PM abandons rural Tories to woo young on blood sports Theresa May is to abandon a manifesto pledge to overturn the ban on foxhunting as she seeks to rebrand the Conservatives as a “caring” party. In a move certain to infuriate many of the party’s rural supporters — and split its MPs — she will announce plans to drop the commitment permanently early in 2018.

The disclosure comes two days before the Boxing Day meets, the. Theresa May is to abandon a manifesto pledge to overturn the ban on foxhunting as she seeks to. Theresa May is to abandon a manifesto pledge to overturn the ban on foxhunting as she seeks to. Damian Green was accused of a new “dirty tricks” campaign last night after text messages he exchanged with the woman. Damian Green was accused of a new “dirty tricks” campaign last night after text messages he exchanged with the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct were leaked to the media. The former first secretary of state is at the centre of a fresh row after private communications between himself and Kate Maltby, a Tory. Damian Green was accused of a new “dirty tricks” campaign last night after text messages he exchanged with the woman who.

British troops in Afghanistan have been allocated only £1 a head for Christmas celebrations by penny-pinching defence chiefs. While US soldiers have been sent eight Christmas trees, numerous turkeys, decorations, gifts and will. British troops in Afghanistan have been allocated only £1 a head for Christmas celebrations by penny-pinching defence chiefs. While US soldiers have been sent eight Christmas trees, numerous turkeys, decorations, gifts and will. British troops in Afghanistan have been allocated only £1 a head for Christmas celebrations by penny-pinching defence. It was more like a honeymoon than a holiday when Lindsay’s charismatic British-Italian boyfriend whisked her away on a magical trip to Venice — whispering on the plane that he loved her and wanted to spend his life by her side.

It was more like a honeymoon than a holiday when Lindsay’s charismatic British-Italian boyfriend whisked her away on a magical trip to Venice — whispering on the plane that he loved her and wanted to spend his life by her side. It was more like a honeymoon than a holiday when Lindsay’s charismatic British-Italian boyfriend whisked her away on. DEPUTY PM DOWNFALL In Theresa May’s battered government, Damian Green was seen as a shrewd political operator with a calm and conciliatory manner. The prime minister was anguished by the sleaze inquiry into her friend and deputy because he was such a steadying influence in a cabinet more vulnerable than most to division and rivalry. But as Green reflects this weekend on the ruins of his. In Theresa May’s battered government, Damian Green was seen as a shrewd political operator with a.

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In Theresa May’s battered government, Damian Green was seen as a shrewd political operator with a. KATE MALTBY Across the world, 2017 was the year of #MeToo.

In America, it started with women speaking out against a man’s abuse. Across the world, 2017 was the year of #MeToo.

In America, it started with women speaking out against a man’s abuse of power and led to a national discussion about sexual harassment. In October, I told a story that I hoped would bring that conversation to Westminster. Instead, my story was overtaken by two retired.

Across the world, 2017 was the year of #MeToo. In America, it started with women speaking out against a man’s abuse of power. Theresa May urges people to reflect on communities that are denied religious freedom — including the Rohingya Muslims — in a Christmas message to be broadcast tomorrow. She says the country should take “pride in our Christian. Theresa May urges people to reflect on communities that are denied religious freedom — including the Rohingya Muslims — in a Christmas message to be broadcast tomorrow. She says the country should take “pride in our Christian.

Theresa May urges people to reflect on communities that are denied religious freedom — including the Rohingya Muslims. It looks like the most ordinary village in England. There’s a scrap of a green, a nondescript high street, a couple of cafes and a hairdresser’s called, unpromisingly, Tangles. But Borough Green, in Kent, has the makings of a. It looks like the most ordinary village in England. There’s a scrap of a green, a nondescript high street, a couple of cafes and a hairdresser’s called, unpromisingly, Tangles. But Borough Green, in Kent, has the makings of a.

It looks like the most ordinary village in England. There’s a scrap of a green, a nondescript high street, a couple. Christmas was a day to be “endured rather than enjoyed” for the shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, growing up with his alcoholic father. Ashworth, who lived with his father at weekends after his parents’ divorce when. Christmas was a day to be “endured rather than enjoyed” for the shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, growing up with his alcoholic father. Ashworth, who lived with his father at weekends after his parents’ divorce when. Christmas was a day to be “endured rather than enjoyed” for the shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, growing.

