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Raquel Evita Saraswati and the new ‘race fakers’

24 February 2023 11:06 pm

Embellishing job applications is a well-honed skill. At the stroke of a pen, two months as an intern becomes four…

It’s not game over yet for Kate Forbes

24 February 2023 11:00 pm

Kate Forbes’ campaign to succeed Nicola Sturgeon has been largely written off by political rivals and the media. Her Christian…

Putin’s fatal miscalculation over Ukraine

24 February 2023 5:00 pm

It is a full year since Vladimir Putin started his latest war against Ukraine, and only optimists expect that the…

Dear God, not this national divorce thing again

24 February 2023 3:07 pm

Marjorie Taylor Greene wants Americans to get a national divorce, and the only question is who gets custody of Puerto…

Why Kate Forbes is apologising

24 February 2023 3:47 am

Somewhat inevitably, Kate Forbes has issued a lengthy apology for her rather forthright comments on moral issues in the early…

The Church of England’s gay marriage fudge pleases no one

24 February 2023 3:37 am

Is the Church of England pro or anti gay? That was how much of the coverage framed the recent debate…

Is it right to criminalise verbal sexual harassment?

24 February 2023 3:21 am

In febrile times, politicians tend to have a touching belief in their ability to pass laws and make men good.…

What Miriam Cates gets right – and wrong – about declining fertility

24 February 2023 2:11 am

Fulfil your civic duty. Get married. Have children. That was the message from Miriam Cates, the increasingly prominent Conservative backbencher, to guests…

The chilling attack on a Northern Ireland police officer

24 February 2023 12:58 am

An off-duty senior detective in Northern Ireland’s police service was ambushed last night by masked gunmen as he helped at…

Why we’ll miss ‘Motty’

24 February 2023 12:13 am

There’s a sheepskin coat hanging just inside the Pearly Gates. Yes, John Motson has died. That appears to be the…

Can a football regulator save the beautiful game?

23 February 2023 9:59 pm

English football will soon have an independent regulator, with the power to block clubs from joining breakaway leagues and also…

Kate Forbes and the conundrum of marriage

23 February 2023 9:55 pm

The fuss over Kate Forbes’ opposition to gay marriage shows that the concept of marriage has become a serious muddle.…

Rishi risks another asylum outcry

23 February 2023 8:34 pm

With the likelihood of a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol fading this week, a new issue has emerged to…

The DUP has a right to be difficult over the Northern Ireland Protocol

23 February 2023 6:08 pm

It’s easy to take an unsympathetic view of the Democratic Unionist Party. For many, its politicians are caricatures of the…

In defence of the Free Church of Scotland

23 February 2023 5:24 pm

Recent days have shown an upsurge of interest in a small Presbyterian church (the Free Church of Scotland, colloquially referred…

The Union has no substance

23 February 2023 5:00 pm

It’s always useful to be told what we’re allowed to think. The news from the Kate Forbes leadership campaign is…

America has too many state secrets

23 February 2023 2:06 pm

Last September, when 60 Minutes asked Joe Biden what he thought of the August raid at Mar-a-Lago where the FBI found…

Drinking with soldiers in Ukraine

23 February 2023 2:04 pm

Getting into Ukraine can be tricky, especially if you don’t speak Ukrainian or have a national television network paying your…

Fox News’s ‘silent ban’ on Donald Trump

23 February 2023 5:34 am

It’s by now well-established that Fox News, the American media behemoth, is no longer on the Trump Train. Trumpworld’s union…

Small boats are Rishi’s big problem

23 February 2023 3:49 am

Small boats are becoming a big problem for Rishi. Four Tory backbenchers raised the issue at PMQs. Andrew Selous asked…

The real reason to be scared of Kate Forbes

23 February 2023 2:52 am

Kate Forbes’s religious views remain the only thing anyone wants to talk about in the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon.…

Corporation tax could be one of Hunt’s biggest Budget headaches

23 February 2023 12:49 am

Public sector pay. Re-negotiating the energy price guarantee. Another fuel duty freeze. Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget on 15 March is…

Will Tony Blair ever give up on ID cards?

22 February 2023 11:02 pm

Is Tony Blair ever going to give up hope of foisting ID cards on us? As prime minister, he was…

The SNP leadership race has turned into the mother of all culture wars

22 February 2023 10:55 pm

Bring back Nicola Sturgeon. The race to replace her as SNP leader and first minister has turned into the mother…

Is Facebook’s verification scheme a scam?

22 February 2023 10:50 pm

Is Facebook’s scheme, announced over the weekend, to encourage its three billion users to pay $12 (£10) a month to…