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Riad Bouchaker’s stab attack was a crime against Ireland
When does a crime against the individual become an assault on an entire nation? This is the harrowing question at…
In praise of the American Loyalists
As the United States marks 250 years since the country’s unilateral declaration of independence, most of the 4 July celebrations…
TG Jones and WH Smith deserve to fail
‘Too big to go down’ is an old football maxim and a cautionary tale. It refers to the complacent attitude…
Burnham’s LBC interview told us nothing new
With less than three weeks to go until he enters No. 10, Andy Burnham has adopted a ‘Ming vase’ approach…
Will there be justice for Henry Nowak?
Britain’s Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have announced they are investigating two officers who attended the scene of Henry…
Can the Kremlin afford to fix Russia’s oil crisis?
For a country that pumps roughly nine million barrels of oil a day – the third highest of any country…
The brutal excommunication of the Society of Saint Pius X
On Wednesday, the largest traditional Catholic order of priests in the world, the Society of Saint Pius X, consecrated four…
Will anything change after the Southport attack?
It should come as no surprise that ministers have accepted all the recommendations made in the first phase of the…
JK Rowling is a national treasure, so why don’t we treat her like one?
There’s one member of the royal family that most women of a certain age would truly like to hang out…
Berlin should preserve, not destroy, its Nazi bunkers
Berlin is currently convulsed by a culture war – and one all too familiar in a country and capital which,…
Burnham’s chancellor could decide his fate
War! What is it good for? A ding-dong political row. The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) continues to dominate Westminster, following its…
Labour won’t be able to quota its way to a female leader
Labour has never had a female leader. But some of the party’s MPs have alighted on a solution: make Andy…
Inside Trump’s brazen financial disclosures
Donald Trump has exposed a weak link in American democracy. It is dependent, as the Founders would put it, on its…
Starmer’s Wile E Coyote defence spin
The Prime Minister began today’s PMQs by wishing a ‘happy 78th birthday’ to the NHS. This is the sort of…
Watch: CCHQ spoofs Burnham’s cringe AI clip
https://t.co/BOc9D2C0dF pic.twitter.com/hek3A22BZO — Conservatives (@Conservatives) July 1, 2026 Like it or not, in this day and age, success in politics…
Badenoch attacks Starmer over defence at PMQs
At today’s Prime Ministers’ Questions there was only one subject anyone was discussing. The Defence Investment Plan is supposed to…
The failure to deport the Rochdale grooming gang leader shames Britain
If you want to understand why the traditional mainstream parties struggle to gain support, and why Reform is leading the…
There are no quick wins in Mahmood’s immigration bill
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood published her Immigration and Asylum Bill yesterday, claiming that it would ‘save the asylum system for…
Are we edging closer to peace in Ukraine?
When he came to write of 1942-3 in his magisterial, if idiosyncratic, “History of the Second World War,” Winston Churchill…
Is the World Cup ball rigged?
The World Cup’s new ball is the most technologically advanced ever, Fifa tells us. It has a 500Hz motion sensor…
How Brand Scotland conquered America
In his highly entertaining history of alcohol and the British, Empire of Booze, Henry Jeffreys observed how one effect of…
Why shouldn’t Queen Camilla meet J.K. Rowling?
One of the many likeable characteristics of Queen Camilla is that she has a clear, full-throated passion for literature. She…
I hope Ben Stokes finds peace
Ben Stokes has retired from international cricket in the middle of a Test match which England were well on the…
America is still an English country
Americans have been enjoined, as we approach our country’s 250th anniversary, to be a bit more grateful. Good advice. It…
The Hong Kong activists defying China by remembering the past
In Hong Kong the calendar has become political. Today marks 29 years since Hong Kong was returned to China after…
