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The soundtrack to Japanese politics was once “quiet, calm, ambient”, says The Economist. No longer. New prime minister Sanae Takaichi, a one-time heavy-metal drummer, is setting a new beat that is “br

The evidence is clear: the Tory Party’s plight can be blamed on the Liz Truss U-turn that exploded its claim to hard-headed competence

Controversy of the week Farage’s economic pitch When ...

After World War II, America and its allies put in place a set of alliances, institutions and power structures to rebuild war-ravaged countries, create geopolitical stability and generate global econom

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The Conservative Party, the “oldest, most successful political party in the history of democracy”, is in big trouble, says Andrew Neil. Its “very survival is on the line”. Indeed, if there were an ele