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All aboard with Kaptain Kemi, lost at sea on the good ship amnesia

A warship that has been moored on the Thames, going nowhere for the best part of 80 years. Today's venue for the leader of the opposition to explain why the Conservative party hollowed out defence spending throughout…

Edouard Philippe dos au mur

Aucun de ses représentants n’est en mesure de se qualifier pour le second tour de la présidentielle dans les derniers sondages, y compris Edouard Philippe désormais doublé par Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Le candidat Horizons…

I’d all but forgotten my ‘altercation’ with Nigel Farage. But since he mentions it, here’s what happened | Caroline Voaden

Such was the furore caused by Nigel Farage bizarrely raising an incident that took place in the House of Commons nearly six months ago that I suddenly found myself trending on social media. That had not been on my bingo…

Ted Grainger: Minimum wage? Freeze it, don’t raise it

3.9 per cent. Is that good? Well, it depends on the context. GDP growth? Absolutely. I would be delighted if growth was at 3.9 per cent. The increase in the minimum wage next year? No. A flat 3.9 per cent increase across…

Germany’s Merz warns Europe needs seat at the table as Trump renews Ukraine talks

“For that we need the support of other countries, and all of those countries are in Europe.” Merz’s meeting with Zelenskyy in Berlin comes as the Trump administration renews efforts to reach a negotiated end to the…

The 5 most brutal political moggings of 2026

The algae scum mogged Donald Trump Donald Trump’s bid to clean out the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. was initially hampered by persistent pond scum. After a money-spinning renovation in…

Smear test brushes sterilised with ethylene oxide are safe

As we’ve explained before , ethylene oxide is a gas that is commonly used to sterilise all sorts of medical devices , including swabs and speculums. Although ethylene oxide can be carcinogenic or cause other health…

Moscow in talks to arrange Trump, Xi and Putin meeting, Kremlin says

“I would meet in order — anything I can do to end the war, whether somebody is there or not, whatever I can do to end the war.” Kyiv met the prospect of a trilateral meeting with concern, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

Stateside, Episode 3 — with Mark Anderson | UK Column Interviews

This episode features NATO head Mark Rutte's first-ever Iowa trip to stump for keeping US support for NATO intact amid Trump's scepticism, along with hard-hitting Michigan testimony on a vaccinated vs unvaccinated…

British people don’t need to apologise for slavery – but the government does | Olivette Otele

Burnham was quick to add that financial reparations were off the table. But he was in favour of discussions about debt restructuring – one of the key concerns of the Caribbean community (Caricom) and the African Union.…