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Sunak’s ‘seismic’ deal resolves N. Ireland border problem – but DUP support remains elusive

The Northern Irish question has caused endless headaches in Belfast, London and Brussels throughout the Brexit saga. Now analysts say the deal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck with the EU Commission this week offers genuine resolution of the problem. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)’s backing will be needed to…

France 24 · Mar 2, 2023

Putin is gambling on the west growing impatient with Ukraine. We have to prove him wrong

A year into his country’s fight for its very survival, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows some in Europe are looking for a way out, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

New Labour's woolly jumper bans and ‘ghastly’ away days revealed in archives

THE latest release of files from the National Archives in Kew have revealed new insights into the important business of government.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 30, 2022

How much it costs to keep the lights on at a hospital, prison, and swimming pool as costs soar

Energy price hikes are rampaging through every sector of the economy and what support is made available to non-domestic customers after April is a major concern

Wales Online · Nov 22, 2022

Johnson premiership would ‘plunge relations with Ireland into freezer’, peace process architect warns

UK ‘laughing stock’ internationally after Johnson and Truss premierships, says Jonathan Powell

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

Michigan State basketball offers 2024 Ohio guard

MSU has extended an offer to a 2024 Ohio combo guard

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 8, 2022

Lord Trimble obituary

Unionist politician who was one of the architects of the Good Friday agreement and served as the first minister of Northern Ireland

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

British government ‘destroying trust’ with Irish government over protocol

Former Downing Street chief of staff Jonathan Powell said the relationship between the two governments was ‘terrible’.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

Ukraine must agree a peace deal with Russia. But at what price?

Letters: Peter Millen, Des Senior, Martin Wright and George Baugh respond to Jonathan Powell’s article on the need to find a settlement that both sides in the war will accept

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022

Putin is not yet ready to end the Ukraine war. When he is, we must be prepared

It’s vital to avoid a false choice between peace and justice, says Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s chief negotiator on Northern Ireland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022