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Former British PM calls for 3% levy on oil and gas export revenues of biggest producers to generate $25bn a year for global south

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems to be shaping up as one of the weakest Conservative Party Prime Ministers Britain has ever produced.

Former PM to argue fall in global oil prices could mean that oilfields that could prosper in future could be left abandoned, in speech to be made in Glasgow

Let's get one thing clear: Obama unquestionably ranks among the bottom five presidents in US history. In terms of sublime awfulness he's right up there with our late and extremely unlamented ex-PM Gordon Brown – which...

In the latest Spectator I have written an open letter to my old university mate David Cameron. Here is a companion piece: the letter I’d like to see him write to the nation, having at last recognised the gravity of...

• Medupi coal station would be three times larger than UK's Drax• Dilemma between climate damage and South African industryJoss Garman on South Africa as an industrialised climate playerBritain is likely to cast the deciding...

Alistair Darling has a chance to start tackling the deep structural problems of the economyBudget day has its own ritual. The battered old red box, the photo call in Downing Street, the tension in the Commons as MPs wait...

Heroic, monotesticular UKIP MEP Nigel Farage was bumped off the BBC Question Time panel at the last minute last week. Shame. That particular edition was broadcast from Middlesbrough and it would have been fascinating to hear...

Germans set pace in winning orders for difficult projects in deeper watersForeign-owned firms today seized the lion's share of the development contracts to kickstart a wind revolution in offshore Britain that ministers say...

• Farmers struggle to harvest supplies• Brown chairs urgent talks on crisisBritons have been warned to brace themselves for an increase in food prices as plunging temperatures leave farmers unable to harvest vegetables...

Germans set pace in winning orders for difficult projects in deeper watersForeign-owned firms today seized the lion's share of the development contracts to kickstart a wind revolution in offshore Britain that ministers say...

The beginning of a new year is a time to set goals and make plans for the future, and a New Year’s resolution we desperately want to come to fruition is a global agreement on climate change...

Hypermobility is now the opium of the people, an obsession that wrecks communities and planet. There are no free tripsNature loves irony. As Copenhagen's Glastonbury of gloom ended last week and the global warming groupies...

Gordon Brown is right to warn that failure at Copenhagen is a real possibility (Report, 16 December). If the talks do fail, it will be in no small part down to the frustrating reluctance of EU leaders to step up the EU's...