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Germany isn’t happy about the EU-US trade deal
The US-EU trade deal has been given a lukewarm reception in Europe. Although the agreement between US president Donald Trump…
Trumpism rules the world
Whatever loopiness there is in Donald Trump’s personality is a loopiness born of isolation. For ten years the history of…
What Labour’s Jimmy Savile attack on Nigel Farage reveals
Nigel Farage is on the side of sex offenders like Jimmy Savile. That’s the verdict of Labour Technology Secretary Peter Kyle,…
What Medhi Hasan should have told the New Right
Progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan recently went viral for his “debate” with 20 so-called conservatives on the popular YouTube channel Jubilee.…
Trump is right about North Sea oil
Maybe it is Donald Trump’s way of getting back at Keir Starmer for Labour sending activists to campaign for Kamala…
Corbyn and Sultana use same crowdfunder as Tommy Robinson
You’d think two botched party launches would have chastened Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn somewhat. Not so. The duo continue…
How could Britain deport more foreign offenders?
Barely a week passes without headlines about the UK’s ongoing issues deporting foreign national offenders (FNOs). Foreign offenders are estimated…
France is turning against the EU
When Donald Trump won a second term in the White House last November the response in Europe was one of…
Minister: Farage is on Jimmy Savile’s side
An extraordinary exchange on Sky News this morning. Peter Kyle was invited on to discuss the reaction to the implementation…
Will the SNP get another independence referendum?
Tumult, turmoil, chaos: select as appropriate how best to describe the last two years for the Scottish National party. Nicola…
Why Israel is forced to sabotage itself
Israel’s recently announced tactical pause in several sectors of Gaza, aimed at facilitating the distribution of humanitarian aid, is not…
Do Donald Trump’s fans like South Park or not?
Eric Cartman, the antihero of South Park, is a disgusting bigot who mocks disabled people, demeans women and says hateful…
Russians worry what happens when the soldiers come home
Let’s imagine, for a moment, that Vladimir Putin actually respects Trump’s 50-day ultimatum to stop the war in Ukraine. We…
The boorishness of Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres, the former queen of American daytime television, says she escaped the social turmoil of the United States by finding a $29…
Trump goes tilting at windmills
Donald Trump hates windmills. He’s ranted against them consistently over the last decade. They’re as constant a member of his…
‘Eddington,’ a Greek tragedy in the Wild West
Like many Westerns, Eddington, Ari Aster’s latest feature, unfolds with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy. It’s late May 2020 –…
Starmer must not kotow to the ICJ on climate change
Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of…
Gagging the military is a mistake
Some weeks ago at an army conference I listened to senior officers discussing the lethal, agile, ‘integrated’ British military of…
Questions remain about Farage’s crime crackdown
As Keir Starmer prepared to meet Donald Trump at his Scottish golf course this afternoon, Nigel Farage kept himself busy…
The leaked email that blows apart the BBC’s impartiality claims over Gaza
A leaked internal email from a BBC executive editor reveals that the Corporation has issued prescriptive instructions to staff on…
Watch: Trump slams Sadiq Khan as ‘nasty person’
While relations between Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have been lauded as ‘unparalleled’ by the President himself,…
Sadiq Khan will wear his Trump insult as a badge of honour
The Trump Golf Course at Turnberry in Scotland looks like a middle-ranking complex for assisted living. It is all plastic…
What Trump gets right about Britain’s windfarms
Donald Trump is often treated in Britain as a know-nothing who speaks off the top of his head on subjects…
Starmer’s disingenuousness on free speech won’t fool Trump
It’s often the rotator blades of Marine One that blare over Donald Trump’s voice as he stands near the helipad…
Trump has the resolve to defend the West
There is never a dull moment in the second, more cheerful reign of Donald Trump. I am writing from London,…
