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Eduardo Ramon

Starmer's Epstein scandal defence falls on deaf ears

The publication of highly damaging files detailing Epstein's relationship with Lord Mandelson who Starmer appointed as UK ambassador to the US has sparked fierce backlash across the political spectrum

Con Coughlin 17 February 2026
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with UK ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence on 26 February 2025, in Washington, DC. Reuters

Epstein-Mandelson files rock Starmer's government

It is hard to overstate the scandal engulfing the UK government

Bryn Haworth 06 February 2026
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (unseen) following their meeting at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on September 18, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

Has Keir Starmer passed his sell-by date?

There are rumblings in the party after the loss of a deputy and an ambassador to Washington

Bryn Haworth 25 September 2025
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Trump's visit tests 'special' US-UK relationship

Despite Trump's often hostile engagement with traditional US allies, Starmer has trodden a careful path to keep him on side. But is this sustainable?

Christopher Phillips 16 September 2025
The UK's National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell, who has a track record of helping enemy combatants agree terms. Shutterstock

Jonathan Powell: the UK’s ultimate fixer flies into world hotspots

The diplomat who Tony Blair credited with negotiating the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland is now talking to the Turks, Kurds, Syrians, Ukrainians, and Americans, to name but a few.

Con Coughlin 27 July 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting with business leaders in central London on January 28, 2025. BENJAMIN CREMEL / POOL / AFP

Between Trump and the EU, Britain feels increasingly isolated

With its bonds with the EU severely weakened and a long way from repair, Britain will find it much harder to take any kind of stand against Trump for fear of being isolated

Christopher Phillips 06 February 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L), Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama attend a working group session on Migration in Woodstock, southern England, on July 18, 2024. Hollie Adams / AFP

Goo-goo for Giorgia: Why Starmer is so smitten with Italy's migration policies

A look at Meloni's deal with Albania and what Labour hopes to learn from the far-right Brothers of Italy and its tough-on-migration approach

Bryn Haworth 05 October 2024
Riot police face protestors in Bristol, southern England, on August 3, 2024. Justin Tallis/AFP

The UK is in the grip of nationwide rioting over illegal immigrants

After three children were killed, false reports on social media said the killer was a Muslim asylum seeker who had arrived on a small boat. Incensed, Britons have taken to the streets, bricks in-hand

Con Coughlin 06 August 2024
Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party, reacts as he speaks at a reception to celebrate his election win at Tate Modern in London, Britain, on July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/

Landslide for Labour: Unpacking Britain's seismic shift to the left

Labour's landslide win ushers in the most left-wing government Britain has had since Harold Wilson in the 60s and 70s.

Con Coughlin 05 July 2024
Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses delegates on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 9, 2023. Paul ELLIS / AFP

David Lammy: Britain's next foreign secretary?

Is Lammy's support for the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu and a Palestinian state making Starmer—a staunch backer of Israel—uncomfortable?

Con Coughlin 03 July 2024
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US President Donald Trump addresses members of the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base on 28 October 2025. 
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Mission creep: Trump's goal in Iran remains unclear

11 March 2026

Without a stable objective, military action risks becoming an open-ended process, rather than a strategy with a clear end goal

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Choke point: how the Iran war is stifling global energy markets

13 March 2026

A US-Israeli attack on Iran has turned into a regional war, sending Brent crude prices over $100 a barrel, and throwing shipping, inflation, and monetary policy into turmoil

Abdulfattah Khattab
US Navy sailors send signals to an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, 124th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, as it walks on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on 28 February 2026.
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Documents & Memoirs

Could the US-Iran war spark World War III?

16 March 2026

The current conflict is unlikely to go global for now, but the speed at which it has spread regionally is alarming. A look at history shows the geopolitical factors that led to world wars.

Christopher Phillips
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

There are few good alternatives to the Hormuz Strait

13 March 2026

Riyadh and Cairo are trying to ease the acute oil shortfall through alternative pipelines, but these are just band-aid solutions, as the world's most vital energy corridor remains closed by Iran

Marcelle Nasr
A girl shows a peace sign, as Syrians gather to mark the anniversary of the 2011 uprising against the ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, on 15 March 2026. REUTERS / Yamam Al Shaar
Politics

One year on, Syria's National Dialogue promises fall flat

16 March 2026

The rushed 2025 rollout raised questions about the government's seriousness. Since then, no meaningful record has been published, fuelling fears that it was just a show.

Haid Haid

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