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Starmer’s skills adviser founded failing school
There’s a new man about Whitehall. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed Oli de Botton – ex-adviser to David Miliband…
Are Islamist gangs in control of Britain’s most secure prison?
HMP Frankland, in Durham, is supposed to be one of the most secure jails in the country. The category A…
They think it’s all over for President Yoon – it is now
Yoon Suk Yeol, elected South Korea’s president in 2022, has been removed from office. The Constitutional Court in Seoul has…
Labour council tells staff to take ‘privilege’ test
If you thought progressive politics couldn’t get any worse, think again. It transpires that the Labour-led Westminster city council is…
The truth about Israel’s ‘bloodlust’ in Gaza
Are we being lied to, or at the very least misled, about what’s going on in Gaza? It increasingly seems…
Trump can’t ignore the stock market carnage forever
As it turned out, the only thing Liberation Day was actually liberating anyone from was their money. In the wake…
Trump has finally ditched Macron for Marine Le Pen
It’s official, the bromance between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron is over. It had always been a rocky relationship but…
Nato needs to prepare for America’s withdrawal from Europe
Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general, has a reputation for genial flexibility and an ability to evade trouble. During his…
The logic behind Trump’s tariffs is not coherent
This week Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day,” unveiling a barrage of tariffs that had been trailed as correcting for unfair…
Has King Trump lost his jester?
The most important man in the palace of King Donald Trump looks set to leave the court. According to several…
Why did Trump throw Taiwan under the bus?
Things could have been very different. Since the distant days of the first Trump presidency, Taiwanese tech companies have been…
Javier Milei is deluded about the Falklands
Javier Milei might be a Thatcherite economically, but when it comes to the Falklands he’s about as Thatcherite as a…
Is Hungary right to quit the ICC?
When Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán, who is nobody’s fool, offered Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu a state visit to Budapest…
Unlocked was changing inmates’ lives. So why has Labour binned it?
Unlocked Graduates, a charity that recruited hundreds of high-calibre graduates into the prison service, was one of the few glimmers…
South Korea must pick its next president wisely
Over 100 days since his impeachment trial commenced, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was unanimously voted out by the…
Marco Rubio treads a fine line at NATO
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to NATO headquarters in Brussels couldn’t have been easy for either Rubio or the…
The Democrats are desperate for Elon Musk’s downfall
Who was the biggest loser of Tuesday night’s Wisconsin Supreme Court special election? You might think it was the defeated…
Why I’m giving my money to maths
When I was a teenager, mathematics saved my life. Diagnosed with Asperger’s, I had a knack for saying the wrong…
Labour’s Luton expansion plans get the green light
The economy may not be expanding, but Labour is determined Britain’s airports will. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has today approved…
The BBC isn’t even pretending to be impartial about Trump
If, for some unfathomable reason, you missed Newsnight last night, do make sure you see, somehow, the interview between presenter…
Watchdog probes Prince Harry’s charity
To the monarch of Montecito, who is once again making headlines for all the wrong reasons. It turns out the…
Give Trump’s tariffs a shot
So the big question is: will it work? Will Trump’s protectionist policies, announced with some fanfare at a Rose Garden event at the…
How Farage can win power
There can be no doubt that Nigel Farage was one of the big political winners of 2024. His decision to…
How Trump’s tariffs will hurt China
China has been hit hard by President Trump’s tariff list, which he unveiled yesterday in the White House rose garden.…
Keir Starmer plots retaliatory tariffs
How will the UK respond to Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’? After the US President announced a batch of new tariffs…
