Elon Musk has privately discussed with allies how Keir Starmer could be removed as UK prime minister before the next general election, according to people briefed on the matter. Mr Musk, the world’s richest man and key confidant of US president-elect Donald Trump, is probing how he and his right-wing allies can destabilise the UK … Read more
By CLAIRE ELLICOTT and SAM GREENHILL Published: 19:01 EST, 30 December 2024 | Updated: 19:27 EST, 30 December 2024 The last time Britain sent him off to foreign lands, Peter Mandelson launched a hush-hush operation to dig into the personal and political lives of his new EU colleagues, files from 2004 reveal. Now poised to … Read more
State Papers: British general called Bloody Sunday inquiry a ‘cynical move’ to ‘scapegoat’ troops TheJournal.ie British general called Saville Inquiry ‘cynical move’ RTÉ News Senior British general ‘furious’ about new Bloody Sunday inquiry he saw as ‘cynical political move’ The Irish Times Irish officials taken aback by British general’s criticism of Saville Tribunal into Bloody Sunday killings Irish Independent … Read more
As taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 with responsibilities for Anglo-Irish relations and the incipient peace process, John Bruton gets a poor press. Much of it may have been his own fault. He was a man who had taken a keen interest in Irish history throughout his life and was stubbornly “his own man”. Why else … Read more