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The Jewish blood libel is back. Its return should trouble us all
It’s back. The lie that led to the slaughter of so many Jews has returned to public life. The calumny…
The Guardian’s Matthew Goodwin hit job doesn’t add up
It was only a matter of time before the Guardian went for Professor Matthew Goodwin. The honorary president of Reform’s new…
Why can’t the BBC just say sorry?
A famous pop star once sang that sorry seemed to be the hardest word. Almost fifty years after Elton John…
Why German conscription should worry Britain
For years, Germany, like Britain, has drifted through history as though nothing could ever again disturb its peace. The world…
Watch: David Davis attacks veteran prosecutions
It has been another bad week for the government. Growth down to 0.1 per cent, a briefing war engulfing No.…
The damage from Reeves’s ‘exit tax’ idea has been done
It appears that Rachel Reeves has scrapped her plans for an ‘exit tax’ that would impose a huge levy on…
Watch: Zarah Sultana squirms on BBC
‘Ohhhhh Jeremy Corbyn!’ Where would Mr S be without him eh? The grift that keeps on giving has been in…
It’s an unhappy birthday for King Charles
King Charles III turns 77 today. He will be enjoying a typically packed day, with activities both ceremonial and personal.…
Is MAGA cracking up?
In the year since his triumphant reelection, Donald Trump has racked up an enormous list of accomplishments, both foreign and…
Who do junior doctors think should fund their pay rise?
I know doctors have a long training and have to absorb a lot of knowledge before they are let loose…
Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans
With less than a fortnight to go until the Budget, it seems Rachel Reeves has performed an almighty U-turn. At…
Mini-Mamdani is (finally) new mayor of Seattle
Perhaps living in Seattle should inure you to shock. This is the city where, in the name of the George…
Is South Korea bracing for a third Trump-Kim summit?
Donald Trump’s meeting with President Xi was the standout moment of this month’s Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in South Korea. Yet…
England football fans don’t know how good they’ve got it
England won its World Cup qualifier game again last night, this time against Serbia. And, once more, the Wembley reaction…
Junior doctors’ strikes are good for my wallet – but totally avoidable
Until Tuesday, I’m once again working as a junior doctor: trying to remember how to take blood, print labels, and…
Police and Crime Commissioners failed to hold useless officers to account
Few will mourn the loss of Police and Crime Commissioners following the news that the government intends their abolition in…
Labour is coming for your bicycle
As the recently departed Norman Tebbit would attest, there has long been a connection between bicycles and jobs, particularly for…
The attack on the Heritage Foundation is an attack on MAGA
It’s Thursday morning as I write. Has The Wall Street Journal weighed in with another attack on Kevin Roberts yet, the besieged president of the Heritage Foundation? No?…
Good riddance to Police and Crime Commissioners
So farewell then, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). The government has just announced that this weak and useless experiment in…
Will Disney strike a deal to end its YouTube TV blackout?
A war has taken over media coverage. No, not one of actual consequence. This war, however, is imminently affecting your…
Nuclear Anglesey is something to celebrate
On the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales sits Wylfa nuclear power station. For 44 years, until its final reactor…
The Epstein files continue to haunt Donald Trump
The main thing that has made the Epstein files seem politically (as opposed to morally) significant is that Donald Trump…
Has Rachel Reeves crashed the economy?
If Rachel Reeves was hoping for a glimmer of good news in today’s GDP figures, she has been left disappointed.…
Why does the American right take itself so seriously?
The American right has a problem: it can’t stop talking about itself. Commentators, academics and journalists of what used to…
A decade after Bataclan, France is more divided than ever
Ten years ago today, Islamist terrorists massacred 130 people in a coordinated attack across Paris. It was the heaviest loss…
