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The style and influence of Giorgio Armani
When I was younger, I once saw an Armani overcoat in the window of the company’s store in London and…
Bell Hotel asylum seeker found guilty of sexually assaulting teenager
Hadush Kebatu, an asylum seeker from Ethiopia who was staying at the Bell Hotel in Epping, has been found guilty…
Reform to launch new campaign app
Reform UK kicks off party conference season tomorrow. Thousands of attendees are expected to flock to the Birmingham NEC to…
After Rosie O’Donnell, the Americans Trump should strip of citizenship
As he often does when things get a little hot in the kitchen, President Trump went after Rosie O’Donnell again…
Linehan in court over criminal damages charges
To Westminster magistrates’ court, where Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan appeared today to face charges of harassment and criminal damage…
Paraffin Powell comes to Angela Rayner’s defence
Imagine a school assembly run by the most boring narcissists imaginable. Right – you’ve come close to picturing the first…
Angela Rayner is no working-class hero
First of all, some poverty top trumps: I’m one of five kids. My mum was a cleaner and my dad…
Tories beat Labour and Reform in donations
They may be trailing both the party of government and the unofficial opposition in the polls, but it’s not all…
Poland’s Nawrocki heralds a more mature populism
Yesterday, September 3, President Trump welcomed Karol Nawrocki, the newly inaugurated president of Poland to the White House. It was a…
The questions the Met must answer over the Graham Linehan debacle
Is the Met on an inadvertent campaign to make Nigel Farage the Prime Minister? Politically he is the only winner…
The real scandal is how much stamp duty Angela Rayner had to pay
Angela Rayner must resign as Housing Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, obviously. How could she sit on the front bench…
TaxPayers’ Alliance invite Rayner to join anti-stamp duty campaign
It would be putting it mildly to say that Angela Rayner has had better weeks in politics. The Deputy Prime…
Labour can’t be trusted to protect free speech
The outrageous arrest of Graham Linehan this week seems almost designed to cause maximum embarrassment to the British government. Just…
The Chief of the Defence Staff who faced Russia head on
On Tuesday, Admiral Tony Radakin finished his term as Chief of the Defence Staff much as he started it –…
The Tories have played Raynergate well
Angela Rayner is now in a bind. Laurie Magnus, the Prime Minister’s independent ethics adviser, will report shortly on whether…
The death throes of free speech in Britain – and its opponents
Free speech, the very bedrock of constitutional democracy, is writhing on its deathbed in England. It will take a mass movement to restore its vitality. Fortunately,…
Britain needs a First Amendment
Well, if they’re arresting comedians, at least Nish Kumar is safe. Graham Linehan, not so much. The British like to…
The vampiric desires of Putin and Xi
‘They’re vampires’ was my first thought. I had just heard the news that Putin and Xi were discussing how to…
Poland’s divisions are bad news for Europe
Against the background of turbulent transatlantic relations, the visit this week of Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, to Washington was…
Free childcare shouldn’t just be for working mothers
This week, we had a rare example of a family-friendly policy coming into effect: working parents of children aged 9…
Graham Linehan’s arrest exposes Britain’s soft totalitarianism
A softer version of totalitarianism has been gnawing its way through the British body politic like a cancer for many…
Why do Western activists keep quiet about Africa’s LGBT crackdown?
Burkina Faso’s transitional legislative assembly passed a bill this week to outlaw homosexuality – making it the 32nd out of…
Will Trump cripple Brazil if Jair Bolsonaro is found guilty?
The trial of Brazil’s former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of plotting a coup to topple the current President…
Tories seek ‘digital army’ to take on Farage
It is a tough time for the Tories right now. Nigel Farage’s grinning face appears to be everywhere, as the…
Cynthia Nixon and the battle for Broadway
When Representative Jerry Nadler announced his retirement this week, Democrats in New York instantly began preparing for a political drama…
