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      Damien McElroy

      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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      UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, and Shadow Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell at the Houses of Parliament in London. AFP
      UK restores UNRWA funding

      Foreign Secretary says UN agency is vital for Gazans as enclave faces polio outbreak

      UKJuly 19, 2024
      The Abbasid Bridge in the city of Zakho in Iraq's Kurdistan region last month. AFP
      Elections crucial for Iraq's Kurdistan to hit the reset button

      Despite the challenges, Bafel Talabani's positive vision for the autonomous region should be taken seriously

      CommentJuly 15, 2024
      The Labour Party has been thrust into power at an extraordinarily uncertain moment. PA Photo
      Starmer's biggest danger is the doubts from within

      In part, the new British Prime Minister has been steeled for rebellions in the Labour Party and taken pre-emptive actions

      CommentJuly 05, 2024
      Labour Leader Keir Starmer speaks to supporters on the final day of campaigning at the West Regwm Farm on July 3 in Whitland, Wales. Getty Images
      Exit poll predicts large majority for Labour in UK elections

      Based on data published after polls closed across the UK, Keir Starmer's party is expected to return to the political heights last scaled by Tony Blair in 1997

      UKJuly 04, 2024
      Labour leader Keir Starmer talks at a campaign event in London on Saturday. Getty Images
      Starmer needs to give the British public some tough medicine

      It won't be easy to fix the UK's problems, and the man most likely to be the next prime minister must come clean

      CommentJuly 02, 2024
      Israel's war in Gaza has overshadowed the British elections, with voters asking tough questions of all parties. EPA
      ExclusiveMajority of British voters want Israel arms ban, exclusive poll shows

      Deltapoll survey for The National shows a third of voters will choose the next government based on Gaza policy

      UKJune 28, 2024
      Grasping or grifting is not the persona British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives off. And yet he now owns the cyclical decline of the Conservative governing class. AFP
      Busted-flush Tories are an easy target for political operators

      With party officials under investigation for betting on the date of the UK election, the Conservatives look exhausted by their time in power

      CommentJune 24, 2024
      A supporter of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf during a campaign meeting in Tehran on Saturday. AP
      'Fomo' is having an impact on the 2024 super-election cycle

      For a variety of reasons, even countries that don’t go to the polls are calling early elections

      CommentJune 17, 2024
      The Hay Festival is a 10-day event that takes place every year in Wales
      Political extremism is sullying the UK's literary festivals

      In the losers’ column is the book-loving public. Thinking society is at a loss, too

      CommentJune 10, 2024
      The National's Damien McElroy at Paracelsus clinic, Zurich. Photo: Paracelsus
      Play01:13
      Bentleys and blood tests at Swiss clinic for patients with everything except peace of mind

      A chauffeur-driven transfer to check-in at Paracelsus Recovery is the start of a journey to wellness like no other

      EuropeJune 07, 2024
      Chris Hayward, policy chairman at the City of London Corporation. Photo: City of London
      UK financial firms triple investment in climate energy

      City of London leaders hail increased rate of investment in clean energy projects but tell The National governments must do more

      BusinessJune 03, 2024
      An inflatable dinghy carrying migrants crosses the English Channel in March. Getty Images
      Students and migrants – the scapegoats of the UK and EU elections

      The problem arises if Labour, expected to win, runs with the Conservative party's poor immigration policy proposals

      CommentJune 03, 2024
      Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer speaks in the UK House of Commons in London last week. AFP
      Is Keir Starmer's Labour truly ready for power?

      The left wing of UK politics is at once so weak yet in a strong position

      CommentMay 27, 2024
      Chelsea Flower Show
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      Islamic design forms centrepiece of Chelsea Flower Show garden

      A previously used Damascene fountain sits at the heart of a new display at this year's prestigious London event

      UKMay 21, 2024
      A person is detained after Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot at close range in an assassination attempt in Handlova last week. Reuters
      Slovakia was at the crossroads even before its leader's shooting

      The attempted assassination of Robert Fico has exposed cracks in a country that is at the faultline of a divided continent

      CommentMay 20, 2024
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