The Scots have long been stereotyped as dour, miserable whingers, and we finally have proof that this is pure slander. Ailsa ...

Nothing is yet confirmed, but it appears that a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah is imminent. The fighting, ...

Peace is apparently closer than ever in Lebanon. So expect more bloodshed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the ...

Today the Prime Minister is attempting to get back on the front foot with the publication of an employment white paper, aimed ...

Normally when MPs criticise the uncertainty around the government’s relationship with another country, they are referring to ...

There was one silver lining that all Americans could agree on during this year’s election season: at least when the ...

Some time ago, I found myself sitting at a dinner opposite a Labour peer. We chatted over various things as the evening ...

The UK isn’t working. That’s the official view of the government as Keir Starmer launches his latest effort to get Britons ...

When the history of the twentieth century is written, one of the questions that will puzzle historians is the sanctification ...

It turns out it wasn’t just China after all. Mexico, and indeed Canada, are just as much in the firing line. President-Elect ...

The government has today announced a £45 million work drive, with proposed changes to the welfare and out-of-work support ...

I’ve just broken one of my own golden rules – never buy a book that has won the Booker Prize, because it will be crap. So I ...