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Will Vance regret being the face of the Iran deal?
After a week of international agonizing, it looks as if the first round of the latest peace talks between America…
Labour’s heading for a catastrophic collision with reality
In the giddy rush to announce yet another ‘New Chapter’ in British politics – whose chapters these days seem to…
Why the Tories really beat the SNP in Aberdeen South
The Scottish Conservative victory in the Aberdeen South by-election wasn’t entirely unexpected. New MP Douglas Lumsden is a well-known local…
Why Makerfield backed Burnham
Pollsters should generally avoid hyperbole, but what we saw last night was nothing short of an electoral earthquake. On every…
Why Andy Burnham could be tempted by a snap election
Andy Burnham has catapulted his way back to Westminster in a landslide victory, winning 55 per cent of the vote…
Will the SNP get the message after their thumping defeat in Aberdeen South?
With all the attention concentrated on Makerfield, it was easy to forget that two other by-elections were taking place yesterday,…
Reform’s defeat in Makerfield is a blessing in disguise
In what now seems like an inevitability, Andy Burnham not only won the Makerfield by-election, he did so comfortably. After…
‘Oh my God!’ Reform MP and Labour peer clash at Makerfield count
It’s all kicking off in Makerfield, where Andy Burnham has romped to victory in the by-election. Burnham, Labour’s newest MP…
Iran is a loser’s victory
After years of negotiations, two wars, a succession of ruthlessly quashed uprisings in Iran and countless billions of dollars’ worth…
Burnham wins Makerfield by a landslide
In the end, it was not even close. Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election by a landslide, putting him…
Nigel Farage has questions to answer over Reform’s defeat in Makerfield
Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election is a big blow for Reform UK and its leader Nigel Farage. Farage…
How much is PM Burnham going to cost Britain?
The Makerfield by-election – in which Andy Burnham swept to victory overnight – has been presented as a fight for…
For J.D. Vance, Israel is the new Ukraine
J.D. Vance didn’t call Benjamin Netanyahu out by name, but in sternly reprimanding the “Cabinet of the Israeli government” from…
The mostly untold story of the brutalist Obama Presidential Center
A dozen years in the making, the $1 billion Obama Presidential Center had its public unveiling in Chicago today. It became…
Only Iran is happy with Trump’s peace deal
President Trump might have thought that negotiating an interim diplomatic understanding with Iran was going to be the hard part.…
The Lords had no choice but to reject assisted suicide
We live in a world where not everything desirable in theory is possible in reality. Mature societies recognise that, because…
What my Makerfield family think of Burnham
‘There was a cameraman in the bloody pie shop’, my auntie tells me as she complains about the press coverage…
Watch: Reform MP’s bizarre domestic violence football message
For the sake of women’s safety we need England to keep winning ??????? pic.twitter.com/Art8B5gzaf — Sarah Pochin MP (@SarahForRuncorn) June…
Ukraine’s largest drone attack engulfs Moscow in smoke
This morning, Ukraine launched its largest aerial assault on Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Fire…
A terrible fate awaits Preston Davey’s killer in prison
Jamie Varley has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder of Preston Davey, his adopted son, who…
Harry and Meghan can’t expect Britain to forgive them
A return for Meghan Markle, if it actually happens, could drop like a lead balloon with the British public. She…
The cost-of-living crisis is not over yet
Unsurprisingly, the Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates at 3.75 per cent. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee…
Is Trump going to defund Israel?
Cutting US military aid to Israel was once an impossible dream of the most extreme fringe of the Democratic party.…
Economic gloom is Keir Starmer’s real legacy
This week has been described by some as Keir Starmer’s ‘legacy week’. The ban on social media and the G7…
Was Brexit a mistake?
Next week, we will celebrate a decade since the Brexit vote. The decade that followed was one of political turmoil:…
