Gary Gibbon
Brexit, Northern Ireland and John Major
Those around Theresa May are now hopeful that they can kick the draft treaty down the tracks just as they did the original Joint Report on Article 50.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Putin ‘lives and rules like Al Capone’
While Britain places the blame for the Skripal poisonings firmly on Russia, we went to meet the exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky to ask about the Kremlin’s continuing strained relationship with the West. He was once Russia’s richest man, as head of the oil giant Yukos, before spending 10 years in prison for tax evasion.…
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What is the Iran deal – and why is Trump opposed to it?
It was all about centrifuges, industrial spinning tubes designed to enrich uranium and crucial to making a nuclear bomb. Five years ago, Iran was set to spin thousands of them, but the deal brokered in 2015 stopped almost all of them and Iran’s nuclear programme was frozen. But Donald Trump has never liked it, once…
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Former Rochdale Council leader ‘lied’
The former leader of Rochdale Council has been suspended from the Labour Party after a report from an inquiry into child sexual abuse said he lied when giving evidence. Richard Farnell continues to insist that he was not told about allegations of abuse spanning three decades at residential schools in the borough. But the Independent…
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New documents reveal Cambridge Analytica pitched ‘unique’ social media data in multiple US election campaigns
According to previously unseen documents obtained by Channel 4 News, Cambridge Analytica was pitching its “unique” social media data and “psychographic profiling” to multiple Republican election campaigns in the US after harvesting the profiles of up to 87 million mostly American Facebook users.
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Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, jailed in Iran: ‘She is fragile’
Two years ago today, dual-national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by the authorities in Iran. Nazanin was then jailed for five-years accused of spying and trying to overthrow the Iranian regime – something she has always denied. Despite a high profile campaign and appeals to the Foreign Secretary for help, there’s no sign of any movement…
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Long read: Does the UK’s case against Russia stack up?
When a former Russian spy and his daughter were found slumped on a park bench in Salisbury, it wasn’t long before investigators started looking at the Kremlin with suspicion. But how strong is the UK’s evidence against Russia? And what do the experts think?
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Trump-Kim summit: the diplomatic chess game
The extraordinary planned meeting has echoes of Richard Nixon’s mission to China in 1972 and this US-North Korean summit poses serious questions for other nations. So how will China and Russia react?
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Sleeping rough on the streets of Windsor
Back in January, Simon Dudley, leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council, found himself at the centre of a row after calling on the local police to clear Windsor of homeless people before the royal wedding in May. His comments brought into sharp focus the divide between rich and poor, as homeless figures across the country…
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Ann Coulter’s 10 misleading claims about immigrants and mass shootings
In just one article, Ms Coulter has made ten false or contested claims about immigration, mass shootings and gun control. Here they are.
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Gary Gibbon
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Lord Mark Malloch-Brown on George Soros: ‘We’re proud to have his money’
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown was accused by the Daily Mail of being part of a group of wealthy businessmen trying to affect the Brexit process. Richard Tice is co-chair of the Brexit-supporting Leave Means Leave group.
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Ukip’s Liz Jones: ‘Ukip members don’t want Henry Bolton as leader’
Liz Jones, who stood for the Ukip leadership in 2016 and sits on the party’s national executive committee, and Ukip member Richard Palmer discuss Henry Bolton.
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“It felt like we were close and the we got bumped down the queue” – Husband of jailed British-Iranian women
Boris Johnson has defended the Iran Nuclear deal, saying it remains the best way to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The Foreign Secretary’s statement in Brussels puts him at odds with Donald Trump who said the agreement was “the worst deal ever” and who offered his support to anti-government protests in Iran earlier this month. So…
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Barry Bennell admits child sexual offences
The former Crewe Alexandra youth coach Barry Bennell has admitted seven charges of child sex abuse. The 63-year-old ex-coach, who has now changed his name to Richard Jones, is still due to stand trial over alleged offences involving boys aged between eight and 15.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘eligible for early release’
The family of the British Iranian woman who’s been jailed in Tehran say they’re hopeful she could be home soon. They’ve discovered that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case has been classed as “eligible for early release”. Her husband Richard Ratcliffe said it was “definitely a positive step” – although he was still cautious about the news.
