Gary Gibbon
China’s Premier Li – on EU reform and the Scottish question
In the UK for a three-day visit, Premier Li failed to kill off his ambassador’s insult suggesting Britain was behind Germany and France in Beijing’s estimation.
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When Brexit meets Fashion
From beautifully crafted suits to flamboyant leisure wear – London Fashion week’s Menswear event opened today with three days of runway shows in the city’s East End. It’s growing success is a sign of the impact mens’ fashion is now having on the British economy. But even for an industry which prides itself on predicting…
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Calls for second Brexit referendum but can it actually happen?
Opposition to Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal is increasing.
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EU leaders agree to second stage of Brexit talks
For once, some Brexit news which Theresa May can put under the Christmas tree. European leaders have given the green light for the Brexit negotiations to continue to their second stage. But at the Brussels summit, they warned that the next phase of talks would be more difficult than the first. And they said Britain…
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Brendan Cox: Trump ‘spreading far-right vitriol’
Brendan Cox, the husband of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, has accused Donald Trump of spreading hate. His wife was murdered by a far-right extremist who reportedly shouted “Britain First” while attacking her. The group Britain First have always denied involvement in the murder.
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May: ‘What we want is someone to be difficult and to stand up for Britain’
Speaking on the eve of the election, Prime Minister Theresa May tells Jon Snow she will be “difficult” and “stand up for Britain” in the Brexit negotiations.
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Briton dies fighting IS
A British man has been killed fighting the Islamic State group in Syria.Twenty-year-old Ryan Lock, a former chef with no military experience, travelled to the country to fight alongside Kurdish militia known as the YPG.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
China defrosts; visas rewritten
George Osborne was meant to be in Beijing on his own, not sharing the stage with Boris Johnson. Why the double act? Gary Gibbon investigates.
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Jonathan Rugman
Syria's lesson is that exhaustive diplomacy must precede force
Why have all the powers involved in trying to resolve the Syria crisis – the US, Russia, France and Britain – so singularly failed to exhaust diplomatic avenues to avoid conflict?
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Factcheck: Britain – is anyone paying attention?
Yes, Britain is smaller than Russia. By land mass at least. We look at some other indicators of Britain’s influence.
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FactCheck: Britain and the global power players 2003 v 2013
How much has Britain’s global position changed since Tony Blair led us into the Iraq War in 2003? FactCheck compares Britain to the other UN Security Council members.
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Gary Gibbon
Parliament likely to back limited military strikes on Syria
The recall of the House of Commons to debate Syria on Thursday suggests that US-led military action is scheduled to happen before the beginning of next week.
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Michael Crick
Lib Dems ditch elections to Lords
‘The Liberal Democrats have long had a quirky system where every couple of years members at their annual conference elect a panel of names for the party’s future peerages.’
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Michael Crick
Could three little words undo the plan for some city mayors?
“This may seem incredibly trivial – what do three extra words really matter?”
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Michael Crick
Will Donny scrap its elected mayor?
While ten British cities are voting on whether to have an elected mayor, Doncaster, which introduced the post in 2001, is voting on whether to scrap theirs – which suggests the system hasn’t been a great success.