On the night ofJanuary 31, theUnited Kingdom officially left theEuropean Union. After almost 50 years of EU membership and three years of bitter division over the vote to leave, the moment of formal…
Brexit day is finally here. At 23:00 GMT on Friday 31 January the UK, including Northern Ireland, will legally end their 47-year marriage with the EU nearly 4 years after the referendum. Britain’s…
In less than two weeks Britain will go to the polls in the most consequential election in years. The election is intended to break the deadlock and finalise Britain’s often-delayed departure from the…
A fixture of British politics for four decades, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was born in Wiltshire in 1949. His father David, an electrical engineer and mother Naomi, a maths teacher, were…
Scarlett Moffatt flanked by two Himba women
Things here have become very tribal of late. The term has probably never been so fashionable. I just consulted the views of the…
The next UK general election is only a month away, and all major parties across the country have kick-started their campaigns. In these extraordinary times, we have already witnessed extraordinary…
It seems with each passing week, a new bombshell is dropped which only prolongs the Brexit saga, much to the delight of Remainers and Brexiters (at least those who dislike the deal that Johnson and…
Boris Johnson has agreed the terms of a Brexit deal, paving the way for a historic vote in the UK Parliament on Saturday that could finally see the UK leave the European Union. Negotiators in…
In 2009, as then British Prime MinisterGordon Brownwas preparing to visit PresidentBarack Obamain theWhite Housefor the first time, his aides devoted long strategy sessions to the nature of the…
BREXIT AND THE BRITISH HEALTH SECTOR
After a storm of recent developments in the Brexit arena, a no-deal scenario continues to be a potential outcome of the Brexit debate. While Johnson and the EU…
The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning in an interview with the Economist as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in France with Ukraine and EU trade row at the top of agenda
There were dire predictions over the impact of sanctions and yet growth has increased, thanks to military spending. But there are deeper doubts over whether it can last and what lies ahead.
As NATO allies, US-Turkey relations should be good, but after Turkey asked to join South Africa's genocide case in the ICJ against Israel, scheduling is suddenly tight.
The Captagon trade has generated billions of dollars for the al-Assad regime, but Biden has hesitated to wield sanctions effectively. The Captagon 2 Act has more teeth, but will he use it?