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Security-consumed Prince Harry chooses war-torn Ukraine as latest backdrop
Prince Harry’s clandestine dash to Ukraine this week, trailing last year’s faux royal tours to Colombia and Nigeria, lays bare…
What’s wrong with eating horse?
There’s not much to do in Almaty, Kazakhstan. You can take a peek at the pretty wooden Orthodox cathedral, which…
Can Trump reach a nuclear deal with Iran?
On Saturday, Iranian and American diplomats met in Oman to discuss a nuclear deal. The talks were a clash of…
How could the HMP Frankland attack happen?
On Saturday, an awful assault took place at HMP Frankland. According to a statement from the Prison Officers’ Association (the…
Why do the French hate J.D. Vance so much?
At the start of the month, J.D. Vance delivered the address at the Heritage Foundation in Washington for the premiere…
North Korea will never give up its nuclear ambitions
Earlier this week, Kim Yo Jong proclaimed that North Korea has no intention of abandoning its nuclear weapons. ‘If the…
Transport Minister admits texting while driving double-decker bus
Just what is it with Labour and transport? Less than five months after Louise Haigh was forced to resign as…
The steel debate was an unseemly blame game
In the end, it was David Davis who said it best. Today’s emergency debate on how to save British Steel’s…
What is Xi Jinping planning?
Shanghai port is the busiest in the world. Activity there is closely monitored by financial analysts distrustful of official statistics…
Nationalising British Steel won’t fix a thing
There will be some stirring speeches about saving jobs. There will be lots of grand rhetoric about securing a great…
Trump tells Russia to ‘get moving’
With just under a week to go until the supposed Easter deadline, it appears that Donald Trump is no closer…
Greens grab victory in Lammy’s backyard
Westminster has a new tradition on Friday mornings: analysing council by-election results. These days, such contests rarely make for good…
Farage is leading Labour’s policy
For Reform’s supporters drawn from the right of the Conservative party, Nigel Farage’s call to nationalise British Steel never made…
First came the dire wolf – the wooly mammoth is next
With all the insane news this week surrounding President Trump’s tariff and trade drama, only one non-political story was significant…
Orkney could be Britain’s gateway to the Arctic
Orkney is a charming archipelago of some 70 islands and skerries – 20 of which are inhabited – ten miles…
Have we got worse at dealing with stress?
Barely a month seems to pass without a public exhortation to ‘raise awareness’ about the plight of some marginal section…
Merz’s coalition treaty is an empty, promise-free shell
It took just over six weeks for the new German coalition to form. That is very quick: in the past…
Parliament recalled to nationalise British Steel
MPs didn’t manage to enjoy even a week of recess before being ordered back to Westminster. The Speaker announced this…
Full list: Sunak’s resignation honours
And here it is. Former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours have been published this afternoon with a number of…
China is hitting back with even more tariffs
China has retaliated against Donald Trump by raising duties on all American imports to 125 per cent from 84 per…
Scots charged over £150 to see Sturgeon live
You’d think if your political leadership had led to the fracturing of your party with key figures investigated as part…
Will the EU crumble under Trump’s tariffs?
In the escalating trade war between America and China, the European Union risks being stranded in no man’s land. Donald…
Europe must resist China’s advances
Since Trump’s inauguration in January, not a day has gone by when supporters of a liberal international order have not sunk…
Will Hamas’s human rights challenge succeed?
Yesterday, it was reported by the Daily Telegraph that British lawyers, acting on behalf of Hamas, were threatening to bring…
Is Britain finally going nuclear?
As late as 1965, Britain had more operational nuclear reactors than the rest of the world combined. Yet, Britain hasn’t…
