As The Guardian notes this morning: The core of the story is that today’s Defence Review will unveil a plan for increased defence spending by
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As the Financial Times has reported: [US] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has insisted the US would never default on its debt as he sought to
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In this second part of my posts on this weekend’s photos, I turn to wildlife. The heron family were out in force. This is the
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It was a good weekend for walking, bird watching, photography and being in nature. I took a lot of photos. Most have been discarded, but
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Starmer appears to be telling anyone who will listen this morning that we should be, and maybe are, preparing for war. War is always the
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As the Financial Times notes: Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25 per cent to 50 per cent
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Andrew Rawnsley wrote this in The Observer this morning: Nigel Farage can promise the moon on a stick. Sir Ed Davey can oppose every tax
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There has been discussion on pension fund management here over the last day or two. My suggestions when making my comments were threefold: Risk is
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This video was actually recorded about three or four days ago, before the furore about pensions that has erupted here over the last couple of
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