I’ve always thought there’s something reassuring, perhaps comforting, about Mutti Merkel. Someone whose favourite soup is potato and who bakes her own plum pudding can’t be all bad, and might be the sort of stalwart personality you’d need in a crisis.
Sunak’s Japan trip could have gone a lot worse – just ask his predecessors
Japan is a cursed destination for prime ministerial trips. An awkward question about Suella Braverman shouldn’t have rocked the boat.