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Reports coming out of Turkey far into the night indicate only that the picture is still very confused. Many of the reports are tweets from eyewitnesses: although these give an immediate picture of episodes happening on the ground, it is hard ...

Shortly after 9pm tonight, Friday, 16th July 2016, a section of the Turkish military released a formal statement announcing that it had taken control of the Turkish state from the elected Government and had taken state power for itself. Matters ...

She didn’t quote St Francis of Assisi, but in every other way Theresa May sounded – as she set the scene for her premiership – like Margaret Thatcher. It wasn’t the obvious comparison – of the second woman Prime Minister ...

Life in Dhaka changed forever on Friday, as the city discovered that it seems to have become a target for ISIS activity. The incident began when gunmen burst in to the Holey Artisan Bakery, a somewhat upmarket café, known to ...

Boris Johnson began this morning (Monday, 27th June) with a classic blunder. As he came out of his Islington home, to which he had returned after a weekend in his country home, he announced that all was well with the ...

Labour MPs having a hissy fit over their leadership is nothing new. The 18 Labour MPs who have resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in the last 48 hours are following in the footsteps of those who have done it all ...

Events are unfolding fast in both the Tory and Labour Parties in the aftermath of the EU referendum result. The Tories are about to enter a leadership contest. Divided already by the referendum campaign, they will now prolong the division ...

The official declaration of the referendum result came at 7.20am. Buckle your seatbelt, find a helmet, hide under the kitchen table – it’s going to be a very rough ride. Nigel Farage is delighted. Boris Johnson is delighted. Michael Gove ...

One look at the faces of those leading the “exit” campaign should be enough to convince you to rush out and vote “remain”. Look at them: Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Ian Duncan Smith and… wait for it… Nigel Farage. Would ...

The murder of Jo Cox MP has shocked us all. We are shocked because someone who only became an MP because she won local popular support should not be removed from that post by a lone dissident. We are shocked ...