Jawad Iqbal

Did Keir Starmer’s voice coach really count as a Covid ‘key worker’?

3 February 2025 5:19 pm

Who knew that being a voice coach qualified for ‘key worker’ status during the pandemic lockdowns? It has been revealed…

Will Donald Trump be fooled by Peter Mandelson’s volte-face?

30 January 2025 4:27 am

The best that can be said about Lord Mandelson’s change of heart over Donald Trump is that it shows how…

The hypocrisy of Ed Miliband’s vanity photographer

28 January 2025 6:22 pm

Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, comes across as something of a political nerd, determined to bankrupt the country with his…

Is Starmer right about the ‘new’ terror threat?

22 January 2025 4:30 pm

Sir Keir Starmer was explicit in his response to the Southport attack: Britain faces a new terror threat from “loners,…

Labour’s grooming gang inquiry mess

17 January 2025 6:22 pm

What a pig’s ear the government is making of its response to the grooming gangs scandal. Ministers have spent weeks…

Gareth Southgate’s knighthood is a reward for failure

31 December 2024 11:52 pm

Some of football’s greatest names have been knighted for their achievements in the game. Sir Alf Ramsey received his gong…

We’ll learn nothing from the murder of Sara Sharif

14 December 2024 5:30 pm

What exactly do the authorities hope to learn that they do not already know from the safeguarding review now underway…

The Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup is a new low for Fifa

12 December 2024 4:46 am

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host country for the 2034 World Cup tournament. It has been an open secret…

Syria’s nightmare isn’t over yet

10 December 2024 5:00 pm

Trying to predict what comes next in Syria after the toppling of dictator Bashar al-Assad is a fool’s errand. It…

The problem with the FA’s rainbow laces furore

4 December 2024 5:22 am

The suits who run football in this country can always be relied upon to make a pig’s ear of things.…

Starmer can’t afford to lose the argument on slavery reparations

25 October 2024 2:56 am

The Commonwealth – whose 56 nations are meeting in the Pacific island nation of Samoa – looks set to defy…

The mystery of the missing Sue Gray

23 October 2024 6:31 pm

What has become of Sue Gray, the Prime Minister’s former Downing Street chief of staff, who was rather unceremoniously removed…

What is the point of the Commonwealth?

21 October 2024 5:32 pm

The Commonwealth is outdated, pointless and increasingly irrelevant. What better time to point this out than on the day when…

Labour’s crackdown on hereditary privilege is hard to stomach

16 October 2024 10:29 pm

Do our new Labour rulers ever pause to think about how something they say or do might look to others?…

Thomas Tuchel would be a divisive choice for England manager

16 October 2024 5:30 am

Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager, has emerged as the favourite to succeed Gareth Southgate as England…

India’s ‘murder’ spat with Canada has come at the worst time

15 October 2024 5:38 pm

The alleged involvement of agents of a foreign government in the murder of a citizen is a crime that violates…

Why India’s super-rich are snapping up Rolexes

13 October 2024 5:00 pm

Here’s a question: what do crazy rich Indians want more than anything? The answer appears to be luxury watches, and…

Hamish Falconer and the trouble with Labour’s ‘Red Princes’

8 October 2024 5:07 pm

The appearance on our television screens of one Hamish Falconer, the newly-elected Labour MP for Lincoln, tells us much more…

Is Morgan McSweeney the answer to Keir Starmer’s troubles?

7 October 2024 5:39 pm

It might be best described as the war for Keir Starmer’s ear in Downing Street, a battle to the bitter…

Simon Case’s departure is an opportunity for Starmer

1 October 2024 4:54 am

Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, has finally put an end to Whitehall’s worst-kept secret by formally announcing that he will…

Starmer needs to make peace with Elon Musk

27 September 2024 7:45 pm

It is tantrums at dawn between Elon Musk and Keir Starmer’s Labour government. The Tesla billionaire and owner of Twitter…

Why is Sadiq Khan trying to restart his fight with Donald Trump?

26 September 2024 1:11 am

London mayor Sadiq Khan, whose official day job is running the capital, is in New York this week, where he has…

Gary Neville’s tin-eared defence of Keir Starmer

24 September 2024 8:57 pm

Gary Neville, the Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United footballer, can’t help himself when it comes to tedious political rants.…

When will the families of Lucy Letby’s victims be allowed to move on?

11 September 2024 3:30 pm

When Lucy Letby was convicted last year of murdering seven infants and attempting to kill seven others it seemed that…

How fake news thrived in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings

10 September 2024 3:12 am

It has fallen to Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation, to say the obvious in pointing…