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Who was the real winner of Poland’s presidential election?
The latest exit polls in Poland suggest that liberal Warsaw mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, has won the first round of the…
Gary Lineker is an excellent presenter
Gary Lineker is off then, much to the BBC’s relief. It is moot as to whether it was his resoundingly…
Bridget Phillipson is destroying Britain’s education system
Congratulations are due to the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. Not many ministers achieve much at all, let alone ticking off…
French Guiana is the perfect place for a supermax prison
So that you don’t have to, I’ve conducted a reconnaissance of French Guiana where the French justice minister is to…
How convinced is the Trade Secretary about the UK-EU deal?
Today’s the day of Sir Keir Starmer’s big UK-EU summit and just hours ago it was confirmed that the UK…
Democracy dies in Romania
If the vote in the first round goes the wrong way, cancel the second round. If the ‘wrong’ candidate is…
Under Labour, Britain is living beyond its means
The bleak future of the UK’s public finances can be summed up in a few statistics. For the financial year…
Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ will have winners and losers
A pragmatic ‘reset’ or a ‘surrender summit’? The spin has already started ahead of today’s big UK-EU jamboree at Lancaster…
Could Bruno Retailleau become France’s next president?
Emmanuel Macron appeared on French television last week and spoke for three hours without saying anything of interest. It was…
Labour’s defence review seems anything but strategic
Fans of the classic British sitcom will feel a warm glow, as details of the forthcoming strategic defence review (SDR)…
The far right is gaining footholds across Europe
The relentless rise of the populist right in Europe has been confirmed by provisional first results of elections held yesterday…
Starmer’s EU e-passport plan would be the ultimate Brexit win
Last week, I was passing through Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on the way to a professional commitment in Sweden. A WhatsApp…
“Highly likely” Joe Biden had prostate cancer diagnosis in the White House
How does metastatic prostate cancer “suddenly” appear in someone like Joe Biden? It doesn’t appear overnight, it festers. In rare…
Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis is already being exploited
This afternoon Joe Biden’s private office announced that the former president has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. “The cancer appears…
Gary Lineker quits the BBC amid antisemitism storm
Good riddance, Gary Lineker. The ex-England striker has now quit the Beeb in a huff, having presented his final Match…
Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer
Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer, according to a statement released by his office on…
A Dad’s Army won’t save Britain
Eighty-five years ago, on 14 May 1940, Anthony Eden, newly-appointed secretary of war in Winston Churchill’s government, went on the…
Let Gary Lineker host Eurovision
So, the foreigners still hate us then. That was the first lesson to take away from the Eurovision Song Contest…
Nick Thomas-Symonds: ‘We won’t go back to freedom of movement’
The government is currently in the final hours of negotiations with the EU over a new deal that Keir Starmer…
Elton John: Labour are ‘absolute losers’
From Runcorn to Durham, Labour is losing their core vote everywhere. Now, even the luvvies are turning on them. It…
Why Reeves should be wary of changing cash ISAs
Shrewd parents extol upon their children the importance of stashing away some cash. Unfortunately, they rarely offer much guidance on…
Second man arrested over Starmer fires
Counterterrorism forces have arrested a second man in connection with arson attacks on two homes and a vehicle associated with…
Why are today’s MPs so incredibly drab?
Current MPs in Britain seem, at times, a drab and depressing bunch. ‘The quality of parliamentarian,’ Ann Widdecombe said on…
There’s no point mourning the death of cash
‘Cash is king,’ grinned the bartender as he handed me two pints of dry cider at a music festival I…
Cricket has become irrelevant
Apparently, the cricket season has begun. More than that, it’s in full swing and is already six weeks old. But…
