April 2 Happy “Liberation Day”! It went ignored for all but the very end of Sir Keir Starmer’s exchange with Kemi Badenoch but the Trump-shaped elephant in the room well and truly overshadowed today’s Prime Minister’s Questions session. Everything left on the table for when Trump’s tariffs hit The world is holding its breath asContinue reading “Happy or not such a happy “Liberation Day”!”
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Syria after Assad is euphoric
Syria after Assad is euphoric By Adrian Blomfield in Homs, Syria It is rare, as a foreign correspondent, to have a good news story to cover. Rarer still in the Middle East. Not since the heady early days of the Arab Spring back in 2011 have I witnessed anything like the euphoria that has washedContinue reading “Syria after Assad is euphoric”
In the news, the second half of August 2024
Friday August 16 GPs next in line for cash handout from Starmer Doctors are demanding an 11 per cent funding rise in the hope of receiving a pay rise similar to Sir Keir Starmer’s bumper offer to train drivers. Leaked letters reveal that the Government has awarded them an above inflation boost of 7.4 perContinue reading “In the news, the second half of August 2024”
In the new the first ten days of July 2024
July 1 Trump may be able to claim immunity over Jan 6, Supreme Court rules People hold anti-Trump signs in front of the US Supreme Court CREDIT: DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images The Court split 6-3 along partisan lines to rule that presidents cannot be prosecuted for actions that fall within their “core constitutional” roles.Continue reading “In the new the first ten days of July 2024”
Frontpage headings for the forth week of February 2024
Monday February 19 2024 Grant Shapps: Woke culture is rife in the Army The Army’s time and resources are being “squandered to promote a political agenda”, the Defence Secretary has said, as he held crisis talks with military chiefs over plans to relax security checks to increase diversity. The move came as my colleague StevenContinue reading “Frontpage headings for the forth week of February 2024”
Reforms UK Labour proposes are current Tory policy
In the editorial of the Daily Star of Monday 17 July 2023 you could read: It’s all very well to talk of “reform” of public services, but the reforms Labour proposes — in the NHS, for example — are current Tory policy, that is increased reliance on the private sector to carry out NHS work,Continue reading “Reforms UK Labour proposes are current Tory policy”
The problem at the heart of Sunak’s operation
Trussonomics is back
The Telegraph’s Frontpage in the morning of 2022/11/03
By Danny Boyle Good morning. The Bank of England is expected to unveil the biggest interest rate rise since Black Wednesday. On the other side of the Atlantic, US officials are ‘concerned’ about Russian sabre-rattling. Rising inflation may sink house prices by 30pc As it tries to control the runaway inflation that is battering BritishContinue reading “The Telegraph’s Frontpage in the morning of 2022/11/03”
A recovery from a “near death experience” and a historic shift
The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said Labour’s performance on Thursday marked a recovery from a “near death experience”.
Some View on the World 