Identity crisis
This week Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies confessed that, replying to a freedom of information request, they had managed to release…
On board
Over decades of service as a floating hotel, the Bibby Stockholm has accommodated all manner of people. It has housed…
Barometer
Scout’s honour Thousands of teenagers were evacuated from the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea as flooding, a heatwave and…
Trumped up
The latest charges against Donald Trump will do nothing to deter his many supporters within the Republican party. On the…
Rishi Sunak is right to hedge his bets on oil and gas
It is quite right that the Prime Minister has chosen to approve new licences for oil and gas extraction in…
The political battle for net zero is only just beginning
This may come to be remembered as the year where the global warming debate became serious. Until now, there has…
Banking crisis
The Coutts scandal can be traced back to the day, two years ago, when the bank proudly announced that it…
Held to account
When Nigel Farage said Coutts had closed his bank account and claimed political victimisation, many thought he was making it…
Portrait of the week
Home Ben Wallace said he would cease to be the Defence Secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle and would not…
Barometer
Swing when you’re winning What are the biggest UK by-election swings? — The 1983 Bermondsey by-election saw a 11,756 Labour…
