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Slovakia’s Fico casts doubt over NATO mutual defense clause

If that ally requests or consents to a collective response, others must come to its defense, triggering a political process that can end with military action. Article 5 has only been activated once, after the Sept. 11…

US will come around on EU-Canada deal, Irish finance minister says

Meanwhile, the head of the European Investment Bank, Nadia Calviño, will head to Ottawa on Sunday to lay the groundwork for Europe-Canada cooperation on critical raw materials. Harris said: “It's a real vote of…

Can Britain build a sovereign military AI?

One speaker with expertise in military AI suggested that this would not be feasible, at least initially, given the cost involved. The Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, said that Project…

Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK | Simon Jenkins

Never before have three of the four "nations" of the United Kingdom jointly demanded freedom to vote for its dissolution. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have lost confidence in England. They declared in Cardiff…

Healey to ask EU finance ministers to let UK into Made in Europe scheme

But he will call on the EU to design its "Made in Europe" programme in a way that deepens ties with the UK "rather than erecting new barriers", Treasury sources told the BBC. Officials said Healey will tell European…

Andrew Griffith’s first speech was reassuringly boring

“North London” the email said. Where on Earth could that be? Perhaps King’s Cross? Maybe, at a push, Hampstead? But alas, no. North London in this context meant Tottenham. Crikey. I’d never been to Tottenham before.…

Sarah Ingham: What’s the answer to the £72m question?

The hedge funder is now among a number of wealthy individuals who have fled these shores. Those joining the exodus saw the government’s writing – ‘sod off’, perhaps – on the white stucco wall. To govern is indeed to…

Alex Burghart and Victoria Atkins: Working and trading with the EU is fine but Labour’s ‘reset’ needs scrapping

As we set out at Policy Exchange, the Government’s negotiations with the EU are in a right old mess. Having started badly they are now drifting, becalmed, as the EU declines to name a date for the next summit claiming it…

Bobbie Dove: Lib Dems on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are piling on the tax burden

The situation has become considerably more urgent following the council’s Quarter 1 financial monitoring, which forecast a £27 million General Fund overspend. The council itself described this as being “of a level unseen…

The contest has changed. The machine hasn’t

Part one looked at the inheritance . This essay asks whether the machine is built for the contest we are actually in. Firstly, congratulations to Joe Fortune, announced yesterday as Labour’s new General Secretary, and…