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Can Rachel Reeves woo Trump’s team – without alienating the EU?
The government is on a charm offensive in Washington. Tonight, Britain’s ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson, will host officials…
I’ve had enough of crimewave Britain
Knife crime, shoplifting and fraud is on the rise in Britain. Fraud was up by a third in the last…
It’s good that we can see the Pope’s body
On Wednesday, the lying in state for His Holiness Pope Francis began, with tens of thousands of mourners filing past…
Fact check: is Ed Miliband right to say tax rises don’t affect gas prices?
It’s official: subjecting oil and gas companies to a 78 pence tax rate (which is corporation tax plus the government’s…
Can Rachel Reeves get a US trade deal over the line?
As the Chancellor Rachel Reeves flies into Washington for a series of high-level meetings, there is lots of spin from…
Swinney’s ‘anti-Reform’ summit didn’t achieve much
John Swinney’s cross-party civic gathering – or ‘anti-Reform summit’ – met in Glasgow on Wednesday, with political party leaders from…
Why can’t the BBC Proms stick to classical music?
Welcome to this year’s BBC Proms, the self-styled ‘World’s Greatest Classical Music Festival’, whose programme was revealed today. Every year…
What the exploding DHL packages tell us about the Kremlin
The unfolding tale of incendiary devices planted in DHL packages across Europe not only highlights the dangers of Moscow’s campaign…
Siddiq hits back at Bangladesh over arrest warrant
Back to the curious case of Tulip Siddiq, Labour’s former anti-corruption minister who has been issued with an arrest warrant…
Mission creep has infected the IMF and the World Bank
The following is a transcript of a speech delivered yesterday by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. In the final months…
No, Ed Miliband: zonal pricing won’t cut energy bills
Is Ed Miliband going to announce a move towards a zonal electricity market, where wholesale prices would vary between regions…
RFK Jr.’s hill to dye on?
If you’re to believe media accounts of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s extraordinary Tuesday press conference, the Health and Human Services…
Trump’s impressive, unsettling digital fortress
Forget the towering slabs of steel and concrete sprawling across the southern border. Quietly, beneath the tangible symbols of Donald…
Keir Starmer is a shallow man
Keir Starmer thinks ‘this is the time now to lower the temperature’ on the gender debate. To ‘move forward’. To…
Renewing the promise of ‘never again’
What does it mean to say ‘never again’? It is etched into memorials, inscribed in textbooks, whispered in the shadows…
How America can develop its own rare earth elements industry… safely
Give a country rare earth elements and it’ll have fighter jets, missiles and warships for a day. Force a country…
Istanbul was disgracefully unprepared for the earthquake
An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit Istanbul in the early afternoon. Lasting around 20 seconds, the city was sent into…
What Pete Hegseth and his warfighters learned about Washington
Back in 2010, there was no more respected warfighter and general beloved by his men than Stanley McChrystal, commander of…
Netanyahu is facing a brewing military rebellion in Israel
On Monday this week, Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s security service Shin Bet, challenged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision…
Why Trump’s team snubbed the London Ukraine peace talks
Has the moment arrived when Donald Trump abandons the last iota of his support for Ukraine in the war against…
PMQs: Kemi had Keir on the ropes
Women and Sir Keir Starmer. That was the issue that dominated a fiery PMQs today. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch asked…
Parliament’s moral posturing on Israel is delusional
What’s the point of parliament’s foreign affairs committee holding mock-trial style hearings about Israel’s defensive war against Iranian-backed terror groups?…
What Lent taught me about the sugar tax
Christ is risen. Lent is over, Eastertide has begun. With it, my Lenten fast – and that of millions of…
China smells victory in its tariff war with Trump
It was an extraordinary statement, given all the bluster that had gone before it. Tariffs on Chinese goods will ‘come…
Can Britain end its addiction to consultation?
Britain used to be good at building nuclear power stations. Really good. We built the world’s first – and then…