The secret meeting room where the prime minister and her advisers go at times of crisis, known as Cobra, is to be fitted with television screens showing 24-hour news so ministers can respond better to terrorist attacks and. The secret meeting room where the prime minister and her advisers go at times of crisis, known as Cobra, is to be fitted with television screens showing 24-hour news so ministers can respond better to terrorist attacks and. The secret meeting room where the prime minister and her advisers go at times of crisis, known as Cobra, is to be. Victims of “Euro sex pests” have accused European Union officials and MEPs of trying to cover up rampant abuse by The Sunday Times. Dozens of women came forward with complaints of abuse in the wake of this newspaper’s disclosures two months ago of widespread sexual harassment at the European parliament, which was forced to pass a resolution promising a clean-up.

Victims of “Euro sex pests” have accused European Union officials and MEPs of trying to cover up. Victims of “Euro sex pests” have accused European Union officials and MEPs of trying to cover up. The prize for the most ill-judged electoral call of 2017 was Theresa May’s by a distance, until Mariano Rajoy, the. The prize for the most ill-judged electoral call of 2017 was Theresa May’s by a distance, until Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, pipped her at the post.

Rajoy confidently believed that Thursday’s Catalan elections would crush the region’s independence movement, but instead it was his centre-right Popular. The prize for the most ill-judged electoral call of 2017 was Theresa May’s by a distance, until Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish. Video Premier League Leicester 2 Man Utd 2 Saturday night football, something new, perhaps the future, yet here was a revivalist ending, not just to this game but probably Manchester United’s remaining title hopes. Raucous, delirious, almost disbelieving, the King Power stadium was taken straight back to 2015-16. So was Jose Mourinho. For him, that was a bitter season, and this ensured he rediscovered that.

Saturday night football, something new, perhaps the future, yet here was a revivalist ending, not. Saturday night football, something new, perhaps the future, yet here was a revivalist ending, not.

Video Premier League For Harry Kane, it was a piece of history. For Tottenham, it was a victory hard won and thoroughly deserved, and. For Harry Kane, it was a piece of history. For Tottenham, it was a victory hard won and thoroughly deserved, and something with which to jump-start a faltering Premier League campaign. For Burnley, this was a reality check. Kane made the difference, as he so often does. A hat-trick at Turf Moor saw him reach a.

For Harry Kane, it was a piece of history. For Tottenham, it was a victory hard won and thoroughly deserved, and something with. Desperate retailers set to slash prices in toughest trading period for decades Panicked retailers are preparing to slash prices further in a desperate attempt to get shoppers through the doors in what industry veterans have labelled the toughest Christmas trading period for decades. Debenhams, House of Fraser and Hobbs are among the brands that pushed the button on heavy. Panicked retailers are preparing to slash prices further in a desperate attempt to get shoppers through the doors in what industry veterans have labelled the toughest Christmas trading period for decades. Debenhams, House of Fraser and Hobbs are among the brands that pushed the button on heavy. Panicked retailers are preparing to slash prices further in a desperate attempt to get shoppers through the doors in what.

Donald Trump’s sweeping tax overhaul is set to hit some of Europe’s biggest lenders with a backdoor levy. The “America first” measure buried in the tax plan, which the president signed into law on Friday, will leave overseas banks facing US funding costs 25% higher than their American rivals, according to analysis by the consultancy EY. Donald Trump’s sweeping tax overhaul is set to hit some of Europe’s biggest lenders with a backdoor levy. The “America first” measure buried in the tax plan, which the president signed into law on Friday, will leave overseas banks facing US funding costs 25% higher than their American rivals, according to analysis by the consultancy EY. Donald Trump’s sweeping tax overhaul is set to hit some of Europe’s biggest lenders with a backdoor levy. The “America first”. Camelot is on the hunt for a chairman as the national lottery operator seeks to reverse a slump in ticket sales.

The company is set to appoint an outsider to chair its board early next year. Egon Zehnder, the headhunter, is leading the search to replace Jo Taylor, a senior executive at its Canadian owner. Camelot is on the hunt for a chairman as the national lottery operator seeks to reverse a slump. Camelot is on the hunt for a chairman as the national lottery operator seeks to reverse a slump.

