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Turkey: Erdogan’s rival arrested

The mask has slipped in Ankara. And in its place? A performance of power so brazen, it barely pretends to be anything else..

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Canada election: Carney in poll

Canadians will vote in a General Election on April 28 – and what once looked to be a forgone conclusion is now wide.

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Canada: Election called

Mark Carney, the newly minted Prime Minister of Canada, less than 10 days into the role, has called a snap election for April.

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Africa: The generation who won’t be silenced

A revolution is simmering beneath the neon glow of Africa’s cities. Not a revolution of guns and barricades, but of perception, ambition and.

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Will Badenoch last beyond summer? 

By Josh Moreton Kemi Badenoch is not leading the Conservative Party because she is the most popular, the most competent, or even the.

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Kendall: can she weather welfare storm?

By Gary Sambrook, former Conservative MP for Birmingham Northfield Politics is brutal – tough decisions like Liz Kendall’s welfare changes prove it. As.

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Yemen: Trump’s diversion tactic?

By Josh Moreton Donald Trump has always understood one fundamental truth: perception is reality. When the narrative is slipping, when the markets wobble,.

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Can Starmer get Britain building?

By Antony Morrison “At our best when at our boldest.” This was Tony Blair’s rallying cry to party members at Labour’s 2002 conference..

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Kendall’s £5bn welfare gamble

A high-stakes move in the court of public opinion By Josh Moreton Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has just.

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Syria: Lammy’s measured tone is wise

According to some estimates, as many as 1,500 mainly Shia Muslim Alawites have so far been killed in Syria’s Latakia and Tartus provinces.

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