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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MONARCH AND AN EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVANT
The Editorial Board | Featured
There has never been a more perfect paradigm of the term “public servant”.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MONARCH AND AN EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVANT
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There has never been a more perfect paradigm of the term “public servant”.
THE QUEEN’S LEGACY IS TO BEQUEATH STABILITY
Mark Fox | Society September 8, 2022
Scripture reminds us that to everything there is a season.
ELIZABETH II: 1926-2022 A LIFE OF SERVICE
Maggie Pagano | Daily Briefing September 8, 2022
Tributes flowed in from every corner of the United Kingdom and the world to
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Elizabeth II, writes Maggie Pagano.
TRUSS UNVEILS MAJOR ENERGY SUPPORT PACKAGE
Caitlin Allen | Energy September 8, 2022
The package to tackle spiralling energy costs is the single biggest fiscal
intervention ever made by a peacetime government in Britain.
TRUSS ENERGY PACKAGE: CATASTROPHE HAS BEEN AVERTED BUT WINTER WILL STILL BE
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Mike Brewer | Energy September 8, 2022
The package is pretty solid, but ruling out further windfall taxes to help cover
the cost of the scheme has left future taxpayers with an almighty bill, argues
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BAN ON FRACKING LIFTED
The Hound | Energy September 8, 2022
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LET’S BACK LIZ TRUSS IN CREATING AN ASPIRATION NATION
Gerald Warner | Columnists
The PM’s ordinariness and flat public-speaking could be to her advantage.
Post-Boris, the country longs for a straight-talking politician who tells the
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TRUSS V MACRON: CAN THEY WORK TOGETHER OR MUST IT BE PISTOLS AT DAWN?
Walter Ellis | Columnists
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Helen Parish | History September 6, 2022
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Andrew Wilton | Art September 3, 2022
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BAN ON FRACKING LIFTED
Well, that didn’t take long. Liz Truss has wasted no time in making another
U-turn on energy policy and reversed the previous Conservative ban on fracking
as part of her long term planning for energy security.
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GORBACHEV AND GLASNOST: HOW HIS FRAGILE LEGACY OF FREE SPEECH HAS BEEN DESTROYED
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Jennifer Mathers | Russia September 2, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev was only Soviet leader for a little over six years, from 1985
to 1991, but they were six years that changed both his country and the world.
UKRAINE’S COUNTER-ATTACK IS A HUGE THREAT TO RUSSIA
The Editorial Board | Russia September 2, 2022
20,000 Russian troops are trapped in Kherson with no means to resupply. Could
the battle for Kherson be a Stalingrad-in-the-making?
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV IS ONE OF THE GREAT AND FLAWED HEROES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Jack Dickens | Russia August 31, 2022
Like the hero of any tragedy, Gorbachev found himself brought down by his
virtues as much as by the vices in his character.
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: THE LAST LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION HAS DIED
Gabriel Gavin | Obituary August 31, 2022
In the West, the Russian president known as Gorby is lauded for ending the Cold
War but at home his reformist policies of perestroika and glasnost are blamed by
many for the break-up of the Soviet empire.
ONE YEAR ON FROM FALL OF KABUL, IRAQ FACES ALL-OUT INSURRECTION
Gabriel Gavin | Columnists August 30, 2022
Fatal clashes in Baghdad have sparked fears that the West could face yet another
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