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Europe must carefully choose its next steps regarding Ukraine amid a new administration in Washington and an emboldened Putin.

What matters more is momentum and there is no doubt that Reform has more of it. In 2025, we can expect it to move its tanks decisively on to the Tories’ lawn. It has long been the case that a ...

Working out how to balance those differences is going to be one of the early jobs of the new ambassador to Washington, Peter ...

Irish officials were worried that a US decision to designate the Real IRA (RIRA) as a foreign terrorist organisation might help recruitment for the paramilitary group. Just years after the signing of ...

How many members does Reform UK have? - Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage clash over ...

Yes, I know we said I'd be back on New Year's Eve, and I will. But some things won't wait. Keir Starmer must have calculated ...

You may recall that a few days before Christmas, having lost a tooth filling, I wrote: “I'm waiting to see if my dentist can ...

Downing Street would not be drawn on whether Keir Starmer would like Lord Mandelson to work with Farage, but No 10 insiders ...

Sir Keir Starmer appointed the Lord Mandelson as the UK's US ambassador earlier this month. He is due to take up his new role ...

Nigel Farage said it is 'more fool them' if Labour doesn't make use of his links to the Donald Trump administration amid ...