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Martin Jay

Martin Jay is an award-winning British journalist based in Morocco where he is a correspondent for The Daily Mail (UK) who previously reported on the Arab Spring there for CNN, as well as Euronews. From 2012 to 2019 he was based in Beirut where he worked for a number of international media titles including BBC, Al Jazeera, RT, DW, as well as reporting on a freelance basis for the UK’s Daily Mail, The Sunday Times plus TRT World. His career has led him to work in almost 50 countries in Africa, The Middle East and Europe for a host of major media titles. He has lived and worked in Morocco, Belgium, Kenya and Lebanon.

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November 27, 2025
Israel’s threat of nukes shows us who is running U.S. foreign policy

Isn’t it a failure of both U.S. foreign policy and of Israel that a war with Iran is seen as a solution to America’s failing hegemony?

November 25, 2025
Western media see the writing on the wall in Ukraine

The EU doesn’t seem to be able to do the maths and is hopelessly distracted by its own deluded ideas.

November 23, 2025
New twist to the Epstein case claims Virginia Giuffre was a fraud

Was Virginia Giuffre really a victim of Epstein’s evil cabal, or a profiteer?

November 18, 2025
Latest graft scandal in Ukraine won’t worry Zelensky. Who needs a 100 million bucks?

What Myndich was doing was perfectly normal for a government minister or a senior official within Zelensky’s cohort of cronies. 

November 15, 2025
The latest BBC scandal reveals perennial problems of corruption. So where’s the investigation?

Panorama isn’t interested in scoops. It seems to have a phobia of great journalism in preference for a political ideology all of its own.

November 11, 2025
The Pokrovsk lesson is that British media are lying through their teeth

All is left now is to downplay the imminent Russian victory as hollow and meaningless.

November 9, 2025
Something’s got to be done about the Pakistan Taliban. But what?

Kick-starting an international debate about the British-made border might be constructive, Martin Jay writes.

November 7, 2025
Western sanctions are a straightjacket to western economies

Sanctions against Russia from the West have so spectacularly failed that we can only assume that Russia was preparing for them and has become stronger despite of them.

November 1, 2025
Why Russia moving closer to Morocco is a win-win

Putin’s move to bring Morocco closer was a stroke of genius as it calms tensions and creates an environment of dialogue.

October 28, 2025
Melania’s lawyers lead both the Trumps towards the abyss over Epstein case

Any legal team advising the Trumps that a defamation case is a winner is either monstrously incompetent or taking them for a ride.

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