Charles is proving a political king – and we should be grateful
The King is trying to repair the damage that successive Tory governments have done to the UK’s global standing and…
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From the NS archive: Ulster’s heart-stopping moment
3 April 1998: Peace talks are reaching a conclusion, but can nationalist and unionist leaders persuade their supporters to accept…
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Who could secure the Good Friday Agreement today?
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak lack the idealism and vision that enabled the Northern Ireland peace deal 25 years ago.
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The IRA’s blank assassin
The Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher.
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Rishi Sunak avoids major rebellion as MPs back Brexit deal
Boris Johnson’s best efforts failed to bring down the Windsor Framework.
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Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”
The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
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The Brexiteers know they’re losing
The momentum is now with those who want a close relationship between the UK and the EU.
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Sunak’s Windsor deal has left Boris Johnson high and dry
The DUP and Brexiteer rebellion against the Prime Minister’s EU deal seems like it will be minimal.
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The rewards of diplomacy
The Windsor framework represents unambiguous progress, and could clear the way for power-sharing to resume in Northern Ireland.
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Turnips over tomatoes? My taste of Brexit Britain’s withering food culture
As supermarkets ration salad, the Environment Secretary suggests Britons turn to turnips. But even that is a distant dream.
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Rishi Sunak has proved himself – but trouble still lies ahead
The PM’s Northern Ireland triumph won’t be enough in the face of deep domestic discord.
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What does Rishi Sunak gain from the Northern Ireland deal?
The “Windsor framework” may restore the UK’s reputation. Whether the PM sees any electoral benefit is another matter.
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Will a Northern Ireland Protocol deal make or break Rishi Sunak?
If the Prime Minister is forced to rely on Labour votes it will be a major blow to his authority.
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Rishi Sunak has an opportunity to purge the Brexit ultras
The Prime Minister should threaten to remove the whip from those Tories who vote against a deal on Northern Ireland.
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Why Keir Starmer’s critics are failing to inflict any damage
The Labour leader’s five “missions” were dismissed by many, but Starmer is undoubtedly improving the party’s electability.
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Can Rishi Sunak solve the Brexit Schleswig-Holstein question?
There’s one way to end the stalemate over Northern Ireland.
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The Brexiteers are still living in a fantasy world
There is no point in Rishi Sunak trying to appease the unappeasable over the Northern Ireland protocol.
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Keir Starmer plays divide and conquer with Northern Ireland deal
Labour wants a closer relationship with the EU, so it makes sense to get that now while casting Brexiteers as…
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Keir Starmer has most to gain from resolution of the Northern Ireland Protocol
The fury of Brexiteers and unionists at compromise only makes Labour look more like the grown-ups in the room.
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Rishi Sunak must face down the Tory Militant Tendency
The Conservative MPs determined to thwart solutions to the Irish border problem are the same ones who created it.
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