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Randi Weingarten’s anti-Trump national uprising sounds ‘mostly peaceful’
“Authoritarianism can be stopped,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, was saying, even though Weingarten was a…
Elon Musk kisses the ring
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Elon Musk wrote on X…
What caused the Ballymena riots?
The County Antrim town of Ballymena endured a second night of rioting on Tuesday, as protestors aimed fireworks and missiles…
It’s no surprise that Prevent has gone to the dogs
Conquest’s Second Law states that the behaviour of an organisation can best be predicted by assuming it’s controlled by a…
The spending review was 45 minutes I will never get back
Rachel Reeves looked a little surprised at the cheers from the Labour benches that greeted her as she stood to…
Only proper welfare reform can bring true ‘national renewal’
Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review does more than set budgets. It exposes a contradiction at the heart of Labour’s approach to…
Britain doesn’t need more affordable housing
This afternoon’s spending review mostly consisted of rehashed announcements, and in fact Tory plans that had been quickly rebadged. But…
What’s the matter with Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is reeling once again from urban disturbances, as it did in 1965, 1992 and 2020. After each outbreak…
Khan takes a pop at Reeves over spending review
There were always going to be winners and losers in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spending review and it appears that Sadiq…
Swinney stages reshuffle amid SNP infighting
It’s a busy day in politics and the SNP is keen not to be left out of the action. As…
Starmer returns to his favourite PMQs subject: Liz Truss
‘Mr Speaker, he loves talking about Liz Truss – why? Because he wants to hide from his economic record.’ Kemi…
SNP plotters should think twice before moving against John Swinney
For those who feel Scottish politics has become a little dull of late, fear not: a rebel faction within the…
US urges UK to U-turn on Israeli sanctions
As if the Labour government didn’t have enough on its plate with Rachel Reeves’s spending review to be announced at…
David Lammy has scored a win against pro-Gaza civil servants
Not for the first time in Whitehall, we are seeing a power struggle between elected government ministers and civil servants…
Rachel Reeves’s Spending Review is a recipe for trouble
Rachel Reeves will apparently tell us today that she has chosen stability over chaos. It is one of the Chancellor’s…
Will the L.A. immigration riots reach Europe?
The pro-immigration protests that erupted last week in Los Angeles have now spread across the United States. On Tuesday there…
Will Bangladesh’s leader mention Tulip Siddiq in his meeting with the PM?
If Keir Starmer meets Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, as planned at Downing Street this week, their agenda will likely…
Britain’s sanctioning of Israeli ministers is a grave mistake
The United Kingdom’s decision this week to impose personal sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir…
No, Nato: Brits had not ‘better learn to speak Russian’
It seems conventional wisdom by now that the public can only be convinced by hyperbole. As Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte…
England’s defeat to Senegal might be their worst ever performance
“England, the lions of Autumn are but lambs come the Spring”. That quote is often attributed to Michel Platini, but…
Britain’s Holocaust memorial must focus only on the Jews
The Holocaust Memorial Bill returns to Parliament for its report stage in the House of Lords today. The legislation marks…
How Harvard lost America
President Trump’s proclamation, “Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University,” pays a compliment to that crossroads of brilliance…
Taxpayers subsidize LA riots through California’s ‘protest-industrial complex’
Los Angeles has erupted into violence and at the center of it stands a cast of progressive activists and political…
Does David Bull know why people vote Reform?
In a week of high drama, in which Reform lost its chairman and then saw him return 48 hours later,…
J.D. Vance: deport Derek Guy
Forget the protesters versus police clash on the West Coast: this week’s fiercest battle of wits is between a Vietnamese…
