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The Trump-Elon bromance is over
The Elon-Trump bromance may have breathed its last today, with their relationship descending into a social-media flame war – on…
Zia Yusuf’s departure spells trouble for Reform
Zia Yusuf has quit as Reform Party chairman. Nigel Farage and other power brokers within the Reform fold took to…
Will Putin help Trump’s Iran deal?
Spectacular. Stunning. Game-changing. These are just three of the adjectives news reporters have used to describe Ukraine’s attack deep within…
Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform chairman
Zia Yusuf has tonight resigned as chairman of Reform UK. In a statement, he posted on X that ‘I no…
Is Biden’s autopen mightier than the sword?
Whom do you suppose wrote this: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about…
No one won the New York City mayoral debate
If you tuned in to the first New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate hoping for vision, leadership, even a…
Why can’t Piers Morgan handle the truth about Israel?
As Israel continues to wage a defensive war against the terrorists who invaded and slaughtered hundreds of Jews on October…
Putin has no interest in peace in Ukraine
It was Groundhog Day in Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace. On one side of the grand conference room sat a long row…
The American mercenary is back
Two years after the fiery death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the warlord behind Russia’s Wagner Group, the global shadow war waged…
The ONS blunders. Again
‘The ONS apologises for any inconvenience caused’ is becoming an all-too-familiar refrain from Britain’s statisticians. The latest mea culpa came…
Mel Stride’s ‘mea culpa’ for Liz Truss
The Shadow Chancellor’s speech this morning was a predictable one. Mel Stride is the kind of Conservative who spin doctors…
The health nutters are winning
The woman two tables from me at a branch of Pret in the City was talking about her chemotherapy. Her…
Germany can’t avoid conscription for ever
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz seems serious about his pledge to make the Bundeswehr the ‘strongest conventional army in Europe’. Yet less…
Could the Winter Fuel Payment fiasco bring down Rachel Reeves?
When the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that she was withdrawing the Winter Fuel Payment from most pensioners on the same…
Meghan Markle has a strange definition of privacy
There are some sights that nobody should ever be forced to see, lest they be forced into a lifetime of…
Is the London Stock Exchange under threat?
When the fintech giant Wise floated its shares on the London Stock Exchange in 2021 it was widely seen as…
Is South Korea’s firebrand president up to the job?
Much akin to Britain on 4 July last year, South Korea is now veering leftwards. Seoul only had a protracted…
Europe is finally making more TNT
For Europe’s war effort, the time has come for boom or bust. Specifically, it needs more boom. On Monday, Sir Keir…
What James Cleverly gets wrong about net zero
The Conservatives were nearly wiped out at last July’s general election, and the party is currently trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform…
Did Trump just allow Putin to bomb Ukraine?
Donald Trump has had another one of his ‘good conversations’ with Vladimir Putin, this time to commiserate over Ukraine’s drone…
Is the UK-EU defence pact a threat to Nato?
The Nato meeting of defence ministers in Brussels today will give its participants an opportunity to discuss the issues facing…
Inside the parents versus social media conflict at the FTC
Washington, DC The battle between social-media companies and parents found itself center stage at the Federal Trade Commission, Wednesday. A…
BBC editor accuses Trump of dishonesty – wrecking broadcaster’s impartiality
The BBC’s response to recent White House criticism over its Gaza coverage highlights the Corporation’s vulnerability on the question of…
Why you should fear the post-DoGE right
Elon Musk’s departure from Washington was celebrated by many in the media. In the space of just a few years…
It didn’t take Starmer long to morph into Brezhnev
It has taken Sir Keir Starmer just under 11 months to enter his Brezhnev era. Portly, autocratic and reliant on…
