May appeals to restive Tories

"I got us into this mess, I'm going to get us out of it." Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street this week.

With British voters in an unpredictable mood, few Conservatives want to risk a change of party leadership that would generate pressure for another election.

Theresa May walks by Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel. The worst mistake the British PM can make is to continue ...

The EU won't help a weakened May

There is no reason for EU leaders to make May's life easier. So far, the Brexit-related chaos has helped pro-EU politicians beat nationalist populists in major Western European nations.

Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May during a bilateral meeting in Italy last month. A "hard' Brexit could be in France's ...

Macron will offer no mercy to May

There are some fond hopes in the Remain camp in Britain that the combination of a weak May and a strong Macron may help to get Britain off the hook of a hard Brexit. But that is unlikely.

Ramzan Kadyrov displays his skills at a firing range in front of members of his private army. Officially his army are ...

Putin supports gay attacks

In fact, far from reining in Kadyrov, the Russian government has stood by as critics of the anti-gay campaign have come under fire.