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…
What Ovid in exile was missing
The poet complained bitterly of the barbarism of Tomis, on the Black Sea – but it was actually a thriving entrepot with a rich culture, like many of the Roman empire’s remoter cities
Rupert Lowe won’t be the last to fall out with Nigel Farage
It was so predictable as to be almost inevitable: a massive row has erupted within the leadership of Reform UK.…
Why does Labour loathe ordinary people?
The jaw-dropping contempt dripping from the reply suggested by Labour’s sacked health minister Andrew Gwynne to a 72-year-old lady in…
Germany’s immigration election is heating up
These are dramatic days in the usually dull world of German politics. Last Wednesday, midway through a fiercely fought federal…
Should the West be worried about DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’?
My late mother proudly possessed a curious object: a tea cosy decorated with the image of a Sputnik. In 1957,…
Starmer has much to learn from Trump’s Colombia migrant victory
During Sir Keir Starmer’s first phone call with Donald Trump since the President’s inauguration, the two leaders discussed the ceasefire…
How Unity Mitford seduced Hitler
The Daily Mail has got a world exclusive on its hands. In great excitement it is publishing the secret diary…
Will the AfD’s deportation pledge win over German voters?
Next month’s German federal election on 23 February revolves around the disputed meaning of a single toxic word: ‘remigration’. Until…
Could Farage’s autocratic streak wreck Reform?
Ten Reform party councillors in Derbyshire have resigned in protest at Nigel Farage’s ‘autocratic’ control of the rising party and…
