Ukraine allies plan meeting of military chiefs next week

by | Mar 15, 2025 | Air defense, Bridges, British politics, Defense, European Defense, European defense policy, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, Kremlin, Lobbying, Macron, military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Rights, Sanctions, security, UK defense, war, war in Ukraine

LONDON — Military chiefs from about 30 Kyiv allies will hold a fresh “operational planning meeting” in London on Thursday to game out how they would commit peacekeeping troops to a post-war Ukraine. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the British-French-led...

PMQs: Starmer wins as he shrugs off Badenoch’s economic digs

by | Mar 12, 2025 | British politics, budget, cost of living, elections, farmers, immigration, inflation, insurance, interest rates, investment, policy, Politics, Rights, Space, Steel, Tariffs, tax, US, Westminster bubble

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they sparred about: The economy, stupid. Despite fast-moving developments in...