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The controversial ads displayed at a Tube station in London.

Controversial Tube ads spark outrage as right to die debate divides Britain

British MPs are to debate a bill which would legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults. A decade after a similar bill was overwhelmingly rejected, the result appears to be on a knife’s edge.

  • Rob Harris

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Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel had to put up with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dog at a meeting at his residence in 2007. He knew she was afraid of dogs.

Dogs and long waits: Merkel recalls Putin’s ‘power games’

The former German chancellor’s memoirs are out. And she’s saying a lot more in public than she did in 16 years.

  • Geir Moulson
Simon Harris, Prime Minister of Ireland in Switzerland in June.

Russian honeytrap Brexit plot is ‘no surprise’, says Irish PM

The PM’s comments follow news that a member of the Irish parliament had been enlisted by Russian intelligence as an agent during the Brexit talks.

  • Michael Murphy
Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier appointed next French PM. (File picture).

Macron appoints ‘French Joe Biden’ as new PM to break political deadlock

Michel Barnier drove a hard bargain in Brexit negotiations, infuriating Brexiteers during a time of tense relations with the EU.

  • Rob Harris
Illustration: Dionne Gain

Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit, and proving just as intractable

If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along, then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.

  • Shaun Carney

When I met Starmer, he’d have won my ‘least likely PM’ vote. Look at him now

He’s cautious, a bit bland and with no big vision, but he’s ousted the crooked Conservatives in this chaos-weary country.

  • Kathy Lette
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Tony Blair in 1997, Keir Starmer in 2024.

Fool Britannia: Brits hoping for a return to the Blair-era glory days are dreaming

Where Tony Blair arrived at a point of hope, Keir Starmer enters at a point of despair. The excitement and pride of 1997 have given way to deep cynicism and Brexit division.

  • Gary Nunn
Brexit rancour has had a long but slowly ebbing afterlife.

Bregrets? They’ve got a few. Most Brits now think leaving EU was a mistake

As Britons head to the polls this week, a majority think that leaving the European Union has delivered few benefits.

  • Rob Harris
Tony Wright on one of his motorcycles, before donning his helmet and gloves.

Riding chill streets, listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle

The first rule of riding a motorcycle is look where you want to go. Could it be a metaphor for life?

  • Tony Wright
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during an election campaign event at Trago Mills.

‘Farage our saviour?’ Divisive Brit’s bid to win over his country’s worst resort town

Long the butt of jokes, Clacton-on-Sea, a 90-minute train ride north-east of London, is at the forefront of British politics ahead of the July 4 election.

  • Rob Harris

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