There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Is it time to end the royal pantomime?
Bedrock of the nation, essential constitutional brake, family role model — or an affront to democracy and drain on resources at a time of crisis, asks EMMA DENT COAD
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
AS the current chapter of the Royal Chronicles draws to a close, there is inevitably anticipation, discussion and concern over what is to come when Queen Elizabeth II is no more.
Whatever magic, mystery and myth may have surrounded the royal family in the past, the sunlight of the tabloid press, gossip columns — and mainstream media — has well and truly exposed it. The fairy tale has hit the buffers.
Some members of the family may at times be gracious, funny, kind, selfless and caring, but some can also be venal, greedy, possibly racist and allegedly involved in criminal activity. They are human, with human faults, but lots of money.
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