23 h. ago The monarchy has to change to be 'more in tune' with the country and the King may not have 'abandoned' interfering in politics, David Dimbleby claims

The veteran broadcaster, 87, spoke out this morning ahead of his three-part documentary airing on the BBC that will delve into the extent of the power that the Royal Family still wields.

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5 d. ago The forgotten mansion next to Heathrow Airport that was king's home but now abandoned

The forgotten mansion next to Heathrow Airport that was king's home but now abandoned  My London

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1 week ago Australian journalist faces lawsuit for criticising Malaysian government – despite living in third country

Case stems from Substack articles in which Hunter accused Malaysia’s communications regulator of political interference and intimidation

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1 week ago Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – politics live

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliamentBack at the Reform UK press conference, Zia Yusuf, the party’s head of policy, has just finished outlining his plan to cut spending on foreignersAs he finished, Yusuf claimed this was “treachery”.Labour is making the conscious and deliberate decision to continue funding extortionate amounts to foreign nationals, to the detriment of British citizens.And I don’t know what to call that. Frankly, in my view, it’s treachery. I think it’s appalling. British people are sick and tired of it.Just a few months ago, Rachel Reeves was saying she couldn’t afford to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Now it looks like becoming her latest U-turn.This isn’t because the economic circumstances have improved. Quite the opposite. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Royal expert claims Prince George decision shows 'royal revolution' has begun

Prince George was seen at the Festival of Remembrance earlier this month, and royal author Robert Jobson says the way he acted at the event was a sign of how the monarchy was changing

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2 w. ago The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Deregulation plans are misguidedEurope is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump. Now leaked documents reveal that the European Commission plans to gut a central part of Europe’s digital rulebook. This will hurt Europe’s innovators and hand the future of Europe’s tech sovereignty to US firms.Once Europe’s most hyped law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now on the chopping block. Powerful forces within the European Commission, supported by the German government, hope that deregulation will boost Europe’s tech sector, particularly AI. This is a grave mistake.Johnny Ryan is director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy ...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump tells BBC to apologise by Friday or face billion

BBC chairman Samir Shah apologised for an ‘error of judgment’ over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump for Panorama.

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2 w. ago Former Question Time host David Dimbleby hits out at ‘ridiculous’ BBC amid Trump controversy

Dimbleby said the culture of the BBC needs ‘attention and always has done’

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2 w. ago BBC ‘can’t be held to ransom,’ says David Dimbleby as Donald Trump threatens legal action over Panorama

The BBC “can’t be held to ransom,” David Dimbleby said after Donald Trump threatened legal action against the broadcaster following the selective editing of his speech outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a Panorama episode.

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3 w. ago All the subtle signs Lady Louise Windsor will have an important part in Prince William's 'changed' monarchy

Many have looked towards Prince William's cousin, Lady Louise Windsor, as a possible figure who could be brought in to help inject a new, modern essence into the Monarchy.

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3 w. ago Disgraced former king of Spain’s memoir details ‘enormous respect’ for Franco

The book, published 11 years after Juan Carlos’ abdication, chronicles his anointment as heir to the dictator, as well as the death of his younger brotherA newly published memoir by Spain’s disgraced former king chronicle his anointment as heir to the dictator Francisco Franco, his role in saving democracy from a coup attempt in 1981 and his grief at the death of his younger brother when the two were “playing” with a pistol as teenagers.The book, published 11 years after Juan Carlos’ abdication and exile, is titled Reconciliation, but it appears to do anything but, instead detailing how he feels abandoned and misunderstood by his son and heir, King Felipe VI, and by other close family members. Continue reading...

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