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Simon Schama: ‘Britain is a much more tolerant place now. I’m Mr Sunshine on this’
Simon Schama, 79, is a writer, television presenter and professor of history and art history at Columbia University in New York. His bestselling, prize-winning books include
The Embarrassment of Riches
, about the Dutch Golden Age, andCitizens
, a study of the French Revolution. His television series for the BBC …‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest-ever prime minister has a plan for a new kind of governance
Since then it has had multiple female presidents and prime ministers, but it wasn’t until …
Callum Simpson stops Steed Woodall early to retain titles on emotional night
Labour MP joins calls for national inquiry into grooming gangs
A Labour MP has become the first to break ranks and publicly call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs and has urged the prime minister to “use the full power of the state to deliver justice”.
Keir Starmer and other ministers have suggested they are open-minded about a future …
Pollock wows with brace of tries despite Northampton’s loss at Stade Français
Henry Pollock pressed home his claim for a place in England’s Six Nations squad on Tuesday, scoring two tries as Northampton’s standout performer before the patched-up Saints were ultimately put to the sword.
Pollock stole the show in a breathless first quarter when Northampton raced into a 21-0 lead with …
Molly Russell’s father warns PM that UK ‘going backwards’ on online safety
The father of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself after viewing harmful content on social media has told Keir Starmer that the UK is “going backwards” on online safety.
Ian Russell, chair of the Molly Rose Foundation set up in memory of Molly, who took her own life in 2017, …
Australia’s once-in-a-generation crop out to break 49-year drought at home grand slam
Australia’s once-in-a-generation crop of men’s tennis players may be remaining coy about their own chances of breaking a 49-year drought and winning their home grand slam, but they are happy to talk up each others’ prospects for the tournament starting on Sunday.
UK can be ‘AI sweet spot’: Starmer’s tech minister on regulation, Musk, and free speech
prisons crisis
still teetering and Britain’sborrowing costs soaring
, there are few easy jobs going in Keir Starmer’s cabinet at present.But even in such difficult times, the task of convincing Silicon Valley’s finest to help make Britain a …
Tech giants told UK online safety laws ‘not up for negotiation’
Britain’s new laws to boost safety and tackle hate speech online are “not up for negotiation”, a senior government minister has warned, after Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg
to pressure countries they regard as “censoring” content.
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UK can be …
Majority of Britons believe Musk having negative impact on UK politics
More than half of voters think Elon Musk is having a negative effect on British politics following his criticism of Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage, according to the latest Opinium poll for the
Observer
.The South African-born billionaire has spent much of the past week using his social media …