Chinese media hails success of Trump's 'pilgrimage ' to Beijing

Terrific. Tremendous. An extraordinary few days. Such was Donald Trump’s characterisation of his pomp-filled sojourn in Beijing. Chines...

Read More

North Korea nuclear test: why did Kim Jong-un press the button now ?

It rarely happens that one country’s actions unite the world in condemnation, yet this is what North Korea has achieved with reports of...

Read More

Ken Livingstone: 'This isn't a race to elect a chat-show host'

  The last time I met Ken Livingstone we had a bit of a row about electoral strategy. He told me that voters respect him because he sp...

Read More

So where are all the black police officers?

In response to the sentencing on Wednesday of Gary Dobson and David Norris for the murder of her son, Doreen Lawrence preferred to focus...

Read More

Gaddafi vows 'martyrdom or victory' after fleeing compound

Muammar Gaddafi has vowed "martyrdom or victory" hours after Libyan rebels swarmed into his fortified compound in Tripoli. Follo...

Read More

Mikhail Gorbachev: I should have abandoned the Communist party earlier

Politicians rarely admit mistakes, but Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev always was in a different class. So it is not surprising that, as he...

Read More

Labour calls for schools to teach 'route into work'

Any secondary school pupils not planning to go to university would be given a clearer "route into work" under Labour party plans...

Read More