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The inevitable downfall of Salt Bae
Nusret Gökçe, the Turkish social media sensation known as Salt Bae, has a restaurant empire built around the fan base…
Why you shouldn’t travel with your pets
Transport for London is refusing to take down a social media video which encourages owners to take their cats on…
What the China spy case farce says about Britain
Only in Britain could a spy trial collapse because no one in government could decide who the enemy was. The…
JK Rowling, Mia Khalifa and the delusion of the pro-Palestine mob
When an Islamist attack on a synagogue in my home city of Manchester left two dead, I responded by writing…
Scotland doesn’t need independence. It needs rid of the SNP
The SNP government in Edinburgh has published another white paper on the constitution, ‘A Fresh Start with Independence’. It’s a…
The Democrat who fantasized about killing a Republican
When it was revealed that Jay Jones, Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general, joked in text messages about shooting a…
Has Katie Porter just tanked her chances of becoming California governor?
How do you give an interview so bad that it tanks your chances of winning an election by nearly 40…
Will Dwayne Johnson always be The Rock?
Over the past couple of weeks, two expensive, auteur-driven films with big stars have been released at the American box…
Why gold is at an all-time high
Gold is in the middle of what looks like an unstoppable bull run. It has already punched through $4,000 an ounce.…
The haunting of Tory conference
Spooky season came early to Manchester this year. Outside the convention centre, a baffled, shattered city reels from the latest…
Kemi’s speech was good. But is anyone listening?
Prior to Kemi Badenoch’s arrival the Conservative party played us recordings of her voice piped over dramatic lift muzak. Conference…
Badenoch’s conference speech will calm Tory jitters
Kemi Badenoch wrapped up Conservative conference with a well-received speech that was bursting with policy ideas. The Tory leader’s hour-long…
The problem with Lenny Henry’s demand for reparations
The desire to seek restitution from those who have harmed or wronged us is normal. Our instinct for justice is…
Taylor Swift is increasingly horny and increasingly mean
Time was, posting anything negative about Taylor Swift would be personally dangerous, given the famous passion, obsessiveness and sheer numbers…
The Freedom Convoy trial has disgraced Canada’s justice system
In a disgraceful conclusion to a disgraceful trial, Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been sentenced to…
Should Stephen Lawrence’s killer be freed?
David Norris was convicted of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in April 1993 and now wants to be released…
Britain’s steel industry must die
It already faced tariffs in the United States, and it has been struggling to cope with some of the highest…
Prince Harry’s white saviour complex has been dealt another blow
You’ve got to feel sorry for Prince Harry. After some of the best headlines he’s had in years during his…
Kemi is right to preach fiscal responsibility
At the mausoleum that is this week’s Conservative party conference one of the bodies has just shown a slight muscular…
Belgium has joined the battle against the ECHR
Belgium’s federal Prime Minister, Bart De Wever, is not your average European leader. A conservative intellectual with a sharp tongue…
Tice: Boris’s brand is toxic
The Conservative party conference may be in full swing in Manchester but Reform UK’s politicians are still creating headlines. Deputy…
Bowie warns Tories: stop ‘mouthing off’ about Badenoch
The Conservative party conference may be drawing to a close, but the fighting spirit of the Tories isn’t going anywhere.…
Poor Lammy and Hermer got pulped by Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick has been walking a tightrope. Over the course of the Conservative party conference he has been having to…
Trump cuddles Carney
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments,” William Shakespeare wrote in Sonnet 116, and he appears…
LeBron’s ‘Second Decision’ wasted everyone’s time
With bated breath, diehard sports fans in America and across the globe waited to see what LeBron James’s “The Second…
