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Lineker to move to ITV after BBC antisemitism row
Well, well, well. After quitting the Beeb amid an antisemitism storm, it transpires that Gary Lineker has been picked up…
Starmer will regret his ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal
Today the much-vaunted ‘one in, one out’ agreement over returning small boat migrants to France officially comes into effect. Keir…
Prince Harry loses control of charity after bullying row probe
Back to the monarchs of Montecito, who are not have a good time of it at the moment. It transpires…
Migration has radicalised middle England
One of the symptoms that something has truly shifted is unrest in unlikely places. The sleepy heartlands of middle England…
Has Rachel Reeves created a £50 billion fiscal black hole?
The Chancellor’s black hole is getting bigger and tax rises are coming. That’s the judgement of the National Institute of…
Could Trump kill Britain’s pharma industry?
The global trading system is adjusting to the tariffs levied by the United States: for most goods they look likely…
We need more unemployed doctors
In medicine, the working year begins today, as freshly qualified doctors start and others rotate to new attachments. Mismanagement means…
Why has the Royal Ballet and Opera cancelled its Tel Aviv show?
Popular opinion has always been able to make or break a production but until the 21st century that was generally a…
The rise of the private school ‘prepayers’
Best laid plans, eh? There have been a series of miscalculations when it comes Labour’s plans to charge VAT on…
Donald Trump is humiliating Switzerland
The Swiss president and economy minister are rushing to Washington in a last-ditch attempt to reverse Donald Trump’s decision to…
It’s time to crack down on civil service sick days
Are civil servants throwing sickies en masse in protest at being forced to go back into the office to work…
Starmer has given control of Britain’s borders to France
Britain’s ‘one in one out’ migrant deal with France takes effect today, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a stark…
The ghost of Sturgeon looms large over the SNP
Nicola Sturgeon may be stepping down as an MSP next year, but that doesn’t mean she’s done with Scottish politics.…
How can a sex offender still be a New South Wales MP?
Notoriously, the Australian state of New South Wales was founded as a penal colony. Since it was granted responsible government…
How the far-left devours progressive businesses
From all over the UK I am picking up stories of employees – or more often the activists who claim…
More Brits worried about immigration than health
Another day, another poll. This time YouGov has found that almost six in ten Brits say that immigration is one…
Jim Acosta’s AI interview is a Black Mirror monster
An absolutely ghoulish spectacle unrolled on YouTube yesterday, as disgraced former CNN Trump gadfly Jim Acosta “interviewed” teenager Joaquin Oliver.…
Labour voters: Kyle’s Savile comment was ‘inappropriate’
Back to the Online Safety Act which, since it came into force just over a week ago, has sparked outrage…
What France’s fight against Islamism can teach Labour
So far this year France has deported 64 individuals from its database of radical Islamists. More are planned in the…
How police chiefs can win back Britain’s trust
Policing and crime commissioners haven’t exactly fired up the public imagination since they were introduced in 2012. PCCs were intended…
Reform’s trans prisoner policy is a mess
Reform are in the headlines again, this time over confusion about their policy on trans prisoners. Yesterday Vanessa Frake, former…
Ed Davey should stick to his silly stunts – not lecture us on Gaza
Ed Davey’s got this Middle East business figured out. The Liberal Democrat leader has tweeted — because, honestly, what else…
Farage clarifies Reform’s female prisons stance
To Reform UK, which is in its third week of its crime crackdown campaign which looks to tackle ‘Lawless Britain’.…
The Spectator and Douglas Murray win defamation claim brought by Mohammed Hijab
The Spectator and Douglas Murray have today won a defamation claim brought by Mohammed Hegab, who ‘lied on significant issues’ in…
The OBR has seen sense on migration. Will Rachel Reeves?
High levels of migration might not always be good for community relations if large numbers of new arrivals descend on…
