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Visiting the most bizarre nation on earth
The opening of a new North Korean tourist zone prompts memories of posing as a tourist while attempting to report from there
6 hrs ago
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How to say nothing in very few words
Britain’s long awaited announcement on a reset of relations with China relations turns out to be studiously underwhelming
Jul 1
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June 2025
Britannia ascendant – rejoice!
The crisis in the Middle East shows how jolly clever and jolly important we can be.
Jun 24
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Anything else I can help you with Mr Xi?
As Britain prepares to publish its new plan for relations with China the big question appears to be whether a full or half kowtow will work best
Jun 17
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Anything else I can help you with Mr Xi?
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They can fill the jails, create an atmosphere of fear and re-write history and but they cannot extinguish hope.
Remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre
Jun 10
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They can fill the jails, create an atmosphere of fear and re-write history and but they cannot extinguish hope.
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Uncomfortable truths about policing, race and immigrants
Why the police were right not to turn the Liverpool tragedy into a disaster
Jun 3
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May 2025
Netanyahu is running out of road
And that makes him even more desperate and dangerous
May 27
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Netanyahu is running out of road
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Trying to outbid the extreme right is a mug’s game and it’s plain wrong
Surely Keir Starmer knows this or does he?
May 20
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Trying to outbid the extreme right is a mug’s game and it’s plain wrong
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Is China Winning?
Or to put it another way, does China rise as America falls?
May 13
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How the mighty have fallen
The fate of British ex-Prime Ministers
May 6
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April 2025
The Great Woke War heats up
And has not been tempered by a court ruling on Trans rights
Apr 29
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They take them for fools
Which is why China enjoys manipulating British governments
Apr 22
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