Leader: Starmer’s wager
Keir Starmer has rebuilt Labour into a credible opposition party. But his electoral and strategic task remains formidable.
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How a new alliance of democracies could counter Russia and China
The proposed D10 grouping would help prevent authoritarian states gaining technological and military superiority.
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Brandon Lewis admits the government plans to “break international law“. What now?
The cabinet minister's statement raise questions barely conceivable for a functioning Western democracy.
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Boris Johnson’s disregard for the withdrawal agreement will cost him in Northern Ireland
Politicians agree a rewriting of policy would show “contempt” for Northern Ireland's people and businesses.
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The Foreign Office-DFID merger is a car crash waiting to happen
Layla Moran: As the Liberal Democrats’ new foreign affairs spokesperson, I will not let the Conservatives undermine our progress on…
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Westlessness: how cracks within NATO signal a new balance of global power
It is easy to treat Trump as the cause of Western fragmentation. But it is much truer to consider him…
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How Joe Biden could still lose the US presidential election
Nearly 60 per cent of Biden supporters say their vote is directed against Trump rather than for the Democratic nominee.
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Boris Johnson’s Trump-style assault on British institutions is a threat to democracy
The government is waging a destructive war against the BBC, the civil service and the judiciary.
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