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May 27

Boris Johnson's secret plan to wrest Ukraine from Russia and the EU: the European Commonwealth. London proposes a new system of political, economic and military agreements — alternative to the EU — between countries wary of Brussels and Russia.

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The most high-profile evening for the EU was scheduled for Tuesday in Davos. At the tables of a secluded hall of the Congress Center sat three prime ministers of the Union — of Belgium, Greece and Spain — the president of the European central bank Christine Lagarde ...

... two heavyweights of the EU Commission such as Paolo Gentiloni and Frans Timmermans, many ministers from various countries, the head of the intelligence in Paris. Yet the most awaited guest was missing: Kyiv's foreign minister Kuleba. Announced on the eve, he never showed up.

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May 27

How Boris gathered the ‘ammunition’ to get the Chancellor to open his wallet. The PM brought in 4 top economists: they argued against the Treasury’s view that any increase in public spending would increase inflation.

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telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…

Ever since Sunak delivered his underwhelming Spring Statement in March, Boris has been searching for a way to make the Chancellor reopen his wallet and he found a group of leading economists that privately backed fresh spending to ease the cost of living crisis.

Crucially, on Monday they argued against the Treasury’s view that any increase in public spending would increase inflation, giving the PM the covering fire he needed to take Mr Sunak over the top with him.

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May 26

There’s nothing wrong with drinking at work. Churchill did it all along. But that, to the new Puritans, is the greater sin.

✍🏻 William Sitwell (food critic)

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/2…

There were times when drinking in Whitehall was virtually compulsory. Winston Churchill was a fairly big sipper, reputed to consume two bottles of Pol Roger per day. Indeed records of his invoices are now treasured by Pol Roger, which later named a cuvée after him.

One estimate surmises that over the course of his life he consumed 42,000 bottles of the stuff. Bottles of whisky, claret and port were also never much more than an arm’s length from him. And it appears he kept himself steadily topped up throughout the day…

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Mar 7

Russian oil ban is 'on the table' says Boris, as he vows to increase Britain's fossil fuel production in a bid to cut reliance on the Putin regime.

telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…

The Govt is likely to open a new round of North Sea exploration licences this year as part of an energy strategy to be unveiled in the coming days that aims to bolster long-term domestic supplies.

Biden sent Brent crude prices to a 14-year high by revealing a ban on Russian oil imports is discussed. Prices cooled as German Chancellor Scholz signalled his opposition to an embargo given how reliant mainland Europe is on Russia.

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Zoe Keller

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Mar 7

Putin never believed the West would cut off Russian oil: that was a grave mistake. The EU is fortifying itself with remarkable speed for a new era of 'zero gas' from Russia.

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telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…

A western oil embargo against Russia raises the geostrategic stakes exponentially. What was almost unthinkable last week looks almost unstoppable this week. Ukrainian resistance and outraged opinion in the democracies have changed the war and what the West is prepared to do.

The US is sending emergency missions to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela to find extra barrels and is pushing for a quick deal with Tehran on nuclear proliferation to bring back Iranian crude. All normal diplomatic reservations are being set aside.

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Feb 25

‘Strong resistance’ means Russian advance in Ukraine has failed its initial objectives, say Western officials. Fighting around key cities intensifies as UK minister for the Armed Forces says ‘Putin may well have bitten off more than he can chew’ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

The Russian advance in Ukraine has stalled and achieved none of its first-day objectives. The “strong resistance” put up by Ukrainian forces across the country has meant only limited gains have been made by the invading troops, Western security officials told The Telegraph.

Ben Wallace, Britain’s Defence Secretary, said Vladimir Putin’s recklessness had cost him “a bloody nose”. Ukrainian military airfields and bases have proved more resilient than was expected and Russian vehicle columns travelling by road have been ambushed across the country.

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