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Forget the country. Save the party
The world may be burning but members of Britain’s governing Labour party seem more interested in a fight over the leadership
 • Philip Stephens
Europe cannot forever indulge Trump
France, Germany and Britain must now draw their own red lines for the transatlantic relationship
 • Philip Stephens
Making sense of international disorder
…Or how Britain’s retreat from the Caribbean in 1905 maps the new geopolitical landscape
 • Philip Stephens
Reports of Keir Starmer's demise are much exaggerated
One thing we should have learned during the tumult of recent years is not to project the present into the future.
 • Philip Stephens
A German lesson for Ireland
A successful united Ireland would be a merger not a takeover
 • Philip Stephens
Israel’s choice: Oslo or Netanyahu's apartheid state?
A two-state settlement looks unachievable. Until you look at the alternatives
 • Philip Stephens
Inside-Out Correction
My last post unfairly traduced Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak. It was Liz Truss who said she could not decide whether France was friend or foe…
 • Philip Stephens
Inside-Out, political commentary from Philip Stephens
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