World
Tucker plays the Joker to Piers Morgan
Tucker Carlson has a favorite stage persona: the last sane man in the world, now at the end of his…
Why Australia’s sharks keep on targeting tourists
Thursday dawned bright and warm over the beaches of northern New South Wales. It was a perfect morning to enjoy…
The Ajax scandal is worse than embarrassing
Luke Pollard, recently promoted to Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, must have looked forward to visiting General Dynamics UK…
Starmer’s workers’ rights U-turn is a small victory for business
A psychoanalyst might have some ideas as to why Keir Starmer’s thoughts have suddenly turned to the subject of unfair…
The strange death of England
Whatever happened to Britain, or the UK, or England, or whatever they’re calling it? We can’t even agree on what…
Nigel Farage must come clean about his Dulwich College schooldays
The allegations concerning Nigel Farage’s conduct as a schoolboy have returned with unusual force, not because the country is suddenly…
What my run-in with Michael Gove can teach Labour MPs about digital ID
There are times in politics when a feeling of dread overwhelms. When your boss wants to go down a path…
France’s military service rollout is about more than Russia
National service is being brought back in France. Emmanuel Macron used a visit to a military base in the Alps…
David Lammy wouldn’t even show up to defend abolishing juries
Wantage may seem an unlikely birthplace for England’s greatest gift to the world. Yet as well as being the site…
How the budget will damage the NHS
This week’s budget will have a substantial impact on the NHS – just not in the way the Chancellor has…
Young people are fleeing Britain
Net migration has fallen to its lowest level in four years. Figures released this morning show that 204,000 more people…
Reeves’s tax raid rocks Gibraltar
The Chancellor’s Budget may have gone down well with Labour backbenchers, but its ‘smorgasbord’ approach has managed to rather annoy…
OBR chief offers to quit over Budget chaos
As if the Labour lot hadn’t leaked enough ahead of Rachel Reeves’s big Budget announcement, a slip-up at the OBR…
Why the ‘Gaza family’ weren’t entitled to asylum in Britain
The Court of Appeal has delivered a judgment on the so-called ‘Gaza family’ claim, which sparked such outrage at Prime Minister’s Questions…
Zack Polanski’s insane economics
When the ubiquitous Green party leader Zack Polanski was on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show singing the praises…
Britain is giving up on work
Work is good. Work generates wealth, makes people happier and, maybe, delivers salvation. The Protestant work ethic is much disputed…
Rachel Reeves may have just killed the Great British pub
It is just after tea-time on Budget day, and my pub is already half-empty. A few hours ago, Rachel Reeves…
Reeves’ Budget could mark the finish line for British horse racing
When Rachel Reeves confirmed in her Budget that horse racing will be exempted from rises in gambling taxes, there were…
Epping is being punished by the asylum system
Just two weeks ago Epping lost its court battle to shut the Bell Hotel and expel unwanted asylum seekers from the…
The revelations about what the Gaza hostages suffered are the most painful yet
The Israeli hostages recently freed from Gaza have begun to speak, and among the new revelations is that some were…
Trump blames Biden for shooting of National Guardsmen
In response to the attack on Thanksgiving eve by a suspected Afghan national upon two West Virginia National Guardsmen, President…
Fact-checking the Venezuela war hawks
As the US Navy remains primed for action in the Southern Caribbean, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro prepares for what could…
Inside Reform’s £1 million Budget blitz
It can be difficult for challenger parties to make much of an impact on the Budget, with parliament designed to…
Rachel Reeves’s Klarna Budget: spend now, pay later
After the frenzy of the Commons, comes the poring over the fine print. Rachel Reeves’s Budget is being studied across…
Labour’s Budget sparks North Sea fears
True to form, Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget didn’t land smoothly. The publication of the OBR report she was supposed to…
