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Gerald Kaufman, who has just died aged 86, at least fulfilled his wish of remaining an MP until the end of his life. He represented a tough...

There isn’t generally anything much that’s epochal about a parliamentary by-election in Britain. Each returns a single Member of Parliamen...

“We must not forget that a key motivating factor behind the vote to leave the EU was to control immigration,” Andrea Leadsom, UK Secretary o...

I strongly believe, and often say, that rail is the luxury form of travel of our time. It’s also romantic. The sound of the wheels on the ...

Of the many bosses I’ve had the privilege to meet over a long career, one of the more memorable impressed me particularly when he called his...

It’s been wonderful spending a few days in Ireland. There’s a warmth and generosity to the people here that keeps surprising me, used as I a...

Birds of a feather flock together, they say. Or to put it the way the French do, tell me who you hang out with, and I’ll tell you who you ar...