In 2021, after the barbaric Islamist murder of Sir David Amess MP, the response of Britain’s political class was as baffling as it was shameful: it decided to ramp up censorship of the internet.
‘Every little bit helps,’ one UK economist said about the new trade outline.
As Donald Trump’s policies on tariffs keep shifting, leaving countries scrambling to react, there has been some good news for Keir Starmer and the Labour government.
…can we really believe it will happen?
Trump must stop him from ceding the Chagos Islands, which would empower China and sap the West.
The new administration in Washington has somewhat startled its critics by issuing a blizzard of executive orders during its opening weeks in office. So far the reaction from the American left might be summed up by the sentiment: ‘That’s not fair – it’s only us that are allowed to do things when we are in power.’
Is the UK still a ‘staunch ally’ of Israel? Defence Secretary John Healey insisted so on the broadcast round this morning. But his claim is coming under scrutiny following the government’s decision to suspend 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel, thereby affecting equipment which includes parts for fighter jets, drones and helicopters.
Many Americans have a rose-tinted picture of Britain, influenced no doubt by watching Jane Austen dramas or the televisual exploits of Miss Marple or James Herriot, not to mention royal weddings, coronations and funerals. I sometimes wish the reality matched their romantic imaginings.
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