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Why Jews aren’t enjoying Glastonbury
I’ve never been to Glastonbury. As more of a heavy metal girl, it’s not really my music scene and, frankly, I…
Henry VIII turned England upside down
Henry VIII, who was born on this day in 1491, is the only English monarch other than William the Conqueror…
Bridget Phillipson can’t be trusted to fix Britain’s schools
If relationships between Ofsted and schools are already frayed, then we may officially be about to reach the end of…
Tom Skinner and the triumph of Essex Man
As a teenager, my first husband was an Essex Man. It ended badly – all my fault – but I…
Oxfam’s Gaza propaganda
An astonishing email from Oxfam, one of Britain’s oldest and biggest humanitarian charities, dropped into my inbox this week. Dramatically…
Demographics is the new dividing line on the right
It’s an ominous time for a state-of-the-nation conference. Each week, the shores we defended against Hitler, Napoleon and the Spanish…
The dark side of LinkedIn
I’d always assumed that LinkedIn is Instagram for people with lanyards. A place for earnest self-congratulation, polite emoji applause, and…
Amy Coney Barrett v. Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Supreme Court has reined in the authority of district court judges by ruling unconstitutional the ever more common practice…
Tories fume at council by-election results
It seems that all is not well with the once-mighty Tory ground game. After a thumping set of election defeats…
Supreme Court allows Trump to recast America
Donald Trump is on a roll. Last week, he bombed Iran and imposed a ceasefire on Tehran and Jerusalem. Now…
Why does Lord Hermer think two-tier justice claims are disgusting?
Lord Hermer, the Attorney General who personally authorised the prosecution of Lucy Connolly for a tweet, has broken his silence…
Revealed: the dodgy data undermining Universal Credit
As Sir Keir Starmer offers concessions to 126 rebels to water down his welfare reform bill, a scandal that undermines…
Four lowlights from Starmer’s Observer interview
Next Friday marks a year since Labour came to power. To celebrate the occasion, Sir Keir Starmer has done a…
The knives are out after Labour’s welfare debacle
If the Labour party were a cinema, then it would currently be showing a double billing: Groundhog Day and Knives…
For evangelicals, Trump’s Iran strike was divine
When Trump announced U.S. forces had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites on June 22, he ended with an unusual presidential…
The welfare state has become absurdly dysfunctional
Britain’s 12.9 million pensioners are better off financially than they have ever been, and certainly compared with the rest of…
Half of Labour members want Reeves sacked
It never rains but it pours. Rachel Reeves really isn’t having a good time at the Treasury. First, there was…
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The Trump Administration’s dream of reopening Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay appears to have stalled. But more than 3,000…
Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ migrant plan will end in failure
Britain and France believe they have found a solution to the small boats crisis. According to reports, Keir Starmer and…
The flaw in Wes Streeting’s AI NHS app plan
Speaking at Blackpool Football Club earlier this week, Wes Streeting announced his latest bid to modernise the NHS: bold new…
India’s war on English makes no sense
India’s Hindu nationalist rulers are waging war on the English language. They like to claim it is the language of…
How Qatar helped Trump broker peace in Iran
Qatar is basking in its latest diplomatic success. On Monday evening, Qatari diplomats brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. This…
Keir Starmer climbs down on welfare cuts
At last, Keir Starmer has bowed to the inevitable. Having first adopted a posture of defiance, then conciliation, the Prime…
Keir Starmer is seriously stupid
Sir Keir has returned from his worldwide statesmanship tour. Barely the edge of a photograph went ungurned in, not a…
Iran’s supreme leader looks more deluded than defiant
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has made his first public comments since the ceasefire with Israel took hold. Khamenei,…
