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Farage v Sked Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, had some choice words for Farage in 2015. He lamented what the party had become under Farage, branding him a “silly bugger” for focusing on immigration and praying he wasn’t elected to Westminster. Farage got his revenge last year — storming into the British parliament as MP for Clacton after plenty of tries. Farage v … UKIP itself For years, Farage was synonymous UKIP. Its leader over three separate periods — and the man at the helm when it really started to terrify Britain’s Conservative Party — his exit from UKIP…

Virgin Group wants to launch the new service by the end of the decade, initially running trains from London to Paris and Brussels. A rival to the cross-Channel train service Eurostar could appear as soon as 2029 as Virgin Group seeks to raise £700 million (€832.9mn) for the project.The high frequency service will initially link London to Paris and Brussels, while trains to Amsterdam are part of the long-term plan.Virgin Group told the Financial Times, who initially broke the story, that it intends to raise £300mn (€356.9mn) in equity and £400mn (€475.9mn) in debt.The firm, owned by billionaire Richard Branson,…

The Swiss government has been pushing back against a landmark legal climate ruling last year. Switzerland hasn’t shown that it’s meeting the requirements of a landmark climate change decision from Europe’s highest human rights court, the Council of Europe announced on Friday.Last April the European Court of Human Rights sided with a group of older Swiss women against their government. It ruled that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change and that Switzerland “had failed to comply with its duties” to combat climate change and meet emissions targets.Six months after the decision, Switzerland asked for the…

The U.S. is due to impose tariffs of 25 percent on its global steel and aluminum imports by this Wednesday. This would reactivate, and escalate, a dispute dating back to Trump’s first term. The EU has made clear it is ready to hit back with retaliatory measures. Šefčovič, who was announcing a new digital trade deal with Korea, also stressed that “the EU would protect its businesses, workers and consumers. I think we’ve been very clear about it and I know they expect no less from us.” The trade boss also highlighted that “[the] interest is indeed huge” from other…

But this struggle is not only ours. We are not only defending our jobs. That Almaraz continues is as necessary for all of Spain as it is for Europe. This is why next week a delegation from the platform, made up of mayors and representatives from civil society, will work in Brussels with representatives of the Europeans Commission and Parliament to help them understand the depth of what is at stake. To be competitive and independent, Europe needs a mature energy production system. This must have reasonable taxation, decreasing costs, be cheap, stable, meet safety standards and respect the environment,…

“A coastguard rescue helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats … an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with firefighting capability. The incident remains ongoing.” Two sources who spoke to the BBC reported that the oil tanker was on fire. These reports could not immediately be verified. Britain’s Yorkshire coast is home to a large number of oil terminals, processing shipments of foreign crude destined to be refined into petrol and other fuels. In 1989, a collision between two oil tankers just off the coast of Hull saw both vessels catch fire and almost 100,000 metric tons of crude…

“If these statements come again from Vance and Musk or whoever, people will feel that their grievances are further confirmed by the Trump administration,” said Oana Popescu-Zamfir, director of GlobalFocus Center, a foreign policy and security think tank in Bucharest. “This is not just Russian interference, it’s double interference from Russia and from Washington.” NATO base The new alignment between the Kremlin and the White House is making heads spin in Bucharest. During the Cold War, Romania was one of the most pro-Western European countries under communist rule, maintaining links with the U.S. while remaining wary of Moscow.  Most of…

Europeans are taking steps to boost their own industries, said Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher with SIPRI, “but the transatlantic arms-supply relationship has deep roots. Imports from the USA have risen and European NATO states have almost 500 combat aircraft and many other weapons still on order from the USA.” The report comes as European countries are massively rearming, amid concerns that the administration of President Donald Trump is realigning with Russia and that America’s decades-long security guarantees to Europe are no longer reliable. This has led to calls in European countries to limit reliance on U.S. weapons — for example,…

It added: “The Federal Security Service’s counter-intelligence operations exposed the unreported intelligence presence of the United Kingdom under the cover of the country’s embassy in Moscow.” The Kremlin said a man, 34, and woman, 32, “will be stripped of their accreditation and must leave Russia within two weeks.” A spokesperson for the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “This is not the first time that Russia has made malicious and baseless accusations against our staff.” The explusion comes after three U.K.-based Bulgarians were found guilty Friday of being part of a Russian spy ring, and amid high tensions between…

Updated: 10/03/2025 – 10:02 GMT+1Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital on Sunday as supporters of Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s decision to reject his candidacy in the presidential election rerun. … More Protests erupted in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Sunday after the electoral body rejected ultranationalist Calin Georgescu’s candidacy for the country’s presidential election rerun.Georgescu, 62, won last year’s first round before the election was annulled over alleged Russian interference. The rejection of his bid sparked outrage, with hundreds of supporters gathering outside the Central Election Bureau’s headquarters, chanting, throwing objects, and setting a bush on fire.The first round…