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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…
All that glitters
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…
Radical Rishi
The Conservatives gather in Manchester this weekend for what may well be their last hurrah as a governing party. Bookmakers…
Net moderate
The old carmakers were slow to realise the potential of electric cars and didn’t innovate. So Elon Musk, an internet…
Biden time
As Napoleon is reputed to have said, never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. So why are…
Councils of despair
Last month India managed to land a spacecraft on the moon for a third of the price of refurbishing Hammersmith…
Taxing times
No. 10 quickly asserted that the meltdown at National Air Traffic Services was a technical issue rather than a cyber…
Hot air
Next Tuesday, London’s Ulez scheme will be expanded. A new network of cameras filming the traffic movements of millions of…
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…
Trumped up
The latest charges against Donald Trump will do nothing to deter his many supporters within the Republican party. On the…
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…
Turning the tide
The Illegal Migration Bill is having a distorting effect on the Tory party. It has put Theresa May and Iain…
Not so special
You can tell a lot about a president’s politics by his foreign visits. Joe Biden’s decision to skip King Charles’s…
