Brexit & Foreign Policy
Syrians die at a rate of ten per day in Assad’s prisons
Amnesty International report finds 'systematic torture' by Assad regime
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Thatcher’s legacy in Northern Ireland
For Margaret Thatcher, Northern Ireland wasn’t just a political minefield but a personal tragedy. Just months before she took office in 1979, her close friend and ally, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary Airey Neave, who led her campaign for the Conservative Party Leadership, was killed when a bomb, planted by republican terrorists, went off from under his car as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster.
Margaret Thatcher’s mixed fortunes in Wales
In 2008, the Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkns declared that plans for a portrait of Margaret Thatcher to hang in the Welsh Assembly was an “insult to the people of Wales". At the same time, the then Conservative AM and now MP for the Vale of Galmorgan Alun Cairns praised the ex PM for having “transformed the Welsh economy.”
Scotland reacts to the death of Margaret Thatcher
With just one MP still in Scotland, the effect of Margaret Thatcher’s reign continues to blight the Conservative party north of the border.
Comment: Arming our police is not the solution
Following the murders of policewomen Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, there have been calls to arm the police; this is not the answer, writes James Hallwood.
Afghanistan: All over bar the shouting… and dying
Following Obama's troop withdrawal announcemnt, a look at the Obama surge’s impact on the strategic situation in Afghanistan and what the end game may look like.