Новости за 29.05.2016

Politics, including two fabulously obscure questions, history and geography: a test of idiosyncratic knowledge from our Chief Political Commentator

Statistics are there to be abused, words to be misquoted: politics as usual, as it has been down the ages

There is a civic duty to obey a just law, but there is a moral duty to disobey an unjust law

Europe's growing Kurdish diaspora would be vastly increased if the crushed and war-suffering masses of Diyarbakir could find their way to Germany, Denmark and Sweden

With the Middle East in relentless turmoil this is no time for a novelty act novice like Donald Trump. But while we fear change, in that adolescent country across the Atlantic they crave it

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Unesco has bowed to pressure from government spin doctors and commercial interests over its report on the Great Barrier Reef. It has allowed money to come before truth

If US rates rise, the country that will be most affected – aside from the US itself – is the UK. Here's why

Denied the option of devaluation, both countries have relied on debt-funded public spending to maintain economic activity and living standards. The people and their representatives refuse to face reality

Just because you consent to one thing, you do not consent to everything. Sexual consent can be withdrawn at any point

The cost of hanging on the phone to the taxman reached a disgraceful £66m last year, according to the National Audit Office

Drew McOnie's new Jekyll and Hyde both confirms him as a strong theatrical talent, while suffering from a lack of emotional depth. This production zips along, danced with gusto by a stylish cast. It's just happier playing with 1950s imagery than with getting its teeth into the story.