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Right to attack Syria but we must stand back now - EXPRESS COMMENT

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:27:00 +0100

IT IS right and proper that the Prime Minister should be grilled in the Commons over her decision to dispatch RAF jets in the US strike on Syria: this country’s involvement in Middle Eastern affairs has frequently ended in disaster.

Our immigration system is utterly unfit for purpose, says ROSS CLARK

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:11:00 +0100

WHAT kind of immigration system invites in an Islamic State terrorist who lied about his age while at the same time trying to expel residents who arrived as children and have since spent decades working hard and paying their taxes? The answer, depressingly, is our own.

Cats are more than just pets, they are treasured family members says MINDY HAMMOND

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:11:00 +0100

TWENTY-TWO years is a grand age in the feline world and that’s how long we were fortunate to share our lives with our dear ginger tom, Rucksack.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still enlarging his vocabulary...

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:15:00 +0100

WHATEVER criticisms one may have of the current US President, it can hardly be denied that Donald Trump has a way with words.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still afraid of superstitions...

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:04:00 +0100

A YOUNG lady rang me on Friday morning and asked how I was. I have always found that a tough question, particularly in the morning, as I have learned that no useful thought is ever accomplished before lunch, so I told her that I was much the same as the previous day.

Do your homework before you invest in a magnolia says ALAN TITCHMARSH

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:35:00 +0100

OVER the next few weeks you may be tempted to invest in a magnolia.

It is really hard having a big dream, says CAROLE ANN RICE

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:38:00 +0100

HAVE you ever held on to a big dream so much it has turned to plutonium in your mind? What was once a delightful vision to work towards goes from a joyful horn of plenty to a poisoned chalice always out of arm’s reach.

Democracy is an alien concept to 'Remainer' Sir Patrick Stewart - EXPRESS COMMENT

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:20:00 +0100

BRITAIN has spoken and yet a rabble of die-hard Remainers just won’t accept the democratic result. And now they have the audacity to call for a “people’s vote” in a desperate attempt to derail Britain’s exit from the EU.

Gesture politics will worsen matters – they won’t bring peace to Syria, says LEO McKINSTRY

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:44:00 +0100

THE Allied bombardment of Syria at the weekend was little more than a gigantic exercise in gesture politics. The 105 British, French and American missiles were fired not to achieve any hardened military objective but simply to make our politicians feel good about themselves. That is why the attack was so limited.

Chemical weapons in Syria have made military intervention crucial says NASR AL-HARIRI

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:41:00 +0100

IT IS never comfortable to rely on external intervention to protect one’s own people.