Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

The US trade deal for beginners.

1. Donald Trump imposes eye-watering tariffs on British exports to the US, sending UK manufacturing into shockwaves of panic.

2. President Trump agrees to cut the aforementioned tariffs in exchange for a raft of concessions, including opening up the UK market to American beef farmers.

3. President Trump graciously allows our Prime Minister to call him 'Donald' on speaker phone.

The power of the Special Relationship.

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A survey by the armed forces' charity Ssafa finds that six in 10 members of so-called Generation Z don't know what VE Day is about, with a worrying number thinking it was something to do with Rishi Sunak or Tony Blair.

Now many will see this as an opportunity to put the........

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