With your nearest and dearest close at hand, what better time to discuss wills, savings and bailing out the kids Stuffing yourself with turkey, unwrapping presents, drinking mulled wine... Families across the country will come together this week to enjoy the Christmas festivities — and are being urged to use the occasion to have some important conversations. It might sound dull, and can seem daunting. Stuffing yourself with turkey, unwrapping presents, drinking mulled wine... Families across the country will come together this week to enjoy the Christmas festivities — and are being urged to use the occasion to have some important conversations. It might sound dull, and can seem daunting. Stuffing yourself with turkey, unwrapping presents, drinking mulled wine...

Families across the country will come together. Mike and Sarah Berry were on holiday in Australia when they heard the news: their Labrador, Tia, had swallowed her lead — with dangerous consequences. The stitching on either side of the cotton material had become entwined in her gut. Their dog-sitter rushed Tia to an animal hospital, where she received urgent treatment and was eventually. Mike and Sarah Berry were on holiday in Australia when they heard the news: their Labrador, Tia, had swallowed her lead — with dangerous consequences. The stitching on either side of the cotton material had become entwined in her gut.

Their dog-sitter rushed Tia to an animal hospital, where she received urgent treatment and was eventually. Mike and Sarah Berry were on holiday in Australia when they heard the news: their Labrador, Tia, had swallowed her lead — with.

IAN COWIE: PERSONAL ACCOUNT Some folk seem to think it is more fun reading about other investors’ setbacks than their successes. So it is only fair to warn those fans of failure to look away now, because 2017 was a wonderful year for this DIY investor. My “forever fund” — or life savings, invested in 47 shares and investment trusts around the. Some folk seem to think it is more fun reading about other investors’ setbacks than their successes. Some folk seem to think it is more fun reading about other investors’ setbacks than their successes. When serious allegations about Kevin Spacey’s sexual conduct broke in October, Ridley Scott made the unprecedented decision to cut the actor from his imminent film, All the Money in the World.

Spacey, in a quick reshoot, was replaced by Christopher Plummer. So this movie about the Getty oil billionaires and a messy kidnapping has gained an extra piquancy. When serious allegations about Kevin Spacey’s sexual conduct broke in October, Ridley Scott made. When serious allegations about Kevin Spacey’s sexual conduct broke in October, Ridley Scott made.

Roger Crisp, professor of moral philosophy at Oxford, was clearing out his CD collection. No moral issues there, you. Roger Crisp, professor of moral philosophy at Oxford, was clearing out his CD collection. No moral issues there, you might think — but then, suddenly, there were. “Because of our kids, we have quite a few old Rolf Harris CDs. I was thinking, ‘Should I give these to the Scouts’ jumble sale? Those go in the bin.’”.

Roger Crisp, professor of moral philosophy at Oxford, was clearing out his CD collection. No moral issues there, you might. Bed ‘boarding’ exposed in St John’s inquiry Scottish ministers have been urged to investigate the extent of “boarding” in the NHS, after a whistleblower warned that the controversial practice occurs routinely at a hospital that is under scrutiny over waiting times. Health boards were urged eight years ago to stop boarding, whereby patients are transferred from specialist wards to other areas of the hospital to. Scottish ministers have been urged to investigate the extent of “boarding” in the NHS, after a.

Scottish ministers have been urged to investigate the extent of “boarding” in the NHS, after a. Alex Salmond is considering a surprise return to Holyrood. Friends of the former first minister have told The Sunday. Alex Salmond is considering a surprise return to Holyrood. Friends of the former first minister have told The Sunday Times that should Mark McDonald, the SNP MSP currently suspended over sexual harassment allegations, be forced to resign, Salmond would be keen to be the SNP candidate in a snap by-election. Alex Salmond is considering a surprise return to Holyrood. Friends of the former first minister have told The Sunday Times that.

FOOTBALL Although one unbeaten run has gone for Celtic, another remains. They’ve yet to lose to Rangers on Brendan Rodgers’ watch, a sequence of six wins and a draw that saw off Mark Warburton and then Pedro Caixinha. The quirk is the.

