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      Damien McElroy

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      Damien McElroy is London bureau chief at The National. He is a former foreign correspondent who has covered politics and conflict across Europe, the Middle East, the US, Africa and Asia. Before joining The National in 2017 to oversee the London editorial operation, he worked for The Sunday Times and Telegraph titles as an editor and roving reporter. He started his career in China and has a degree in finance.
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      Delegates attend the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, England, on Monday. The party returned to opposition in July after 14 years in power. Getty
      Derailed Conservatives are trying to get back on track

      A train journey to the Tory conference in Birmingham reveals the party of government to be in an uncomfortable place

      CommentOctober 01, 2024
      Rami Mortada, right, and Hamish Falconer. Victoria Pertusa / The National
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      UK's Middle East minister warns region at moment of great peril

      Hamish Falconer tells The National event that attacks in Lebanon can result in further escalation

      UKSeptember 23, 2024
      A Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration prepares to march to the Labour party conference venue in Liverpool on Saturday. Getty
      It's time for Starmer's Labour to decide its stance on Palestinian statehood

      Once proactive on the issue, the UK should lead from the front again

      CommentSeptember 23, 2024
      UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the 60th Munich Security Conference in February.
      Munich Security Conference poll finds distrust in US and its rivals

      Nine key non-western nations are on the fence when it comes to how Washington and its allies uphold international rules

      UKSeptember 21, 2024
      Zaid Al-Qassab, chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Plc, before a Bloomberg Television interview in London. Bloomberg
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      Arab ShowcaseThe prime time of new global M&C Saatchi CEO Zaid Al-Qassab

      Award-winning British-Iraqi marketer on channelling his compulsion for observing people, the need for conscious creativity, and the challenges of modern technology

      Arab ShowcaseSeptember 19, 2024
      UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Rome to meet Italian officials about plans to tackle illegal migration. Getty
      The UK needs Starmer the charmer to step up

      To defeat populism, the Prime Minister has to replace his 'Mr Fixit' approach with messages of hope and change

      CommentSeptember 17, 2024
      Prince Turki Al-Faisal speaks at Chatham House. Damien McElroy / The National
      Prince Turki Al Faisal calls on UK to recognise Palestinian state now

      Saudi Arabia wants to contain and end the spreading conflict from Gaza and the West Bank

      UKSeptember 13, 2024
      France's newly appointed Prime Minister, Michel Barnier speaks to the press as he visits the SAMU de Paris headquarters at the Necker hospital in Paris, for his first official visit since taking office. AFP
      CommentWhy key European capitals will welcome Macron's appointment of Barnier

      The new Prime Minister is expected to give France's flailing migrant battles a boost

      CommentSeptember 10, 2024
      A police officer outside the Islamic Centre Hamburg on July 24. AP
      CommentWhat Germany's expulsion of an Iranian cleric says about Europe countering extremism
      OpinionSeptember 03, 2024
      Conor Gallagher has used his Irish passport so that Atletico Madrid did not have to use up one of the just two non-EU berths it has in its squad. Reuters
      Even the Premier League cannot be insulated from Brexit

      From football to music to tourism and education, Starmer needs to repair the damage being done by the UK's exit from the EU

      CommentAugust 26, 2024
      Members of Sudan's armed forces take part in a military parade on Army Day in Gadaref on August 14. AFP
      CommentGeneva talks are only the start of ending Sudan's war

      The mood among the factions and their commanders is clearly not ripe to take new risks for negotiations

      CommentAugust 19, 2024
      Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik is expected to play a leading role in reshaping one of the pillars of UK foreign policy. Shutterstock
      Former Columbia University president takes frontline role in UK's foreign policy revamp

      Development economist returns to UK after controversy dogged her tenure as president of America's Columbia University

      UKAugust 15, 2024
      British Prime Minister Keir Starmer views CCTV screens at Lambeth police headquarters in London. Getty Images
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      Starmer as 'crackdown Keir' needs to make sure government works well under him

      The UK has already defined Starmer as the prosecutor Prime Minister but he has challenges ahead

      CommentAugust 12, 2024
      Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer with House of Lords member George Robertson. Shortly before entering government, Labour pledged to move swiftly on proscription. AP
      What will it take for the UK to put Iran's IRGC on its terror list?

      The need is well proven, but the potential fallout is highly contentious

      CommentJuly 30, 2024
      British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street in London on Friday. Mr Zelenskyy arrived in the UK on a mission to ensure that Britain remains its loudest supporter. EPA
      Starmer sees defence as an issue Labour can own

      The UK is in the unfamiliar position of offering an outlook of stability at a time when turmoil is stalking other key members of the G7

      CommentJuly 22, 2024
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