This is Netanyahu’s Churchill moment
History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now finds himself in precisely…
Farewell to the Frederick Forsyth I knew
We writers generally live dull and boring lives, tied to our desks painfully wresting words out of mundane experiences: not…
Zia Yusuf’s resignation won’t harm Reform
The sudden resignation of Reform UK’s chairman Zia Yusuf came as a shock in Westminster yesterday – but is unlikely…
Lord Hermer’s ‘Nazi jibe’ at Reform won’t work
It is an axiom of political debate that once you compare your opponents to Hitler’s Nazis you have definitely lost…
Reform must prove to voters they’re more than a protest party
Reform is now touching 30 per cent in the polls, as Labour lags on 22 per cent and the Tories…
The far right is gaining footholds across Europe
The relentless rise of the populist right in Europe has been confirmed by provisional first results of elections held yesterday…
A Dad’s Army won’t save Britain
Eighty-five years ago, on 14 May 1940, Anthony Eden, newly-appointed secretary of war in Winston Churchill’s government, went on the…
Rupert Lowe faces life in the political wilderness
Rupert Lowe must currently be the most frustrated man in British politics. The MP has been exonerated of accusations brought…
Could the death penalty return?
The attack on a prison officer by Axel Rudakubana, the killer of the three girls at a dance class in…
Why the First Sea Lord stepping down is so shocking
The news that First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key, the head of the Royal Navy, has stepped down from his…
Donald Trump needs a history lesson
President Donald Trump has again demonstrated his less than impressive grasp of history with a statement on his Truth Social…
How great political parties die
Though local polls and by-elections are notoriously unreliable guides to general elections, and a week is indeed a long time…
Labelling the AfD ‘extremists’ will backfire
By officially classing the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as ‘right-wing extremists’, the German establishment may have scored an own…
Has Reform sent the Tories into a death spiral?
The Turquoise typhoon that is Reform UK has swept through the English council and mayoral elections – and winning by…
How Mario Vargas Llosa was inspired by Thatcher
Most writers – like the vast majority of actors, artists and other luminaries of our culture – belong to the…
German tanks always flop. The Leopard 2 is no different
The much-vaunted German Leopard 2 tank – 18 of which were sent to Ukraine in 2023 after prolonged national debates…
The case for uniting the right
In just three weeks, voters in some 20 local council areas and in the Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary by-election go…
The BBC is right to restore this paedophile’s sculpture
The BBC is once again at the centre of criticism – this time for spending more than £500,000 in restoring the vandalised…
The University of Sussex has learned nothing from the Kathleen Stock debacle
The University of Sussex, one of the leading temples of progressivism in academia, has been fined £585,000 for failing to…
Oleg Gordievsky: the double agent Russia never stopped hunting
The death of Oleg Gordievsky at the age of 86 comes at a moment when relations between his native Russia…
The JFK files will infuriate conspiracy theorists
When Donald Trump ordered the declassification of thousands of secret government documents on the assassination of president John F Kennedy,…
Reform are setting Labour’s agenda
No two politicians could be less alike than Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage. But it looks as though the…
Save Eastbourne’s bowls club!
Somewhat unfairly (the actual median age of residents is 45) the East Sussex coastal resort of Eastbourne is known as…
The ‘dirty dozen’ who crossed Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is a curate’s egg of a politician: good in parts. The good part, at least for a Brexiteer…
Is snobbery behind Rupert Lowe’s row with Nigel Farage?
One aspect of the furious row that has split Reform UK which has yet to receive the attention it deserves is…
