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Should Reform really have backed Trump’s Iran war?
As the opening salvos of a possible third world war were fired across the Middle East, Britain’s once peerless navy…
Why the state wants to clamp down on homeschooling
The government’s new cohesion strategy, ‘Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive and resilient United Kingdom’, has attracted attention…
Where is the new Supreme Leader of Iran?
Situation report Nearly four days after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as its next ‘Supreme Leader’, his whereabouts remain unknown. The…
Multicultural Britain is becoming harder to defend
‘Britain’s most precious asset is our diverse and cohesive democracy’, trilled the opening of a government social cohesion plan just…
Why the Venezuela model would be a disaster for Iran
What next for Iran? Donald Trump appears to have a plan: the Venezuela model. The US president has hinted that,…
The social media moral panic
There is rarely much to commend Keir Starmer for. But on Monday he blocked an amendment to the schools bill which would have required…
Why do Britain’s councils hate patriotism so much?
The war waged by those in authority on those who make overt displays of patriotism shows no sign of relenting.…
Will Alberta become the 51st state?
Albertans are very good at keeping things that damage their prosperity out of their province. Take rats, for instance. The…
The Iran war is just what Putin’s depleted coffers need
Of all the parties watching the chaos in the Middle East unfold, one should be rubbing its hands together with…
Why Alba failed
Farewell, then, Alba, the little party that tried to take on the Scottish political establishment and learned, as others had…
Should Reeves cut fuel duty?
With Donald Trump signalling that he does not want a long war in Iran, markets have started to settle down.…
No, Britain is not about to run out of gas
Over the weekend, following continued US-Israeli attacks on Iran and the resulting disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,…
What would Katie Lam’s defection to Reform mean for the Tories?
Fresh from chastising Labour for not involving Britain more deeply in another American misadventure in the Middle East, Kemi Badenoch…
The BBC will regret jettisoning the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race
And so, slowly but regularly, the BBC loses touch with British national life. The BBC has just lost the radio…
Can the US Navy really defend the Strait of Hormuz?
George W. Bush’s war haunts Donald Trump, who is now calling the Iranian operation a “little excursion”. But Iran differs…
Australia finally did right by Iran’s brave footballers
In 1989, as tanks rolled into central Beijing to crush the pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, Australia’s then prime minister,…
This ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition is truly sinister
The government’s new official definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is 144 words long. But in a sign that even ministers now…
Trump threatens ‘death, fire and fury’ for Iran
Situation report The war with Iran shows little sign of slowing. Even as Donald Trump said on Monday that the…
Has Iran’s drone threat peaked?
In response to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran has unleashed more than 1,500 drones on countries across…
Putin is enjoying the Iran war
After Iran unleashed a torrent of missiles against its neighbours – including those with whom it had enjoyed friendly relations…
Can you ‘identify’ as English?
There is not one drop of English blood in my body. I know this because, like many others, I succumbed…
El Mencho is dead. What’s next for Mexico?
For as long as there has been a Mexico, there have been cartels. Geography is not always destiny, but in…
I spent 25 years fighting neocons. Then Trump became one
Like everyone, I’m glued to the news coming out of Iran. I’m experiencing some depression, as one might, upon realizing…
The Green party is barking mad
The enormous fun of Crufts has reminded us that Britain is a nation of dog lovers. Or maybe we’re kidding…
Iran has wrecked Reeves’s cost-of-living promises
Just as Britain’s economy looked to be ‘turning a corner’, it may be about to slam into a wall. The…
