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The secret behind Ed Davey’s stunts
Each new day at Liberal Democrat conference means one thing: another stunt with the party’s MPs. Flower-arranging, morning swims and…
How the Democratic party became the party of the aggrieved
A well-known writer in the 1930s – I think John Dos Passos – compared Southern California to the lower-left corner…
Why Eleven Madison Park had to put meat back on the menu
Eleven Madison Park, perhaps the finest of New York’s fine-dining establishments, is adding select meat dishes back to its prix…
Why I was right to ban vegans
I remember the day I heard my culinary hero Daniel Humm had decided to make Eleven Madison Park’s menu plant-based.…
Is ‘carbon butter’ really good for us?
All butter is made from carbon, but not all butter is carbon butter. This is the name being given to…
My quest for the perfect Christmas broccoli
I adore broccoli, but I despise seeing it shrink-wrapped and kidnapped in the grocery store. The sight of those slightly…
Is this America’s most racist town?
On a suffocatingly humid Friday morning in August, I sat in a rental car parked outside the home of Thom…
The end of Fergie
Sarah ‘Fergie’ Ferguson, the beleaguered Duchess of York, has finally met her reputational Waterloo. Despite showily cutting off all contact…
Rachel Reeves only has ugly choices
Rachel Reeves should shift the tax burden away from workers and onto those who take most from the state: our…
Private Eye’s shameful Charlie Kirk article
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a peculiar phenomenon has re-emerged: the casket caveat. Instead of simply condemning the…
Jimmy Kimmel is back
Jimmy Kimmel’s broadcast has made a lot more news off the air than on it. The latest is that ABC…
Tyl and error
“DON’T TAKE TYLENOL,” the President advised pregnant women, forcefully, in the Oval Office yesterday afternoon, because his Administration now says…
Has Farage managed to put Boris to bed?
How do you solve a problem like B Johnson? It has troubled the Conservative party since his departure, not least as…
Rachel Reeves’s ‘taxi tax’ plans show how desperate she is
It will at least give the cabbies something to genuinely complain about. Amid all the wheezes that Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
Australia could regret its decision to recognise Palestine
When it comes to major decisions certain to anger Donald Trump and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking safety in…
Forget Palestine – when will Starmer recognise Britain?
Who does Keir Starmer think he’s kidding? There he is in that glossy video imperiously decreeing there should be a…
Charlie Kirk and America’s fifth great awakening
Political Islam is a powerful global force. Wahhabism, the Muslim Brotherhood and Shia theocracy are different yet successful strands of…
Did the Jews kill Charlie Kirk?
Yes, things can always get worse. Within less than a week of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a new conspiracy was in…
After Charlie Kirk, will the right fight or forgive?
Charlie Kirk’s status as a martyr was sealed at his packed memorial on Sunday evening, when an estimated 100,000 people…
Jason Bateman breaks bad in Black Rabbit
When Bryan Cranston staggered on-screen in the opening scene of Breaking Bad in 2008, stumbling out of a crashed RV…
Is Prince Harry angling for a royal return?
Royalist or republican, you have to feel some sympathy for King Charles. In the past ten days alone, not only…
Labour MP backs claim that Farage’s migrant policy is ‘racist’
Labour might have recognised Palestinian statehood and green-lighted a new Gatwick runway, but Nigel Farage has once again managed to…
The danger of defining ‘Islamophobia’
Many people have been warning for some time about the perilous consequences of introducing an official definition of ‘Islamophobia’ to…
Gatwick expansion won’t happen any time soon
How refreshing to hear transport secretary Heidi Alexander approve plans for a second working runway at Gatwick Airport, taking on…
What will Keir Starmer’s Palestine declaration achieve?
Keir Starmer has justified Britain’s declaration of Palestinian statehood by insisting that it will keep open the path to a…
