World
Will the new ‘communist’ leader of South Korea abandon the US for China?
American divisions over politics look positively civil compared to the polarization that has gripped South Korea over the last few…
Cleverly splits from Kemi on climate
Tree-hugging isn’t just for the Greens, it seems – as former Tory leadership contender James Cleverly will insist this evening.…
Winter fuel payments will be reinstated this year, Reeves insists
Labour’s winter fuel payment cut has proven one of the most controversial policies brought in by the party since it…
Badenoch’s ‘chaos’ attack on Starmer will be less effective than she hopes
Fists flew at Prime Minister’s Questions. The party leaders sprang from their corners and bashed each other repeatedly in the…
Lord Hermer and the political prosecution of Lucy Connolly
Was the prosecution of Lucy Connolly in the public interest? That is the question now being asked of the embattled Attorney…
Kemi has a new favourite word: chaos
Whisper it, but there was some rather good lines amid the dross of today’s PMQs. ‘Mr Speaker, I asked the…
Starmer doesn’t have long to save his US trade deal
It has only been a few weeks since the UK agreed to a trade deal with the United States that…
Can Germany control its borders?
Two days. That’s how long Friedrich Merz’s signature border policy survived before walking into a perfectly laid ambush. While international…
Terrorist prisoners should be kept on a military base
The murder of a prison officer on duty is closer now than at any time in the last 25 years.…
Israel is not conducting a genocide in Gaza
Since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, the Jewish State’s most vociferous critics have been busy. Their…
Labour won’t win back the north with new trams
So now we know how Labour intends to try to head-off the threat from Reform UK. It is going to…
Gavin Newsom could stop men competing in women’s sports today
On Saturday at the California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships, the biological male athlete AB Hernandez won gold…
Watch: White House attacks BBC over Hamas coverage
As ever, these days the Beeb is better at becoming the news than making it. Now the White House has…
Scottish voters are tired of devolution
For some time now, I’ve been documenting a growing devoscepticism in Scotland, only to be assured, variously, that voters are…
It’s time to ban the caravan
The French government has banned smoking at the beach, a performative gesture for a government that’s incapable of doing anything…
The strange attempt to find Muslim Vikings
A charity called the Brilliant Club offers support to disadvantaged pupils in non-selective state schools to enable them to aim…
Greta Thunberg’s pathetic Gaza voyage
When we consider child stars through the ages, the girls generally age better than the boys; Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor,…
Starmer’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ isn’t serious
Keir Starmer has repeatedly promised to smash the gangs to secure our borders. But the reality is rather different. Yesterday,…
The White House’s blistering criticism leaves the BBC’s reputation in ruins
When the White House uses a press briefing to lambast a foreign broadcaster by name, something seismic has shifted. That’s…
Elon Musk is right: America’s spending is out of control
Elon Musk rarely bites his tongue. Just ask the Treasury Secretary, who the tech billionaire branded a “Soros agent,” or the UK’s…
A fireside chat with Usha Vance
Washington, DC Usha Vance is on a mission. This year’s low reading scores have shocked the White House into action…
Putin has no interest in peace
It was Groundhog Day in Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace. On one side of the grand conference room sat a long row…
Why won’t TfL staff stop fare dodgers?
In Robert Jenrick’s fare-dodging video, it felt a little unfair for the Tories’ checked-shirt crusader to include that shot of…
It will take more than 3% to make Britain ‘battle ready’
Does anyone really think that spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence would make Britain ‘battle-ready’, as Keir Starmer…
Listen: Healey flails over defence plan costs
Dear oh dear. Mr S offers his condolences to anyone who tuned into Defence Secretary John Healey’s car crash interview…
