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Britain has led the way on migration
Human trafficking is a multi-billion-pound global industry. It is fuelled by the desperation of migrants seeking a better life and…
We have more to fear from social media than AI
For once, Nick Clegg had a point. At the start of this week’s Artificial Intelligence summit at Bletchley Park, our…
The Tories are slowly turning the tide on immigration
For years the government has appeared to be setting itself up for failure with its promises to crack down on…
Europeans are rejecting the EU’s unworkable vision
The recent election in Poland has been presented by some as a triumph of liberalism over the dark forces of…
The problem with Labour’s fiscal promises
It is remarkable that in his conference speech in Liverpool, Sir Keir Starmer hardly mentioned the government’s biggest failures. There…
Is this really the end of the A-level?
The history of education reform is a graveyard of acronyms: TVEIs, GNVQs and so on. There have been many well-meaning…
Can Sunak establish himself as a radical?
The Conservatives gather in Manchester this weekend for what may well be their last hurrah as a governing party. Bookmakers…
Rishi Sunak is right to reconsider his green pledges
The old carmakers were slow to realise the potential of electric cars and didn’t innovate. So Elon Musk, an internet…
Republicans will regret impeaching Joe Biden
As Napoleon is reputed to have said, never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. So why are…
Will the collapse of councils be the next great scandal?
Last month India managed to land a spacecraft on the moon for a third of the price of refurbishing Hammersmith…
Britain is no longer a functional country
No. 10 quickly asserted that the meltdown at National Air Traffic Services was a technical issue rather than a cyber…
Is Ulez too fashionable to fact check?
Next Tuesday, London’s Ulez scheme will be expanded. A new network of cameras filming the traffic movements of millions of…
The government can’t be trusted with our data
This week Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies confessed that, replying to a freedom of information request, they had managed to release…
Why do the Tories force asylum seekers to live on welfare?
Over decades of service as a floating hotel, the Bibby Stockholm has accommodated all manner of people. It has housed…
Trump’s indictment and the trouble with the law
The latest charges against Donald Trump will do nothing to deter his many supporters within the Republican party. On the…
NatWest’s attack on Nigel Farage was a political hitjob
The Coutts scandal can be traced back to the day, two years ago, when the bank proudly announced that it…
Coutts must be held to account over Nigel Farage
When Nigel Farage said Coutts had closed his bank account and claimed political victimisation, many thought he was making it…
Rishi Sunak is right about illegal migration
The Illegal Migration Bill is having a distorting effect on the Tory party. It has put Theresa May and Iain…
Biden shouldn’t turn his back on Britain
You can tell a lot about a president’s politics by his foreign visits. Joe Biden’s decision to skip King Charles’s…
Parents have a right to know what’s in sex education classes
Rishi Sunak tends to shy away from social issues so it has been left to a backbencher, Miriam Cates, to…
Why Europe’s shift to the right may cost the Tories
On her recent visit to Washington, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves presented herself as the perfect candidate to be the next…
Britain must not import America’s abortion culture war
British politicians tend to avoid the issue of abortion. The subject divides America bitterly, yet Britain has opted for consensus.…
