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Northern Ireland’s Christian RE crackdown should trouble us all
Schools in Northern Ireland which teach pupils that Christianity is true are breaking the law. That is the ruling of…
Burnham dodges questions on Westminster return
Well, well, well. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is back in the spotlight. Earlier this week, Norwich South MP Clive…
There’s no easy way to manage single-sex spaces
Transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they are perceived by other people according to the…
Why can’t Friedrich Merz just say sorry?
‘We live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world,’ began a seemingly innocuous speech by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz…
Spain’s post-Franco democracy is on the rocks
‘Fine weather in Malaga’ proclaimed the banner headline of a Spanish newspaper in 1974 – that was the day’s big…
Is Shabana Mahmood Labour’s Iron Lady?
Has the Labour party finally found its answer to Margaret Thatcher? Shabana Mahmood’s withering response to Lib Dem MP Max…
Can ‘Bazball’ help England finally triumph Down Under in the Ashes?
‘Bazball’ – England’s exhilarating and exasperating style of playing cricket – has reached its denouement. Starting tomorrow, England face Australia…
Stacey Plaskett avoids Epstein Files repercussions… for now
Anyone who hopes that the forthcoming Epstein Files will mean the end of Donald Trump’s political career is sure to experience extreme…
Give Stellan Skarsgård an Oscar for Sentimental Value
Recently, a friend of mine found himself having a bad day for a reason I now forget. I made a…
More Your Party splits as Sultana snubs Corbyn
Oh dear. As if there hadn’t been enough hiccups in the launch of new left wing group Your Party, it…
The Guardian’s desperate smears about Farage’s school days
Nigel Farage is the perfect folk devil for the British liberal left. He is robustly patriotic, cheerfully irreverent about modern…
John Major is shouting at the void
They were John Major’s kind of people, the audience in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre in the Cheng Kin Ku Building…
Even Labour MPs are tiring of Starmer
With the country looking forward to Rachel Reeves’s big moment next week – in much the same way you would…
America needs an ‘all-of-the-above’ approach to energy
While the House of Representatives has understandably been quiet during the government shutdown, not everyone has been idle. While most…
Zelensky must get a grip of his government
Vladimir Putin’s hopes of wearing Ukraine down in a war of attrition are no longer far-fetched. The country feels fragile,…
Is Trump trying to strike a fresh deal on Ukraine?
With fresh wind in his sails after his success brokering a somewhat fragile peace in Gaza, Donald Trump has once…
Russia’s spy ship is a warning to Britain – but are we ready?
As a Russian spy ship lurks on the edge of British waters, Defence Secretary John Healey had a message for…
Starmer did even worse than Badenoch at PMQs
Neither Kemi Badenoch nor Keir Starmer performed very well at Prime Minister’s Questions: both fluffed their lines early on. Badenoch…
Watch: Labour minister’s bizarre Chagos comments
Well, well, well. Baroness Chapman of Darlington – the international development minister – turned up to the House of Lords…
Europe can’t fix Ukraine’s cash crisis
Who will pay for Ukraine’s war effort now the Trump administration has turned off the financial taps? European leaders have…
Scotland’s win showed the beauty of international football
Scotland have qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. I can hardly believe that I…
Inflation is down, but it’s little relief for Reeves
For the first time since May, the Bank of England has inched a little closer to its 2 per cent…
Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein
The contrast could hardly have been starker. As Donald Trump palled around with Mohammed bin Salman in the newly gilded Oval Office, Congress was voting on…
Labour leadership plotters should be careful what they wish for
Take it from me: leadership challenges are the beginning of the end. Barely twelve months after Conservative feuding led to…
Nicki Minaj and Mike Waltz team up at the UN
Before Nicki Minaj spoke at the United Nations today, Ambassador Mike Waltz referred to her as “the greatest female recording artist” and a “principled individual who…
