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The scale of Nigel Farage’s ambition
When Nigel Farage stands up this afternoon to deliver his speech to Reform UK’s annual conference in Birmingham he will…
Angela Rayner is the victim of a convoluted tax system
Here is a rather delightful fact. For 13 years between 2010 and 2023 Britain had a quango called the Office…
The truth about the Fabian Society
It’s a strange feeling finding out that you have been part of a revolutionary group that secretly controls Britain and,…
What has Hollywood done to Wuthering Heights?
‘Come undone’, the billboard reads. Two hands are clasped together. On another a blonde-haired woman lies prone on a fuzzy…
Putin doesn’t want to live forever
‘Rejuvenation is unstoppable, we will prevail,’ blared the editorial in the Chinese newspaper Global Times. The subject was China’s resurgence, but it…
The centre of gravity is shifting to Beijing
Beijing gave us a glimpse of the future this week. Across Tiananmen Square rolled column after column of tanks, missile…
Why Trump should impose a trans gun ban
As President Trump’s Department of Justice deliberates over a gun ban on transgender people, we must stop and reflect on…
Nadine Dorries defects to Reform
On the eve of Reform’s annual conference, the party has dropped another bombshell. Former Tory culture secretary Nadine Dorries has…
Even bike races aren’t safe from the Gaza mob
In a parallel universe, activists all over the world are rising up against the jihadi butchers who carried out the…
RFK Jr. triggers Vax War Two
Throughout COVID, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aggressive leadership made Florida the national model for resisting vaccine tyranny. But Vax War Two…
The style and influence of Giorgio Armani
When I was younger, I once saw an Armani overcoat in the window of the company’s store in London and…
Bell Hotel asylum seeker found guilty of sexually assaulting teenager
Hadush Kebatu, an asylum seeker from Ethiopia who was staying at the Bell Hotel in Epping, has been found guilty…
Reform to launch new campaign app
Reform UK kicks off party conference season tomorrow. Thousands of attendees are expected to flock to the Birmingham NEC to…
After Rosie O’Donnell, the Americans Trump should strip of citizenship
As he often does when things get a little hot in the kitchen, President Trump went after Rosie O’Donnell again…
Linehan in court over criminal damages charges
To Westminster magistrates’ court, where Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan appeared today to face charges of harassment and criminal damage…
Paraffin Powell comes to Angela Rayner’s defence
Imagine a school assembly run by the most boring narcissists imaginable. Right – you’ve come close to picturing the first…
Angela Rayner is no working-class hero
First of all, some poverty top trumps: I’m one of five kids. My mum was a cleaner and my dad…
Tories beat Labour and Reform in donations
They may be trailing both the party of government and the unofficial opposition in the polls, but it’s not all…
Poland’s Nawrocki heralds a more mature populism
Yesterday, September 3, President Trump welcomed Karol Nawrocki, the newly inaugurated president of Poland to the White House. It was a…
The questions the Met must answer over the Graham Linehan debacle
Is the Met on an inadvertent campaign to make Nigel Farage the Prime Minister? Politically he is the only winner…
The real scandal is how much stamp duty Angela Rayner had to pay
Angela Rayner must resign as Housing Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, obviously. How could she sit on the front bench…
TaxPayers’ Alliance invite Rayner to join anti-stamp duty campaign
It would be putting it mildly to say that Angela Rayner has had better weeks in politics. The Deputy Prime…
Labour can’t be trusted to protect free speech
The outrageous arrest of Graham Linehan this week seems almost designed to cause maximum embarrassment to the British government. Just…
The Chief of the Defence Staff who faced Russia head on
On Tuesday, Admiral Tony Radakin finished his term as Chief of the Defence Staff much as he started it –…
The Tories have played Raynergate well
Angela Rayner is now in a bind. Laurie Magnus, the Prime Minister’s independent ethics adviser, will report shortly on whether…
