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Thune rises to the top
It took John Thune just two ballots to get the job of the new majority leader of the Senate, replacing…
Fact check: How much will Trump’s tariffs hurt the UK?
Last week the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said Britain ‘would be one of the countries most affected’…
What to expect from Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense pick
As President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations to executive positions gradually emerge, it is difficult to know what to expect next. Elon…
PMQs has become as bland as a Bible study class
PMQs under Sir Keir’s premiership is less entertaining and volatile than before. Blame the landslide. A huge government majority fills…
What the Boots Christmas advert backlash is really about
Christmas television adverts are meant to be comforting, homely, and traditional. While some find these offerings, especially John Lewis’s, overly…
Why did China censor reports of a deadly hit-and-run?
In many respects, the Chinese Communist party’s (CCP) response to one of the deadliest mass killings in recent Chinese history…
What disputes about trans athletes say about Democratic politics
In the minds of many progressive Democrats, Representative Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Dem, just committed an unpardonable sin. He told…
How the Harris campaign blew $1 billion in 107 days
Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign spent more than $1 billion in three months, according to a detailed report from…
Keir Starmer has a problem answering questions
Kemi Badenoch didn’t have the best start at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions: she asked a question that had apparently already…
Farage rated most favourable of Britain’s politicians
As Sir Keir Starmer’s fortunes go from bad to worse, things only seem to be improving for Nigel Farage. While…
How podcasts swayed the 2024 election
Around 2:45 on the morning of November 6, Donald Trump beckoned Dana White to the lectern to address the sea…
The Guardian announces it’s leaving Twitter – on Twitter
The absurdity of the Guardian never fails to amuse. Now the lefty newspaper has decided it is too good for…
What can we expect from Trump’s defence pick?
As President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations to executive positions gradually emerge, it is difficult to know what to expect next. Elon…
The humiliating emptiness of David Cameron’s legacy
The humiliating post-premiership of David Cameron is the gift that keeps on giving. He might have been gone from No.…
The world isn’t listening to Keir Starmer’s climate preaching
Keir Starmer said he was travelling to Cop 29 in Baku intending to “lead the world on climate change”. But…
The dystopian police investigation into Allison Pearson
Here’s a tip. If you’re having trouble getting the police to promptly attend after a burglary, tell them the scumbag…
League tables alone won’t force the NHS to change
When Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that over half the new tax rises in her first Budget would go straight into…
Why hasn’t Marco Rubio been announced as Trump’s Secretary of State yet?
Rubio, Rubio, wherefore art thou Rubio? How Little Marco, as Donald Trump dubbed him in 2016, must be squirming. It…
If anyone can fix America’s bloated state, it’s Elon Musk
Perhaps he will walk through the lobby of the Pentagon with a kitchen sink. Or fire the entire IT department…
Ireland’s suicidal Trump Derangement Syndrome
Ireland has a problem with America. Irish politicians and the country’s establishment would, of course, deny this. They would point…
How Ukraine can survive Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s triumph in the US presidential election is seen as a tragedy for Ukraine. Trump and Ukraine certainly have…
Would a Secretary Marco Rubio implement Trump’s policies?
What on earth is Donald Trump thinking? That’s what many realists and restrainers inside and out of Washington are asking…
Closing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields is a net zero own goal
Environmental campaigners are hoping to announce at Cop29 that they’ve halted two major oil and gas fields in the North…
How many parliamentary police are failing fitness tests?
They’re the redoubtable men and women who keep our legislature safe. But is the thin blue line around the Commons…
The Terminally Ill bill deserves to die
They tried, they really did. Dignity in Dying, the lineal descendent of the 1930s Euthanasia Society and therefore great-great-niece of…
