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UK’s Mandelson affair exposes risk of politicising diplomacy

UK Harvey Morris - April 22, 2026.

Career diplomats watching the latest instalment of the Peter Mandelson drama unfold in the British parliament this week might be forgiven for concluding that the...

Starmer's Mandelson nightmare never ends

UK TA | AP Insight - April 18, 2026.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer probably wishes he had never heard the name Peter Mandelson. Starmer is again facing questions over his future. And again, it’s...

Trump’s veto of UK’s Chagos Islands deal underlines security dilemmas of Indian Ocean states

UK Harvey Morris - April 15, 2026.

UK and Mauritian officials will meet next week to discuss the future of their deal on transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after it was...

UK puts Chagos Islands handover deal on hold

UK TA | AP Insight - April 11, 2026.

Britain’s agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic U.K.-American military base is on indefinite hold because U.S. President Donald...

Another UK-EU reset, another empty promise?

UK Ferry Biedermann - April 9, 2026.

One of the biggest gripes of voters in a wide swathe of Western democracies appears to be the utter fecklessness of politicians – the perception...

The marmalade factor: the UK, EU and Trump’s war of choice

UK Harvey Morris - April 8, 2026.

As war continued to rage across the Middle East, some of the UK’s shrillest political voices have been engaged in a bitter battle to preserve...

More opportunism than opportunity in the UK right’s Christian appeal

UK Harvey Morris - April 1, 2026.

A survey of church attendance published last year encouraged Britain’s Christian leaders to proclaim a quiet revival was under way until it recently emerged that...

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