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The nauseating hypocrisy of Kneecap
You truly could not make it up. Kneecap, who spent the past three months whingeing and complaining about their gigs…
You were never meant to know about the court service IT bug
Another day, another scandal in Britain’s collapsing public sector. Today’s concerns the country’s courts. A BBC investigation has turned up an…
The devaluing of American citizenship
President Trump’s call for a new US census that excludes illegal immigrants has stirred up exactly the kind of debate…
Could Britain learn from Japan’s ‘vigilante’ groups?
A uniformed group of volunteers is planning to patrol the mean streets of Bournemouth in response to a recent surge…
Spain’s anti-Islam turn
‘Spain is and will be forever the land of Christian people’. These are not, as you might think, the words…
Labour is entering its ‘Zanu-PF’ era
If you hadn’t heard of Rushanara Ali until her resignation yesterday, then good for you. If you still hadn’t until…
To be a success, Starmer’s migrant deal must pass tough tests
First came the Starmer-Macron handshake, sealing the UK-France migrant treaty. Following that was a series of Home Office stories about…
The sad tale of Denmark’s buxom mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen didn’t write a fairy tale called ‘The Ugly, Pornographic Duckling’, yet his stories often feature alienation, exile…
The fog of tariffs
It was an all-caps kind of evening for the President. “RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!” Donald Trump wrote on Truth…
What would an Israeli occupation of Gaza look like?
In a decision of historic weight, the Israeli government has formally approved a plan to expand its military operation and…
Asylum has become unsustainable
Data published yesterday has piled yet more pressure on the government to change its asylum policy. Analysis by the Telegraph…
Ex-Reform MP mistakes rowers for migrants
As the issue of immigration continues to assert itself as one of the top concerns facing the country, Brits are…
The rise of white signaling
What is culture but an endless backlash against the backlash? Woke was a sustained war on whitey for his privilege…
Reeves is to blame for the next cost of living crisis
Will yesterday’s cut in interest rates bring relief to the government in its economic problems, offering a breather to people…
Why is Spain trying to pick a fight with Trump on defence?
When I joined the House of Commons Clerk’s Department 20 years ago, there was a helpful list of formerly common…
Will the occupation of Gaza allow Israel to crush Hamas?
In a decision of historic weight, the Israeli government has formally approved a plan to expand its military operation and…
Kate Forbes: I am not a quitter
Kate Forbes’s announcement on Monday that she would be standing down as an MSP next year caught most people –…
Reform’s amateur hour problem
Britain is in a terrible state (you may have noticed). We have a busted economy, a broken social contract and…
The homelessness minister had to go
A relatively quiet recess has been enlivened by a government resignation. Rushanara Ali quit as Homelessness Minister after accusations of…
Is Putin taking Trump for a ride?
Already the Kremlin is setting the terms of the forthcoming summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s…
Has Kemi Badenoch really thought about the problem of evil?
The problem of evil has stumped some of the greatest thinkers in the history of human philosophy and theology. It…
What will Rachel Reeves take credit for next?
There’s no rest, they say, for the wicked. Nobody, however, ever deigns to inform us what amount of downtime will…
Labour’s freebie scandal rears its head
It wouldn’t be recess without a sleaze scandal, eh? Now Sir Keir Starmer’s wife is in the limelight, after it…
Has the Bank of England forgotten what its job is?
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4 per cent. Threadneedle Street’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just…
Melbourne’s mad plan to adopt an Aboriginal six-season calendar
Victoria’s capital, Melbourne, has a dubious meteorological reputation. Our weather is so predictably unpredictable that Melbourne can easily have four…
