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BMA consultants sound alarm on assisted dying
As the Assisted Dying Bill continues to make its unceremonious way through parliament, various medical organisations are making themselves heard.…
Why was Syria’s president ever treated like a centrist dad?
There’s an old journalistic maxim: If it bleeds, it leads. But some crucial words are missing from the end: If…
No one should be surprised about the Syrian massacres
Shock and outrage are appropriate, but no one really has an excuse for being surprised at the dreadful scenes that…
Will Trump cause a recession?
Donald Trump has refused to rule out an American recession. He ‘hates to predict things like this’, he said yesterday.…
Think you’re so clever boycotting Tesla?
How difficult life has become for earnest, liberal-minded motorists who like to show off their environmental credentials through their choice…
What Reform can learn from France’s National Rally
The crisis currently ripping apart Reform is nothing new to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party. Indeed, the reason her…
Does the King really listen to Beyonce?
Is this really the King’s favourite music? If you’ve ever had sleepless nights wondering what King Charles’s favourite tunes are,…
The slogan that could doom Mark Carney
Mark Carney has won the Liberal party leadership contest by an enormous margin. He will soon be the prime minister…
Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe’s feud helps only one person
Well, that didn’t take long. Despite much talk of professionalisation, Nigel Farage’s latest political outfit is following the pattern of…
The moral shortcomings of Palestine Action
Pro-Palestinian activists under the banner of Palestine Action have been waging what it’s not too much of an exaggeration to…
Mark Carney won’t be much different to Justin Trudeau
As widely expected, Mark Carney has become the new Liberal party of Canada leader – and will become Canada’s next…
Labour needs lots more special advisers
Labour ministers’ frustration at what they see as a sclerotic civil service is finally boiling over. Most people familiar with…
Do Brits really want to move to Ireland?
As restrictions continue to mount for Brits travelling to Europe post-Brexit, perhaps the least surprising news was that last year…
Mark Carney is Canada’s new PM
The race to replace Justin Trudeau has been not so much a contest, as a coronation. Mark Carney, the former…
Trump is running out of time to break the Mexico state-cartel alliance
An extraordinary episode took place on Thursday, February 27th: Mexican state aircrafts flew northward to various locations across the United…
Labour will struggle to reform the civil service
The need for the civil service reforms which Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden is proposing is glaring. It can be…
How horror returned to Syria
Once again there is horror on the Syrian coast. The fighting began on Thursday, in the new government’s telling, after…
Sunday shows round-up: civil service is in for a ‘whole lot of change’
Pat McFadden: ‘There’s a whole lot of change coming’ to the civil service The government is set to announce big…
Is Trump going to rip up the US security alliance with Japan?
Another day, another Trumpian bombshell, this one aimed at the country he says he loves: Japan. Trump told reporters this…
Can Reform survive the rift between Farage and Lowe?
Sometimes politics throws up a happening of quite exquisite irony. Lee Anderson suspending the whip from Rupert Lowe, his party’s…
Can Ireland win over Donald Trump?
Would Donald Trump invite Irish politicians to the White House for the traditional St Patrick’s Day visit this year? It’s…
Reform’s civil war blows up again
Oh dear, it looks like the civil war engulfing Reform UK is showing no sign of simmering down. On Friday,…
Why is the LSE hosting a Hamas book launch?
The London School of Economics’ decision to host the launch this week of Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters – a…
Audiobooks won’t help children read better
Shakespeare, Dickens, JK Rowling: Britain’s literary heritage is undisputable. Creativity, emotional depth and universal values have ensured that Hamlet, Oliver…
Why won’t the West use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine?
Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, there has been a great deal of temptation to…
