Country boy and anti-euro campaigner Nick Herbert considers the Conservatives to be united on Europe and setting the pace on policing, public services and prison reform
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I am such a stick-in-the-mud old traditionalist that I positively wince when I hear clapping in the chamber of the House of Commons. I used to think it was as incongruous and out-of-place as clapping in church, then I realised that that was happening too.
The clapping that started outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral service for Diana Princess of Wales, spread – horror upon horrors – to inside the great edifice as well.
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Serving during a time when his British counterparts are phasing out the term ‘special relationship’, outgoing US ambassador Robert Tuttle insists to Sam Macrory that history will be kinder to his president than might currently be expected
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The editor introduces this month's issue of Blue Skies, which looks at sustainable aviation
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Mop-headed Henley MP Boris Johnson has been given the Institute of Public Relations president’s medal for his “unique communications style and ability to engage with his audience”.
With the Archbishop of Canterbury still sizzling under the media magnifying glass over his comments about Sharia law, now seems an appropriate time to point to one of Boris’s lesser known suggestions: “I’m calling for Sharia law for bicycle thieves.”
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