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Chris Patten ‘amazed’ UK sees common rules with EU as ‘impossible’
- Politics
- February 25, 2020, 20:45
Former British Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten says he is “amazed” that the UK government regards a “level playing field” with the EU as “an (...)

Financial markets forget they first cast Boris as a Brexit bogeyman
- Markets
- December 13, 2019, 15:04
For financial market investors that have cheered Boris Johnson’s landslide victory in the UK general election, it might be worth casting their minds b(...)

Patrick Freyne on Christmas ads: Marks & Spencer’s sick filth should be banned
- Culture
- November 29, 2019, 05:00
It’s Black Friday, the pre-Christmas religious festival that celebrates, I believe, the time Jesus went shopping (he went to a Temple; there are other(...)

Economic and social changes have frayed tribal loyalty to Labour in the northeast
- UK
- November 12, 2019, 18:00
It is cold, wet and windy in Shildon, a small town outside Bishop Auckland in County Durham, and Labour MP Helen Goodman is getting ready to meet her (...)

Matt Hancock accused of ‘whitesplaining’ in Tory Islamophobia row
- UK
- November 9, 2019, 15:00
British health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of “whitesplaining” by a former Conservative Party chairman after he said others in the party “(...)

Simon Coveney hopes for ‘serious’ Brexit proposals from British
- Politics
- September 30, 2019, 17:13
Tánaiste Simon Coveney said it doesn’t matter whether British proposals on Brexit are made publicly or privately once they are credible and bridge the(...)

Boris Johnson seeks to ditch UK pledges to EU on future relations
- Europe
- September 5, 2019, 17:26
Boris Johnson has been insisting, as he ducks and weaves through his battles in the House of Commons, that he both desires a deal with the EU and that(...)

DUP welcomes victory of ‘committed Unionist’ Boris Johnson
- UK
- July 23, 2019, 15:20
The DUP has welcomed the victory of “committed Unionist” Boris Johnson in the race to become the next prime minister. However, other political partie(...)

The fact that Kim Darroch qualified as a zoologist must have been a marvellous asset in the Foreign Office. It gave the UK ambassador to Washington a (...)

Leading historian says case must be made for NI to stay in UK
- Irish News
- June 19, 2019, 14:07
The new British prime minister must make the case for the United Kingdom with a positive vision to counter the nationalist narrative, a prominent hist(...)