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As the sun sets on the Johnson era can faith in British politics be revived? asks Joseph Kelly

Yesterday afternoon, in the gladiatorial pit of the House of Commons, Boris Johnson delivered a characteristically bullish valediction as

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Urgent action is needed to tackle the dark and disturbing world of child trafficking, says Joseph Kelly

“Most people know me as Mo Farah, but it’s not my name or it’s not the reality. The real

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The UK’s ramshackle approach to defence spending is doing little to encourage a safer world, says Joseph Kelly

Over the past few weeks I’ve been in Liverpool quite a lot, and a late night stop off on

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Rwanda flights fiasco highlights government’s increasing loss of moral compass, says Joseph Kelly

For those who were following developments closely, the high drama of Tuesday evening’s Rwanda flight cancellation seemed at times

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Adversarial politics and an immovable government is creating a real crisis for UK democracy, says Joseph Kelly

After the interminable wait for the Sue Gray report into Partygate, the Conservative Party’s embarrassingly ambiguous confidence vote in

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Could the Queen’s Jubilee weekend mark the start of a new era of Church-State relations in the UK? asks Joseph Kelly

With the run up to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations already attracting uncomfortably mixed publicity, it was a last-minute

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St John Paul II knew how to dig a struggling economy out of a cost-of-living crisis, say Joseph Kelly

Listening to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcements this afternoon on tackling the cost-of-living crisis, I couldn’t help feeling that –

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From the rising of the sun to its setting, the celebration of the Mass is our bridge to God, says Joseph Kelly

It seems hard to believe that it was more than two years ago now that all our Catholic Churches

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A short government course in home economics is no solution to the deepening food poverty crisis, says Joseph Kelly

It’s certainly been a strange week in politics, especially when it comes to discussing the cost of living crisis

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As our Catholic bishops pay a visit to Senedd, Welsh government blasts Westminster over its “assault on human rights” and calls for Bill of Rights for Wales, says Joseph Kelly

In Welsh government circles, Wednesdays are fairly important. Plenary meetings, which are attended by all Members of the Senedd,

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Croydon school gay book row highlights increasing challenges being faced by Catholic educators, says Joseph Kelly

It’s not often that you get strike action outside a Catholic school, but this morning some 40 members of

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