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Theresa May to quit parliament at the election

8 March 2024 5:56 pm

Another one bites the dust. Theresa May has today become the 60th Tory MP to announce she is standing down…

Will the mystery of MH370 ever be solved?

8 March 2024 5:00 pm

Ten years ago today, on 8 March 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur, en-route to Beijing…

Justin Trudeau, am I guilty of pre-crime?

8 March 2024 5:00 pm

Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the internet, intended it to be a place for everyone. But now the web…

Biden rails against ‘predecessor’ in partisan State of the Union speech

8 March 2024 3:31 pm

President Joe Biden has shamelessly abandoned his chief campaign promise to unite the country. It became clear quickly into his…

Peers back vote on foreign state press ownership

8 March 2024 9:01 am

Rishi Sunak has tonight been urged to support an amendment in the House of Lords which would give parliament a…

A make-or-break State of the Union for Biden

8 March 2024 8:37 am

Tonight President Joe Biden is set to deliver one of what may be his final major speeches as president: the…

Zelensky’s sacked army chief posted to London

8 March 2024 8:32 am

When Ukrainian war hero Valery Zaluzhny was fired as the head of the military a month ago, all talk was on what…

‘You’re fired’ – watch Trump’s prebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union speech

8 March 2024 8:17 am

In a few hours, Joe Biden will deliver what could be his final State of the Union address as President.…

Does Nike hate the military?

8 March 2024 2:36 am

Nike — named after the Greek goddess of victory — is seemingly too scared to be associated with US armed…

The catalogue of errors that left Joshua Jacques free to kill

8 March 2024 2:24 am

The horror of the crimes of Joshua Jacques, who murdered his girlfriend and three members of her family in south…

Could Jeremy Hunt actually abolish National Insurance?

8 March 2024 12:24 am

Could Jeremy Hunt really abolish employee National Insurance (NI)? His additional 2p cut announced in yesterday’s Budget seems to be…

Papers deliver verdict on ‘fiscal drag queen’s’ Budget

7 March 2024 11:08 pm

Jeremy Hunt is facing a day of reckoning after announcing the Budget on Wednesday. The Chancellor framed his statement as…

Who could object to a Muslim war memorial?

7 March 2024 9:39 pm

I don’t understand right-wingers who spend most of their time on the internet. Often they’re found tut-tutting over what they…

Men don’t belong in Hampstead Ladies’ Pond

7 March 2024 5:00 pm

The waters of Hampstead ladies’ pond are this week, it seems, more troubled than ever. Last Sunday, amidst cries of…

Britain is too sick

7 March 2024 5:38 am

Britain is running out of workers. The UK population may be growing, but the share of that population that is…

The revolution has devoured AOC

7 March 2024 5:21 am

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the super-progressive congresswoman, was leaving the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn with her fiancé when she was confronted by…

Haley is out. How can Trump pick up her voters?

7 March 2024 3:43 am

In the end, the lesson of Nikki Haley’s run is that Donald Trump defeated every wing of the Republican Party…

Britain’s worklessness disaster

7 March 2024 3:11 am

Whilst Jeremy Hunt’s cut to National Insurance may grab the headlines, the real story of today’s Budget was hidden in…

What Hunt’s ‘tax-cutting’ Budget didn’t mention

7 March 2024 3:06 am

Can the Tory party now credibly claim it is cutting taxes? That was the big mystery going into Jeremy Hunt’s…

The key announcements in Hunt’s Budget

7 March 2024 1:44 am

This afternoon Jeremy Hunt delivered his second Budget as Chancellor. Much of his speech had been trailed over the previous…

Jeremy Hunt’s low-key Budget

7 March 2024 1:03 am

If Jeremy Hunt’s Budget was the final flourish before a May election, it’s going to be a very low-key campaign…

Watch: Trump ally tells Emily Maitlis to ‘f*** off’

6 March 2024 10:30 pm

The News Agents podcast has had a mixed reception in the UK but its presenters are having an even rougher…

The picture that will scotch vile rumours about the Princess of Wales

6 March 2024 10:27 pm

The Princess of Wales has been photographed for the first time since she was hospitalised earlier this year. But while…

Listen: Jenrick warns of foreign state media ownership

6 March 2024 9:00 pm

Will a UAE-backed entity buy the Telegraph and The Spectator? Not if parliament gets its way. More than 100 MPs have signed a letter saying…

How did Newsnight end up defending a Syrian child rapist?

6 March 2024 8:27 pm

This week, a Syrian man named Omar Badreddin was sentenced to 18 years in prison, after being found guilty of…