Articles by Shane Croucher

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David Cameron's decade: From idyllic English upbringing to Britain's prime minister

Call Me Dave biography offers insider perspective on Cameron's rise to the top.

Dec 5, 2015

David Cameron

Sugar tax: Should we pay more for unhealthy soft drinks?

MPs on health committee propose a new tax on sugary to fight rising obesity in children

Nov 30, 2015

Philip Larkin: Ten miserable quotes to mark his new memorial in Poets' Corner

Larkin to get memorial in Westminster Abbey among other great British poets.

Nov 28, 2015

UK housing crisis: Sorry George Osborne but 400,000 new homes is still not good enough

Osborne extends Help to Buy to London and promises hundreds of thousands more homes.

Nov 25, 2015

Autumn Statement UK Housing George Osborne

John McDonnell Labour Mao Little Red Book

Autumn Statement 2015: Labour's John McDonnell quotes Chairman Mao at George Osborne

McDonnell read from Chinese communist Mao's Little Red Book in reply to Osborne.

Nov 25, 2015

Autumn Statement George Osborne

What Turkey shooting down a Russian jet means for Nato

Russia's President Putin accused Nato member Turkey of stabbing him in the back over Isis.

Nov 24, 2015

NATO Turkey Syria

Autumn Statement 2015: John McDonnell faces first big test as Labour shadow chancellor

Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his first Autumn Statement under a majority Conservative government.

Nov 24, 2015

George Osborne Ed Miliband Isis Islamic State

Paris climate change talks: Why are some people global warming deniers?

Vast majority of climate change science shows humans contributing to global warming.

Nov 21, 2015

COP21 Climate Change

Donald Trump Republican US election 2016

Donald Trump is a dangerous fascist who wants to create a personality cult

Trump is frontrunner for Republican presidential candidacy in 2016 US election.

Nov 20, 2015

Donald Trump Isis

The HBOS Bonfire of the Vanities: Where are the under-fire former bank bosses now?

Peter Cummings, Lord Stevenson, James Crosby and Andy Hornby all criticised over HBOS failings.

Nov 19, 2015

Paris attacks: Would you now vote yes to staying in the EU?

European unity on display after Paris attacks by Isis, but immigration concerns intensify.

Nov 18, 2015

EU Referendum David Cameron Islamic State

Ken Livingstone mental health row: Jeremy Corbyn should beware of Labour's red albatross

Livingstone, a former London mayor, attracts controversy with outbursts and political associations.

Nov 18, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn

What does 'shoot to kill' mean for armed police in the UK?

Jeremy Corbyn criticised for saying he is uncomfortable with a shoot to kill policy in Britain.

Nov 17, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn Islamic State

Paris attacks: Putin's Russia has West on diplomatic back-foot over Syria, Assad and Isis

US, UK and others face Syria war negotiations on Russia's terms after Paris attacks by Islamic State.

Nov 16, 2015

Vladimir Putin Barack Obama David Cameron Russia Ukraine

Jihadi John: Mohammed Emwazi's death proves we will get you in the end

Isis "executioner" killed in US airstrike on Raqqa, Syria, with UK support.

Nov 13, 2015

Islamic State Isis

Jihadi John: After Mohammed Emwazi, Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin, who is next on the UK kill list?

Emwazi is latest British jihadist targeted in air strikes on Syria by UK and US forces.

Nov 13, 2015

Isis Islamic State ISIL

Tory U-turn turmoil: Tax credit climbdown, northern rail reversal and EU migrant back-pedalling

Conservative government marks first six months of majority with a number of policy U-turns.

Nov 12, 2015

David Cameron Theresa May

Ben Carson Republican Seventh Day Adventist

Ben Carson: What are the Seventh Day Adventists beliefs of the Republican presidential contender?

Republican presidential frontrunner follows Seventh Day Adventism, a Christian sect with 18.5 million members.

Nov 11, 2015

Ben Carson US Election

Remembrance Day 2015: Ten facts about the Korean War, Britain's forgotten conflict

British forces were involved in the first major conflict to break out after the end of the Second World War

Nov 9, 2015

North Korea South Korea

Harry Leslie Smith: 'Appalling Calais refugees camp reminds me of war-torn Hamburg in 1945'

Smith's new book Love Among The Ruins retells his meeting of wife Friede in post-war Hamburg.

Nov 6, 2015

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