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‘Far-left and Islamist’ group hails Red Ed
The ‘far-left and Islamist’ organisation Friends of al-Aqsa lavished praise on Red Ed Miliband on the sidelines of Labour conference…
Burnham’s brand of patronising tweeslop reigns supreme
Labour are in Liverpool and, as their conference reached its apogee, I was put in mind of John Lennon. What…
Can Burnham now sell Britain the vision of his promised land?
Andy Burnham has just finished his first speech as Labour leader. The Prime Minister delivered the message his party craved:…
Burnham’s tears alone won’t push through social care reform
Normally when politicians really cry, it’s because they’re on their way out of a big job, rather than just getting…
Burnham’s National Care Service is a Tory vote winner
Andy Burnham wants to thank the nation’s carers – except, possibly, the one he told us slipped his Granny Kitty’s…
Burnham calls time on the triple lock
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear black T-shirts. Andy Burnham has done what nearly every British politician knows needs…
Labour peer: ECHR critics are xenophobic
Another day at Labour conference, another chance for the brightest sparks of the left to descend on Liverpool and make…
The Labour minister who thinks a black dog in a pub is a ‘far-right fantasy’
Britain as a place of “warm ale, (with) a black Labrador by your feet in a pub” is a “far-right…
When will Meghan Markle bring ‘As Ever’ to Britain?
As controversy continues to rage about the ‘he said/he said’ dynamic in Earl Spencer’s damning memoir – and whether Prince…
Andy Burnham’s Great British Grid is doomed
There was a very big hole in the Chancellor John Healey’s claim yesterday that he is going to generate a…
Why did Britain give a Hamas chief’s bodyguard a passport?
The failure of the British state is long-term and corrosive. It emerged this weekend that Mr. X, a former bodyguard…
We need the SAS to be nasty
You know what the SAS’s problem is, according to Monica Grenfell, a civil servant who worked at their HQ? They…
The question Cambridge still refuses to answer over Jason Arday
It’s been six weeks since the Jason Arday scandal came to its tragic conclusion, when the disgraced Cambridge professor was…
Don’t let Randa Abdel-Fattah into Britain
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is very talented, very smart – and very dangerous. She is an academic, sociologist, lawyer and novelist,…
Will anti-Semitism allegations bring down Jordan Bardella?
Jordan Bardella has described as ‘delusional’ accusations he railed against Jews at the start of his political career. The 31-year-old…
The lunacy of Labour conference
It is a most disconcerting experience when you encounter somebody who seems fairly normal but then casually remarks that they…
Poland has long been vital for Britain’s security
Starter for ten: why did Britain declare war on Nazi Germany 87 years ago this month? If you answered ‘to…
Taking in more Palestinian refugees is a terrible idea
On Sunday we learned that a former bodyguard to the leader of Hamas was granted citizenship in Britain before allegedly…
Labour PPS floats billions in NHS recruitment reparations
A Labour government aide has suggested that Britain should spend billions of pounds compensating developing countries whose citizens come to…
Russia’s economy is slowly rotting
For several years already, every fall, Russia’s finance ministry has performed the same ritual. It unveils a budget that looks…
RAF Fairford shows that Britain’s security must start at home
We have to start with the ritualistic part of any consideration of an apparent attempted terrorist attack. We do not…
Labour’s applause diktat
You know things are going well at a party conference when you have to order your members to clap. In…
The bizarre plan to get Britain’s Neets working
Ministers are being lobbied by the chief executive of a major British business to solve the Neets crisis by imposing…
Will a return to shipbuilding really boost Britain’s economy?
We already know that Andy Burnham, with his talk of public ownership and ending ‘neoliberalism’, wants to take the county…
Was Iran’s hidden hand behind the RAF Fairford incident?
Those who like their irony dark may appreciate the grotesque juxtaposition of photographs of our Foreign Secretary, gripping and grimacing…
