The UK Prime Minister may have the regal touch in northern England, but he’s been wrong-footed on the constitutional challenges posed by the Celtic Alliance of first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, argues KENNY MacASKILL
DOMINIC CUMMINGS’s appearance before a parliamentary select committee was one of those rare occasions when the viewer is left speechless with shock and anger.
And, even more unusually, this was not because there were any great revelations.
Cummings simply confirmed all our worst suspicions about how the government handled and continues to handle the pandemic.
As thousands die in the eastern DRC, a global health emergency is being starved of funds, says S KRISHNASWAMY
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT


