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Ex-Labour MP joins Greens
Zack Polanski’s Green party has experienced a membership boom in recent months, after the new leader was elected at the…
The Ukraine peace proposal raises more questions than it answers
Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting US officials today for the first time since the news of a US-Russia peace plan for…
Home Secretary slams ‘car crash’ leadership bid briefings
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has dominated the headlines this week after she announced her plans to crackdown on asylum seekers…
Is our education system radicalizing young men?
My 11-year-old son joined the elementary school band, and so I went to the parents’ orientation night held at a…
Brace yourself for the next chapter of ‘Project Meghan’
A publisher acquaintance of mine has a long-standing bet that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will announce their separation…
Marjorie Taylor Greene: anti-Trump resistance hero?
It is always interesting to see who the American left claims are the leaders of the American right. There was…
Northern Ireland’s Christian RE crackdown should trouble us all
Schools in Northern Ireland which teach pupils that Christianity is true are breaking the law. That is the ruling of…
Burnham dodges questions on Westminster return
Well, well, well. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is back in the spotlight. Earlier this week, Norwich South MP Clive…
There’s no easy way to manage single-sex spaces
Transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they are perceived by other people according to the…
Why can’t Friedrich Merz just say sorry?
‘We live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world,’ began a seemingly innocuous speech by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz…
Spain’s post-Franco democracy is on the rocks
‘Fine weather in Malaga’ proclaimed the banner headline of a Spanish newspaper in 1974 – that was the day’s big…
Is Shabana Mahmood Labour’s Iron Lady?
Has the Labour party finally found its answer to Margaret Thatcher? Shabana Mahmood’s withering response to Lib Dem MP Max…
Can ‘Bazball’ help England finally triumph Down Under in the Ashes?
‘Bazball’ – England’s exhilarating and exasperating style of playing cricket – has reached its denouement. Starting tomorrow, England face Australia…
Stacey Plaskett avoids Epstein Files repercussions… for now
Anyone who hopes that the forthcoming Epstein Files will mean the end of Donald Trump’s political career is sure to experience extreme…
Give Stellan Skarsgård an Oscar for Sentimental Value
Recently, a friend of mine found himself having a bad day for a reason I now forget. I made a…
More Your Party splits as Sultana snubs Corbyn
Oh dear. As if there hadn’t been enough hiccups in the launch of new left wing group Your Party, it…
The Guardian’s desperate smears about Farage’s school days
Nigel Farage is the perfect folk devil for the British liberal left. He is robustly patriotic, cheerfully irreverent about modern…
John Major is shouting at the void
They were John Major’s kind of people, the audience in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre in the Cheng Kin Ku Building…
Even Labour MPs are tiring of Starmer
With the country looking forward to Rachel Reeves’s big moment next week – in much the same way you would…
America needs an ‘all-of-the-above’ approach to energy
While the House of Representatives has understandably been quiet during the government shutdown, not everyone has been idle. While most…
Zelensky must get a grip of his government
Vladimir Putin’s hopes of wearing Ukraine down in a war of attrition are no longer far-fetched. The country feels fragile,…
Is Trump trying to strike a fresh deal on Ukraine?
With fresh wind in his sails after his success brokering a somewhat fragile peace in Gaza, Donald Trump has once…
Russia’s spy ship is a warning to Britain – but are we ready?
As a Russian spy ship lurks on the edge of British waters, Defence Secretary John Healey had a message for…
Starmer did even worse than Badenoch at PMQs
Neither Kemi Badenoch nor Keir Starmer performed very well at Prime Minister’s Questions: both fluffed their lines early on. Badenoch…
Watch: Labour minister’s bizarre Chagos comments
Well, well, well. Baroness Chapman of Darlington – the international development minister – turned up to the House of Lords…
