The Latest Breaking News from Joseph Stalin

All dictators need loyal elites to survive in office and govern effectively. High-level officials and other powerful figures can help an authoritarian ruler remain in power. These officials also assist in implementing policies, raising revenues, winning elections and punishing dissent.

Joseph Stalin was no great lover of the arts, unlike other Communist leaders, but he recognised their power to stir his people’s souls in the pursuit of his political goals.

British farmers massed in London on Tuesday for protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they claim threatens to break up the sector and hit food production.

Downing Street refused to be drawn into a row over the tech billionaire’s criticisms of its plans to reform inheritance tax for farms.