Yesterday as I went through boarding at Gatwick Airport I smiled as I watched all the excited children going off…

Eat Out to Help Out, the government scheme aimed at encouraging people to return to restaurants during the pandemic, launched…

“Censorship is not how we do things in Western civilization”. So said Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) of the United Kingdom’s…

Today, Green party members can begin voting for their next party leader – or leaders – as ballots in the…

Another day, another dispiriting quangocracy revelation. This time the spotlight is on the Valuation Office Agency, whose performance has been…

This week, US Vice President J.D. Vance levelled a blistering critique at Europe, accusing it of ‘committing civilisational suicide’, and…

Some of my oldest and dearest school friends absolutely hate reading the news. One called me up nearly a week…

It doesn’t look like the Chancellor will hit her target for turning the UK into the fastest-growing economy in the…

Well, well, well. It transpires that in plans to make Whitehall more working class, civil service internships will only be…

The government desperately needs to save the justice system, and it believes that technology might be part of the solution.…

Maybe Trump doesn’t always chicken out after all. Rapid trade deals with the UK, Japan, the EU and others in…

Up until yesterday, I was beginning to feel cautiously optimistic about the new James Bond film. After a long hiatus…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that his Liberal government will recognise the state of Palestine at the…

It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finally realised the purpose of the Charity Commission. I’d always thought its role…

Foreign relations are among the most political functions of a government. Ministers favour or disfavour other states based on calculations…

Last week, the Ukrainian parliament voted to destroy two key anti-corruption institutions. Outrage followed, and now lawmakers have been forced…

For the country known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’, the sun is only just still shining on the…

Wes Streeting was recently revealed to have said in private that junior doctors (or resident doctors, as they now like…

There are a number of ways to measure the public’s dissatisfaction with their politicians: party polling figures, favourability ratings and,…

Last year, the National Theatre staged The Importance of Being Earnest in a new production by Max Webster. It attracted…

Silly season is upon us, as MPs jet off on holiday (or back to their constituencies) to get a well-needed…

They face higher National Insurance charges, increased business rates, crippling energy costs, and if they hire anyone: crushing employment rights.…

Who really thought Donald Trump’s America was about to join the stampede of first-world powers promising to recognize Palestine at…

Friedrich Merz may have restored Germany’s diplomatic credibility internationally, but his latest foray into Middle Eastern statecraft shows the Chancellor…