Although one unbeaten run has gone for Celtic, another remains. They’ve yet to lose to Rangers on Brendan Rodgers’ watch, a sequence of six wins and a draw that saw off Mark Warburton and then Pedro Caixinha. The quirk is the. Although one unbeaten run has gone for Celtic, another remains. They’ve yet to lose to Rangers on Brendan Rodgers’. Football Graeme Murty is a good man who has conducted himself impeccably in his two stints as Rangers’ stand-in manager, but nobody will be fooled by Friday’s announcement that he will be in charge at least until the end of this season.

Graeme Murty is a good man who has conducted himself impeccably in his two stints as Rangers’ stand-in manager, but nobody will be fooled by Friday’s announcement that he will be in charge at least until the end of this season. Graeme Murty is a good man who has conducted himself impeccably in his two stints as Rangers’ stand-in manager, but. Fine Gael has received a welcome Christmas present, with government satisfaction at 51%, the party at 34% and Leo Varadkar being a more popular taoiseach than Enda Kenny ever was, according to a new Behaviour & Attitudes (B&A) poll for The Sunday Times. Varadkar’s personal approval rating is up four points on last month’s poll, putting him at 56%.

Fine Gael has received a welcome Christmas present, with government satisfaction at 51%, the. Fine Gael has received a welcome Christmas present, with government satisfaction at 51%, the.

Leo Varadkar says he has changed his mind about neutrality, regards it as a national asset, and does not expect. Leo Varadkar says he has changed his mind about neutrality, regards it as a national asset, and does not expect Ireland will ever join Nato. “I wouldn’t always have had this view but, as somebody who has been a minister for seven years in March, I got an opportunity to represent the country abroad quite a lot in. Leo Varadkar says he has changed his mind about neutrality, regards it as a national asset, and does not expect Ireland will. News Review Ten years ago, a newly elected Fine Gael TD accused the government of having set up so many state agencies “it can’t. Ten years ago, a newly elected Fine Gael TD accused the government of having set up so many state agencies “it can’t even count them, let alone tell us how much they cost”.

Leo Varadkar vowed a “bonfire of the quangos” if his party were elected. Fine Gael’s election manifesto in 2011 duly promised to cull 145. Ten years ago, a newly elected Fine Gael TD accused the government of having set up so many state agencies “it can’t even count. Conor Brady Who among Leo Varadkar’s ministers will find it most difficult to drive real, game-changing measures in their departments in 2018?

Eoghan Murphy, perhaps, or Simon Harris pushing the Sisyphean rock of the health service? Who among Leo Varadkar’s ministers will find it most difficult to drive real, game-changing measures in their departments in 2018? Eoghan Murphy, perhaps, or Simon Harris pushing the Sisyphean rock of the health service?

Who among Leo Varadkar’s ministers will find it most difficult to drive real, game-changing measures in their. ATTICUS: COLIN COYLE Height-adjustable desks, which move up and down at the touch of a button and retail for about €600, were once solely a perk for employees of tech giants. Now they are on the rise in the civil service. Using freedom of.

Height-adjustable desks, which move up and down at the touch of a button and retail for about €600, were once solely a perk for employees of tech giants. Now they are on the rise in the civil service.

Using freedom of. Height-adjustable desks, which move up and down at the touch of a button and retail for about €600, were once solely.

Suicide terrorism has been on the rise around the world for two decades, but there is great confusion as to why. Since many such attacks -- including, of course, those of Sept. 11, 2001 -- have been perpetrated by Muslim terrorists professing religious motives, it might seem obvious that Islamic fundamentalism is the central cause. This presumption has fueled the belief that future 9/11's can be avoided only by a wholesale transformation of Muslim societies, which in turn was a core reason for broad public support of the invasion of Iraq. However, this presumed connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism is wrongheaded, and it may be encouraging domestic and foreign policies that are likely to worsen America's situation.

I have spent a year compiling a database of every suicide bombing and attack around the globe from 1980 to 2001 -- 188 in all. It includes any attack in which at least one terrorist killed himself or herself while attempting to kill others, although I excluded attacks authorized by a national government, such as those by North Korea against the South. The data show that there is little connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, or any religion for that matter.

