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The ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal was always doomed to fail
So the ‘one in, one out’ deal is dead. Quelle surprise – as the French might say. Since the initiative was…
Burnham’s bizarre Man City defence
Oh dear. It seems that Andy Burnham, riding high off his successful conference speech, has now scored something of an…
Flydubai and the heroism of ordinary Jews
Today it seems we witnessed both the toxic power of Jew hate and the searing heroism of ordinary Jews. On…
Why the Right will struggle to beat Andy Burnham – for now
Should you be in the market for scorn towards Andy Burnham’s conference speech, there is plenty of it out there,…
Burnham has no idea what kind of EU relationship he wants
Labour conference is done and dusted, and Andy Burnham will be a happy man. His speech yesterday went down well…
Trump relives high school with the tech nerds
Yesterday President Trump and a gaggle of tech barons appeared before the press pack on the White House lawn, fresh…
The heroes who saved the flydubai flight from disaster
This morning a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv appears to have been hijacked by its own co-pilot. It…
Inside the Green party’s Orwellian language guide
The Green party has produced an Orwellian glossary of ‘unacceptable’ language ahead of its conference this weekend. Its new ‘Inclusive…
Ceuta is a tinderbox
It’s now nearly nine weeks since tens of thousands of migrants poured across the Moroccan frontier into Ceuta. Most quickly…
Bernie Moreno’s plan to remake South America
“The American Dream is the dream of the Americas,” declared Bernie Moreno to the assembled at Trump Doral – a…
Burnham will regret dredging up the Brexit debate
Andy Burnham tells us that he left the House of Commons in 2017 because he was disillusioned with the place.…
Why does the EU want its own NATO treaty?
An armed drone conveniently located near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport in Germany. Russian drones breaching the airspace of Romania…
Burnham’s EU rejoining U-turn
The Makerfield test was meant to be at the heart of Andy Burnham’s government. When Burnham was elected as an…
The National Trust should stick to the day job, not lecture us on climate change
The National Trust – once an admirable institution dedicated to saving historic buildings and landscapes – appears to have let…
Tories’ triple lock trouble
‘Andy Burnham wants to scrap the triple lock. Help us fight him.’ So reads the Tory party’s new ‘protect pensioners’…
Cambridge students are being forced to do ‘inclusivity training’
Students in at least one college of Cambridge University will be forced to take mandatory ‘inclusivity training’ from the start…
Burnham’s reheated Help to Buy scheme is a bad idea
At the root of England’s housing crisis is a lack of supply. England has far fewer homes per capita than…
Why the left are so threatened by the countryside
Whenever a left-wing politician wants to besmirch working-class populists or middle-class types who hold conservative opinions, they inevitably choose one…
Burnham’s Rejoin speculation is going to tank the economy
It could be the Customs Union? It could be the Single Market? Or it could be rejoining completely. The Prime…
Javier Milei’s lawfare against the Falklands
Javier Milei, the embattled president of Argentina, has torn a leaf out of the playbook of 1980s dictator General Leopoldo…
The irony of Stella Creasy’s view on free speech
Stella Creasy may be a bona fide adult – a Member of Parliament, no less – but when it comes…
Is the government trying to radicalise me?
Is it possible to report the government to Prevent? I ask because I swear they’re trying to radicalise me. In…
Spare a thought for Ranulph Fiennes’s poor wife
The outrage about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and the idea that he has ‘disappeared’ from public view in his twilight years,…
Why do we know so little about the RAF Fairford affair?
On Sunday, three suspicious trucks were spotted speeding toward the Royal Air Force airfield in Fairford, England. Shortly after, five…
14 things we learned from Andy Burnham’s speech
1) He’s the most effective speaker we’ve had in a PM for years I’ve been attending party conferences since 2001…
