The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Attacks on the BBC are an act of cultural vandalism
This government is intent on hobbling a great British institution for its own short-term political gain, says NUJ leader MICHELLE STANISTREET

NADINE DORRIES was already a fully paid-up member of the BBC-bashing squad when she was appointed as culture secretary by the Prime Minister.
It wasn’t just at the BBC where the almond coffee latte cups were hitting the floor when her appointment was announced.
Dorries, an enthusiastic Brexiteer and Johnson loyalist, must have been equally surprised at her promotion and despite her much-vaunted Liverpool working-class background, one suspects her beverage of choice isn’t builders’ tea, despite her jibe.
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