Mallen Baker: Faultlines

As Boris Johnson falters, momentum is growing for a new populist campaign to bring down net zero with him - and Nigel Farage thinks he might be just the man for the job. President Biden’s administrat…

The Tory civil war to take out Boris Johnson goes up a gear, but he plans to fight to the end. Joe Biden’s voting reform bill fails as predicted and he suggests the next election will be stolen as a …

In this news roundup of the week, President Biden talked about Trump’s threat to democracy while his supporters care more about whether their kids are in school, another UK jury acquits campaigners i…

In this news round-up of the week, continuing good news on omicron fails to stem the tide of policy chaos and disarray, Germany shuts down three of its nuclear power plants making it more dependent o…

The threat of new restrictions in England recede in the face of the latest scientific studies into Omicron, the scientific advisors on both sides of the channel come under unprecedented attack for br…

In this week’s round-up of the news, Boris Johnson gets battered from all signs as people demand a return to competent government, the Omicron variant continues to be labelled as a major health emerg…

The UK government continues to suffer the death of a thousand self-inflicted wounds, the evidence seems to be growing that the Omicron variant causes mostly mild disease but the government is still p…

Germany locks down the unvaccinated and signals a vote on mandatory vaccination. The Womens Tennis Association cancels all events in China over missing Peng Shuai. And the US Supreme Court starts the…

In this week’s news roundup, a new Covid-19 variant in Africa is causing enough concern that the UK is banning flights from affected countries. Germany forms a new coalition government and it’s remar…

Europe joins Biden’s America in using the power of the law against the unvaccinated. The world of women’s tennis refuses to bend to China’s will in defence of missing tennis champion Peng Shuai. And …

COP26 is almost finished – what did it actually achieve? The UK and the US have declining covid cases but are contemplating vaccine mandates anyway. And Chinese premier Xi Jinping takes another step …

The Boris Johnson government grapples with the consequences of its apparent incompetence in the fall-out over sleaze. The Biden administration grapples with the consequences of Democrats political ra…

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In this news roundup of the week, the UK government is fighting calls to bring back Covid restrictions as cases increase. Boris Johnson launched the long-awaited net zero strategy creating a heated d…

The former chief software officer of the US Defence Department declares that China has won the race for AI supremacy and is assured of future world domination. The world continues to grapple with the…

The UK faces a winter of discontent as everything seemingly falls apart at once. Some significant new promises are made in advance of the COP26 climate conference. And the US and China promise not to…

A new defence pact against the growing influence of China receives a furious response. America ponders whether a top general committed treason in an attempt to save it from Trump. And there are big p…

President Biden announces it’s time to blame the unvaccinated and mandate them into compliance. China says ‘no’ to pressure on climate change. And the Taliban are rebuked by the EU for being insuffic…

Europe and the US are all focused on booster shots for the vaccine, in the face of significant criticism. Joe Biden announces America will focus on its interests first and foremost, and it immediatel…

The retreat from Afghanistan takes an extremely grim turn, with consequences being felt across the world. Excess deaths and supply chain chaos are evident as the consequences of Covid lockdowns conti…