Emeritus professor of international history at LSE. Author of key works ‘The Case for Brexit’ and ‘Scotland. A Unionist History’. His views are his own.

London, England
Joined March 2016
Now the Energy Secretary has criticised Mahmood’s immigration reforms saying they will not aid integration. The split in cabinet is widening.
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The truth about Robert Burns and his connection to the slave trade thetimes.com/article/2340b2d…
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Farmers make a last-minute plea to Burnham to abolish their inheritance tax in the budget.
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Ukraine has carried out its largest attack on St Petersburg setting an oil terminal aflame.
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More than 200,000 migrants given an indefinite right to remain since Labour promised a crackdown.
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Price of bran flakes, porridge and fruit juice to soar as Labour brands good foods unhealthy.
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Healey apparently plans to charge income tax on businesses being passed on by parents. Another regressive form of wealth tax.
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Burnham calls the million of young people unemployed an economic catastrophe and moral failure. But what will he do about it?Like his view on social care, he will discover that real plans and hard cash will be needed. Funded ironically by welfare cuts.
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Macron rails against the extreme Left as riots in France lead to 2,400 arrests.
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Blunkett leads Labour backlash against Burnham’s plans for electoral reform. It could lead to small parties with outlandish views calling the shots. Burnham could be the last Labour prime minister with a parliamentary majority.
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Pour moi, c'est l'image la plus horrible de ce 17 octobre: Un couple d'octogénaire dépouillé de tout, en pleine rue, laissé à moitié nu. Comme si les Rolex, les Vuiton, les Hermès, les Dior, les Sephora pillés n'étaient pas suffisants pour la revente. L'image qui devrait être un signal d'alarme pour tout l'occident. L'image d'un pseudo président qui a perdu le contrôle. Qui a totalement échoué envers son peuple. L'image d'une gauche radicale qui a sacrifié votre propre identité pour faire de votre pays une zone de guerre, aux arrières-plans culturels qui n'ont rien à voir avec les vôtres. Cette image est effrayante!
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The French government and media still want you to believe these are just student protests. Check out all of France’s future doctors, lawyers and engineers:
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