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Keir and loathing: the hatred of Starmer has gone too far
It’s possible, though not popular, to feel a bat-squeak of sympathy for Sir Keir Starmer on a human level these days. It can’t be much fun being…
What too few people know about the Holocaust and Operation Barbarossa
On this day, 85 years ago a seismic event in world history took place. At 4am on the 22 June…
Why it all went wrong for Reform
If you spent the last fortnight listening to Reform UK, you could have been forgiven for thinking Makerfield was already…
Sunday shows round-up: Starmer on the brink
Will Keir Starmer resign on Monday? Andy Burnham’s big win in the Makerfield by-election has brought Keir Starmer to the…
Is Zelensky about to attack Belarus?
There has long been a worry that Russian escalation or miscalculation might see the Ukraine war widen into a broader…
Who can wean Britain off its immigration addiction?
It is a fact curiously overlooked by many Conservatives today that Margaret Thatcher did more than almost any European leader…
Why Starmer has been such a failure
There were lots of contested takeaways from the Makerfield by-election this week. But the one thing that seems incontrovertible is…
What use are the Lords Spiritual?
Defenders of the Anglican establishment often cite as one of its benefits the ‘Bishops’ Bench’ in the House of Lords.…
Tom Hiddleston must be stopped
The actor Tom Hiddleston is an Arsenal fan. Nothing wrong with that, of course. The club is a magnet to…
Paris’s Left Bank is dying
In the heart of Paris’s Left Bank, the Café de Cluny has witnessed many tumultuous events in modern French history.…
In praise of the millennial dad
By the school gates. At swimming lessons. In NCT classes, soft play centres and the baby aisle at Tesco. Everywhere…
The small Dutch town that said no to more asylum seekers
A political crisis is unfolding in the small Dutch town of Maassluis, a former fishing village which sits between Rotterdam’s…
What happened to the Bournemouth I knew?
Bournemouth, the university town I spent my studying days and where millions have visited over centuries for a coastal break,…
Why wasn’t Preston Davey’s foster carer listened to?
The video released on Thursday of Preston Davey smiling up from his highchair is difficult to watch. It captures the…
Andy Burnham is going to be yet another terrible prime minister
The line of ex-prime ministers at the Cenotaph ceremony is getting embarrassingly long. Since 2016, Britain has added four to…
Why did the Bedford train accident happen?
Investigators will be anxious to ascertain the cause of the Bedford train accident given its very unusual nature. The toll…
The Ben Stokes affair is unfortunate but funny
When the news of English cricket’s latest crisis first broke, it was tempting to laugh. It was as if reality…
Did the Iran war work?
When Donald Trump signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran earlier this week, the accepted narrative was that it was…
The BBC’s kids’ shows are worse than what’s on YouTube
Booting children off YouTube so they can spend more time watching the BBC sounds wonderfully wholesome to a generation of…
Does Ed Miliband want to ban your tumble dryer?
On the Today programme this week, Theo Bertram of the Social Market Foundation appeared to discuss his think tank’s commentary, ‘Deep Fakerfield’, on…
We found the limit of free speech at the Oxford Union
The last time the girls and boys of the Oxford Union had invited me to speak, it was about Israel,…
The hard part starts now for Andy Burnham
For his Labour critics, Andy Burnham is just Keir Starmer in a black T-shirt. They mutter that the new MP…
How the King can help save Dartmoor’s ponies
‘Rain squalls drifted across their russet face, and the heavy, slate-coloured clouds hung low over the landscape, trailing in grey…
The nine contenders to be Burnham’s chancellor
Andy Burnham is the new MP for Makerfield and is well on the way to becoming the new prime minister.…
Why Restore were humiliated in Makerfield
Finally we have an answer to the question: ‘How popular is Rupert Lowe’s party Restore?’ The answer is: ‘Less popular…
