Gary Gibbon
Boris at the ’22 and Falklands ‘stunt’ fears
Gary Gibbon blogs on Boris Johnson’s appearance before the 1922 Committee and the Westminster fears of an Argentine stunt over the Falkland Islands.
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Britain denies deploying nuclear weapons to the Falklands
Britain dismisses claims that it is militarising the Falklands dispute by deploying nuclear weapons nearby as “absurd”.
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Argentina to make UN complaint over Falklands
Argentina’s president accuses Britain of “militarising” the row over the Falkland Islands, and announces plans to complain to the United Nations.
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Gary Gibbon
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Sovereignty warning after Falklands boat ban
The decision by certain South American countries to close their ports to Falkland Islands boats is the latest move in an Argentinian campaign to isolate the British territory, Lord West warns.
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FactCheck: could cuts mean another Falklands?
FactCheck analyses the claim that defence cuts leave the Falklands vulnerable to attack.
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Falklands oil row now moves to New York
Sarah Smith blogs on attempts by the Argentinian Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to persuade the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to encourage talks over the Falkland Islands.
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Faisal Islam
‘Huge economic significance’ of Falklands oil dispute
The Falklands oil rig row is a stroy of “historical, diplomatic and potentially huge economic significance”, blogs Faisal Islam.
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Writer Ian McEwan: ‘AI already penetrating our lives in all kinds of ways’
The novelist Ian McEwan has tackled big subjects from climate change to the Iraq war in his work, and he’s a passionate Remain campaigner. But his new novel ‘Machines Like Me’ is more concerned with artificial intelligence than Brexit.
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Former foreign secretary Lord Carrington dies at 99
He served in Churchill’s government and held many major offices of state, famously resigning as foreign secretary over the Falklands invasion. Former prime ministers have led the tributes to Lord Carrington, who’s died at the age of 99. Sir John Major said he felt “immensely privileged” to have known him, while David Cameron described his…
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FactCheck: the General Election in five graphs
The two biggest parties increased their share of the vote, and smaller parties were generally squeezed out.
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Could Britain go to war to protect Gibraltar?
Between a Rock and a hard place: could Britain go to war to protect Gibraltar?
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Gary Gibbon
An historic cabinet… but not a bloody one
As Cabinet meets on a Saturday for the first time in 30 years the big hitters decide which side of the EU argument they will back.
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Cameron to clamp down on ‘spurious’ claims against UK forces
The Prime Minister says he wants to stamp out an “industry trying to profit” from baseless claims against serving military personnel and veterans.
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Fighting sexism and bullying in the forces
This investigation highlighted the case of Rebecca Crookshank and – for once – actually produced video footage of bullying in the RAF at a Falklands base. Nicola Williams, who’s just become the new military ombudsman, says she’s determined to root out sexual harassment in the armed forces.
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FactCheck Q&A: Britain’s real military strength
The government is putting a positive spin on today’s big announcement on defence spending. How strong will the armed forces really be in 2020?
