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Why so many drivers jump red lights

5 May 2026 8:32 pm

The signs that civic society in this country is disintegrating grow more apparent by the week. In a year which…

Watch: Kemi Badenoch lays into pro-Palestine heckler

5 May 2026 7:58 pm

A key component of Kemi Badenoch’s pitch to the country is that ‘you will always know where you stand with…

What really terrifies me about Reform in No. 10

5 May 2026 4:30 pm

Reform in No. 10? As the prospect gets more likely, the hand-wringing gets more theatrical. Should Reform somehow form the…

It’s the corruption, stupid!

5 May 2026 11:00 am

There’s been a change of mood across the country – and not one that is favorable to the GOP. Last…

Will Downing Street name the ideology behind anti-Semitism?

5 May 2026 5:23 am

There’s a case for arguing that this has been the worst year for Jews in Britain since Edward I ordered…

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Britain is facing an Islamist insurgency

5 May 2026 12:51 am

The recent horrific attack in Golders Green has generated much anger and despair at this latest in a series of…

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No, Russia is not on the verge of a coup

5 May 2026 12:43 am

However much Western leaders inveigh against Russian disinformation (which, yes, is a real issue), we should never pretend this is…

Potholes could pave the way to victory for Reform

4 May 2026 4:15 pm

When I was young and green and working as a gossip columnist, I learned much from the energy and enthusiasm…

Venezuela has become another American puppet state

4 May 2026 4:00 pm

Venezuela’s deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, never enjoyed the charisma or genuine popularity of his predecessor, ‘El Comandante’ Hugo Chávez. So…

AI is revolutionising mathematics

4 May 2026 4:00 pm

Last week, a 23-year-old amateur with no advanced mathematical training did something many mathematicians never manage in a lifetime: he solved…

Did European rule in Asia and Africa really make colonised people poorer?

4 May 2026 3:30 pm

Few questions in economic history generate more heat than the one that seems, on the surface, most straightforward: Did European…

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MAHA must resist purity tests to survive

4 May 2026 11:00 am

The Make America Healthy Again movement has already accomplished more in its first year than many reformers dared to hope.…

Sunday shows round-up: Labour minister attacks ‘disgusting’ Polanski

3 May 2026 11:29 pm

The Prime Minister has said he is considering a ban on some pro-Palestine marches, and wants ‘tougher action’ on certain…

The case that shows jihadism is for losers

3 May 2026 7:30 pm

If anyone needs proof that jihadism is for losers, they need only look at the case of Abdullah Albadri. He…

Is Reform brave enough to be a pro-family party?

3 May 2026 5:53 pm

Nigel Farage told Radio 4 this week that he had ‘made a mistake’ in trying to pursue pro-family policies, concluding…

Russia is running out of workers

3 May 2026 5:00 pm

Vladimir Putin likes good statistics. At a government meeting on 15 April, even as he acknowledged that growth was slowing,…

The Tories are on the verge of a surprise Westminster comeback

3 May 2026 3:45 pm

Four years ago, the unthinkable, for many Westminster residents, happened. Control of the council was won for the first time…

How to silence Scottish nationalists

3 May 2026 3:15 pm

It’s been the favourite gotcha question put forward by supporters of the SNP and the Scottish Greens at hustings events…

We are closer to AI extinction than we think

3 May 2026 3:00 pm

A spectre is hanging over humanity: the spectre of superintelligent AI. While governments busy themselves with the mundane work of…

We need to talk about your water bottle

3 May 2026 3:00 pm

Why does everyone in Britain carry water bottles these days? On a dog walk in London a few days ago,…

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Speech crimes are still on the statute book

3 May 2026 12:26 am

It is both a vindication of English justice and a cause of some embarrassment that the services of a High…

Why Scottish whiskey is worth the effort

2 May 2026 10:47 pm

‘The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!’…

Mental health is an inauthentic crisis

2 May 2026 10:21 pm

When it reaches the stage when everyone in the entire country is diagnosed as having mental health problems, will we…

It is no wonder Jews want to leave Britain

2 May 2026 3:45 pm

I am the one with the big personality around the Friday night dinner table. I have spent my whole life…

Should the Princess Diana tapes be released?

2 May 2026 3:33 pm

As King Charles returns to Britain this weekend, secure in the knowledge that his state visit to the United States…