22 The End of Globalist Trade — Great Powers Take Control
00:41:24 Europe's Navy Bluff Exposed: Britain Backs Down

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