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In February 2010, Prince Andrew celebrated his 50th ...

Donald Trump is flailing, and no wonder. He was not elected to shoot nurses or raise healthcare costs for ordinary Americans while cutting taxes for billionaires. Yet the Democratic party’s elderly, w

Few politicians have had as much experience at compiling resignation statements as Peter Mandelson. Even so, the latest – announcing his departure from the Labour Party after a lifetime’s immersion –

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At the start of June 2013, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) appeared to be dead in the water. It was almost 18 months since the then European commissioner for justice, Vi