In fact, the leading instigator of suicide attacks is the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, a Marxist-Leninist group whose members are from Hindu families but who are adamantly opposed to religion (they have have committed 75 of the 188 incidents). Rather, what nearly all suicide terrorist campaigns have in common is a specific secular and strategic goal: to compel liberal democracies to withdraw military forces from territory that the terrorists consider to be their homeland. Religion is rarely the root cause, although it is often used as a tool by terrorist organizations in recruiting and in other efforts in service of the broader strategic objective. Second, liberal democracies are uniquely vulnerable to suicide terrorists. The United States, France, India, Israel, Russia, Sri Lanka and Turkey have been the targets of almost every suicide attack of the past two decades, and each country has been a democracy at the time of the incidents. Third, suicide terrorist campaigns are directed toward a strategic objective. From Lebanon to Israel to Sri Lanka to Kashmir to Chechnya, the sponsors of every campaign have been terrorist groups trying to establish or maintain political self-determination by compelling a democratic power to withdraw from the territories they claim.

Even Al Qaeda fits this pattern: although Saudi Arabia is not under American military occupation per se, the initial major objective of Osama bin Laden was the expulsion of American troops from the Persian Gulf. Most worrisome, my research shows that the raw number of suicide attacks is climbing at an alarming rate, even while the rates of other types of terrorism actually declined. The worldwide annual total of terrorist incidents has fallen almost in half; there were 348 attacks in 2001 as opposed to 666 incidents in 1987. Yet the number of attacks in which the terrorists intend to kill themselves along with their victims has grown from an average of 3 per year in the 1980's, to 10 per year in the 1990's, to more than 25 in both 2000 and 2001. And in terms of casualties, suicide attacks are far and way the most efficient form of terrorism.

From 1980 to 2001, suicide attacks accounted for only 3 percent of terrorist incidents, but caused almost half of total deaths due to terrorism -- even if one excludes as an aberration the unusually large number of fatalities on 9/11. How should democracies respond? In the past, they have tended to react with heavy military offensives, only to find that this tends to incite more attacks and to stir public sympathy for the terrorists without hampering their networks (this has clearly been the case in the West Bank and Chechnya). In their frustration, some terrorized countries have then changed tacks, making concessions to political causes supported by terrorists. Yet this doesn't work either: one likely reason suicide terrorism has been rising so rapidly in recent years is that terrorist groups have learned that the strategy pays off. Suicide terrorists were thought to compel American and French military forces to abandon Lebanon in 1983, Israeli forces to leave most of Lebanon in 1985, Israeli forces to quit the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in 1994 and 1995, and the Turkish government to grant measures of autonomy to the Kurds in the late 1990's.

In all but the case of Turkey, the terrorists' political cause made far greater political gains after they resorted to suicide operations. When one considers the strategic logic of suicide terrorism, it becomes clear that America's war on terrorism is heading in the wrong direction. The close association between foreign military occupations and the growth of suicide terrorist movements shows the folly of any strategy centering on conquering countries that sponsor terrorism or in trying to transform their political systems. At most, occupying countries will disrupt terrorist operations in the short term. But over time it will simply increase the number of terrorists coming at us.

Unfortunately, negotiating concessions with the terrorists is also not a solution. The current failure of that approach in Israel is an all-too-common pattern. Download Mp3 Ruth Sahanaya Andai Kau Datang Kembali. Concessions are usually incremental and deliberately staggered -- thus they fail to satisfy the nationalist aspirations of the suicide terrorists, yet encourage terrorist leaders to see their enemies as vulnerable to coercion. In the end, the best approach for the states under fire is probably to focus on their own domestic security while doing what they can to see that the least militant forces on the terrorists' side build a viable state on their own.

Israel, for example, would be well advised to abandon the territory it holds on the West Bank but to go ahead with building the immense wall, 20 feet high and 20 feet wide, to physically separate it from the Palestinian population. This would create real security for Israel and leave the West Bank for a true Palestinian state. Advertisement For the United States, especially in light of its growing occupation of the Persian Gulf, it is crucial to immediately step up border and immigration controls.

In the medium term, Washington should abandon its visions of empire and allow the United Nations to take over the political and economic institutions in Iraq. And in the long run, America must move toward energy independence, reducing the need for troops in the Persian Gulf. Even if our intentions in Iraq are good, our presence there will continue to help terrorist groups recruit more people willing to blow themselves up in the war against America.