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These cruel new plans to ‘stop the boats’ show the government completely misunderstands refugees like me | Anonymous

It feels like a pile-on at a time when asylum seekers and refugees are already facing a barrage of hostility in this country. Even before the announcement, refugees felt under siege. With the withdrawal of the right to…

Badenoch’s ‘Fund Defence’ rally made her look lost at sea

Prior to her talk, I was already in a bit of a foul mood. Owing to what I presume was a logistical mix-up as opposed to some forced humiliation ritual, I found myself not with the rest of the media but with the activists…

John Redwood: We need to have a proper conversation about defence

The UK debate about defence usually centres around how much money we spend. This is expressed as a percentage of GDP . T he enthusiasts for better defence currently argu e that we need to get to 3 per cent of GDP by…

Europe wakes up to a blue tsunami in the US midterms

Senate and made decisive gains in the House. But this might not necessarily be good news for Europe. On this special episode, Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by Sarah Wheaton in Brussels and our Global Politics Bureau Chief…

US midterms: What the blue wave means for Britain

On this special episode of Westminster Insider , Patrick Baker is joined from Washington D.C. by our Global Politics Bureau Chief Jack Blanchard to unpack the election results and to explore what they could mean for…

Andrew Allison: Is it time for the right to unite?

In the St James ward in Dudley last week, Reform polled 37.9 per cent, the Conservatives 13.8 per cent, and Restore 6.9 per cent. Add that up and the right-wing vote totalled 58.6 per cent, but Labour won the seat by…

Jethro Elsden: Paris gets one thing right: densification

With the moonlight streaming down upon it, I thought it symbolic of something. Of what, I’m not exactly sure. Perhaps the recent violent disorder the student protests have brought to France, or the tottering state of the…

Schockwahl für Trump: Demokraten erobern den Kongress

Tonnenweise verdorbene Lebensmittel in ganz Europa werfen eine drängende Frage auf: Stecken russische Akteure hinter dieser neuen Form der Sabotage? POLITICO-Expertin Anouk Schlung von „Technologie & KI am Morgen“ ordnet…

5 things Europe needs to monitor as Democrats blitz Trump in US midterms

How will these seismic political shifts impact Europe? From energy prices to the war in Ukraine, the continent has a lot riding on what happens in Washington. Here are five things to watch out for. Europe risks bearing…

Burnham revives hopes UK’s crumbling parliament will get a fix

But it would not determine the final option for wholesale restoration, which will only be decided in 2030 . The eventual options will be a “full decant” where all MPs move to another building and a program known as…