There is something telling about the moment when a bureaucratic institution reaches for the language of pain. Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence, did precisely that when he told Euronews that Europe can respond to Russian hybrid provocations in…
The numbers look manageable. They are not. August’s inflation figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, showed consumer price growth rising to 3.1pc in the year to August, up from 2.9pc in July. Analysts had anticipated as much. John…
Earlier this month, a state aircraft touched down in Belgrade carrying the coffin of Ratko Mladić, a man convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity by an international tribunal. An honour guard drawn from the Serbian military stood to attention.…
A Redistribution With Consequences The Labour government’s Fair Funding reforms were always going to produce winners and losers. What is now becoming clear, with uncomfortable precision, is just how steep the losses will be for a cluster of London boroughs…
What is actually being proposed? The government intends to establish nine regional bodies charged with overseeing water companies across England and Wales. Under plans reported by The Telegraph, local leaders — including elected mayors — would gain authority to direct…
There is a certain candour, however uncomfortable, in admitting that a problem you have spent years promising to solve will, in fact, take five years to address. Reform UK has done precisely that, acknowledging that even under a Nigel Farage-led…
The Houthis are advancing, the Red Sea is growing more dangerous, and the international community is running short of credible responses. That, in essence, is the assessment of Baraa Shiban, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and a…
A Market Pricing in Compounding Crises On Monday morning, as traders in London and New York opened their screens, the numbers told a story that had been building across a turbulent weekend. Brent crude for October and November delivery surged…
Hastings Borough Council has approved a modest but revealing extension to its Dog Control Public Space Protection Order: from November, anyone in charge of a dog in the borough will be expected to carry a suitable bag, receptacle or other…
Twenty-five years on from the most devastating terrorist attack in modern history, the BBC chose to mark the anniversary of September 11 in a manner that has provoked considerable unease among politicians, commentators, and ordinary viewers. The criticism is pointed…