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Tony Blair is completely out of touch with British voters, says ROSS CLARK

Fri, 05 Jan 2018 07:17:00 +0000

WHEN future historians turn to the later life of Tony Blair they will be faced with a puzzle: how did a man who seemed to possess a uniquely well-tuned political antennae lose so completely his ability to read the minds of the British public?

The British love for animals goes back centuries, says JOHN INGHAM

Fri, 05 Jan 2018 07:05:00 +0000

BRITAIN loves to think of itself as a nation of animal lovers – and, as I discovered this week this compassion goes back a long way.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still rewriting history...

Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

EDWARD the Confessor died childless on January 5, 1066, leaving the succession to the throne of England a matter of great dispute.

Facebook posting leaves a bad taste, says VIRGINIA BLACKBURN

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

YOU might call it her Ratner moment: the split second when someone does or says something so catastrophically stupid that it destroys their business and indeed their life.

The new year heralds a booming time for Brexit – EXPRESS COMMENT

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

THE new year is upon us and progress on Brexit is already looking good. Farmers will continue to receive their £3.1bn annual subsidies currently set by the EU for five years after the UK leaves the bloc, which will give them plenty of time to plan for a new future.

Ailing National Health Service in desperate need of reform all round, says LEO MCKINSTRY

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 07:23:00 +0000

THE NHS winter crisis has become a fixed ritual in the calendar. This January is no different. In melodramatic terms we are told once again that the NHS is facing catastrophic meltdown.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still fudging the main issues

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

THE Prime Minister, I am told, is considering how best to shuffle jobs in her Cabinet in order to secure the best possible results in the forthcoming vital year of Brexit negotiation.

The dangers of the internet are polarising opinion, even Barack Obama's, says FERGUS KELLY

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

JUST before the new year came in, Barack Obama took the opportunity of a cosy radio interview with Prince Harry to warn against the “dangers of the internet” and how it can cause people to “be cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases”.

I can’t join in all the Nick Clegg knocking says, ANN WIDDECOMBE

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

IN 2010 there was nothing left in the nation’s coffers.

Warning on snacks is just another silly scare story, says STEPHEN POLLARD

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

YOU may have thought that the great dangers facing us as we enter 2018 are a possible war in North Korea, a hard Left-led Labour Party coming to power or the likelihood of further terror attacks. But I bring you major news.