The clash between Zelenskyy / Europeans and Trump doesn't seem to happen today. Everybody has decided to be nice. But there will be a point when there will be a clash. Russia has not changed its war aims, and Ukraine won't abandon itself. That cannot be reconciled in talks.

Peace in Our Time, 2025-style: Russia launched 574 drones and 40 missiles on Ukraine Wednesday night into Thursday morning, a record since mid-July.

Angela Raynor ! Public figure - bad judgement not to get specialist tax advice ( perhaps motivated by paying less stamp duty as things stood!) Public dishonesty-blaming her lawyers for the mistake to save her political career when they provided caveats and were not tax experts

I asked Zelenskyy Financial Times about the frontline, idea of a "DMZ" or "free economic zone." And at what stage is the discussion of this issue specifically. And is a referendum a theoretical idea, or could such an option realistically be considered? Zelensky: I believe that

Asked by the Financial Times why Zelenskyy chose to criticise Europe so harshly in his speech, a senior aide to the Ukrainian president said that he wanted to spur Europe into action. Europe, he said, “has so much power” but it consistently underestimated that power. “Every time we try to

It is shocking how little coverage there is of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine due to Russia's destruction of its energy grid. It's -20C outside and half of the country experienced a total blackout today. Metro trains stopped operating in Kyiv and Kharkiv today.

On a Plan 2 Student loan? Why freezing the repayment threshold from 2027 to 2030 is, in my view, a breach of natural justice. A brief audio explainer

There is not a single power plant left in Ukraine that has not been damaged by Russian attacks. Not one. But we still generate electricity. Thanks to our people. We have kept our system running thanks to physical protection of the facilities – and thanks to everyone who helps us

Here's the real reason the government keeps freezing the student loan threshold The part of the loan that's repaid is classed as an asset on Treasury spreadsheets. But when plan 2 student loans started to be repaid, the percentage received back was less than expected... 1/4

The irony is “RPI + 3%” was meant to be progressive, a way of making sure high earners didn't pay their loan back too quickly Yet freezing the bands is anything but. More in my column thetimes.com/article/a6602b…

Employer NI went from 13.8% to 15% in April 2025. The threshold dropped from £9,100 to £5,000. That's an extra £937.80 per employee per year. Since then, payrolled employees have dropped by 184,000 and unemployment just hit its highest level since 2015. Nobody's connecting the

8 visits to Kremlin. 0 visits to Kyiv.

Ben Hodges nailed it. Watching Zelenskyy get publicly humiliated in the Oval Office, while his country is bleeding out against Russia, was a mask-off moment for U.S. leadership. Millions saw it live, choked on their coffee, and quietly updated their worldview: America doesn’t

The evidence is clear

The govt's Student Loan Plan 2 repayment freeze in April 2027 must be reversed. It isn't moral. I'm concerned that my debate with Kemi Badenoch this morning distracts from the most immediate problem. In April 2027 Rachel Reeves will freeze the Plan 2 student loan threshold until

As this horrific and unnecessary war enters its fifth year the West and especially the United States needs to understand the truth: Putin does not want to end this war. Putin does not want peace. Putin will not stop the slaughter until he faces much greater pressure. So for

We ought to write off a significant portion of existing student debt. We ought to offer proper grants for economically productive courses - maths, science, engineering, economics. And we ought to teach our young people that university is not the only path. Right now, too many

Students who were promised opportunity have been left with debts that will never be fully repaid. The current system is a scam on an entire generation. We must rebuild it.

Student loans are a government-backed, wealth-destroying scam. Want another preying on the young? Leasehold has made the first rung of the property ladder toxic. “Buy” a flat and become a wage slave to a freeholder. Leasehold will collapse the UK property market. WATCH 👇

If you cannot control future costs walk away. We have seen why we can’t trust Governments with student loans. Don’t make the same mistake with leaseholds