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Within 20 years we have managed to halve our sense of national self-worth

There are two wars that President Trump understandably wants to end. The conflict in the Middle East is actually the easier of the two to solve. And who thought anyone would ever be able to say that?

These organisations are run by people who think the best way for a nation to act is as a sort of large NGO

It was inevitable, from the moment she first appeared, that the diverse woman of colour would be the hero

Over the past 15 months, since Hamas invaded Israel and Hezbollah attacked from the north, Israel and its enemies have been in a full-on conflict. The Revolutionary Islamic Government in Iran has been funding and organizing a multi-pronged attack to destroy the Jewish state. And it has failed.

How does a new president restore faith in government? Václav Havel’s answer was to allow people to speak the truth.

On issue after issue Britain is in this same netherworld

The UK Border Force effectively works as an arm of the smuggling networks

The promised return of “common sense” to America will have lots of people squealing. Already there are people complaining that the most common-sensical things of all are somehow a problem.

As a shaky peace settles over Israel once more, it is imperative for all who believe in democracy to remember King’s words: “Peace for Israel means security and that security must be a reality.”

It’s important that people who come to your burning home look like you. This is meant to be empowering

With the leverage the US has in the Middle East, a hardball approach against the Qataris, Iranians and Turks could have solved this mess 15 months ago. Instead it has taken the pressure of the incoming Trump administration to get a deal agreed.