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Elon Musk was doomed to fail with DoGE
Only a few months ago, Elon Musk took to his social media platform X to share a confession with his…
Zia Yusuf’s resignation won’t harm Reform
The sudden resignation of Reform UK’s chairman Zia Yusuf came as a shock in Westminster yesterday – but is unlikely…
The Maga movement won’t miss Elon Musk
Let’s face it, no one expected Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ to be perfect. But for Elon Musk to adopt the…
Reform’s burqa ban isn’t ‘Islamophobic’
MPs from Nigel Farage’s Reform party are calling for a burqa ban in Britain. Sarah Pochin, who won the Runcorn by-election…
Scottish Labour wins Hamilton in spite of Starmer
In the early hours of this morning, Scottish Labour won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election in a three-way contest…
Reeves underwhelms at CBI shindig
Oh dear. It sounds as though Rachel Reeves was something of a bust at the big CBI shindig last night…
The Trump-Elon bromance is over
The Elon-Trump bromance may have breathed its last today, with their relationship descending into a social-media flame war – on…
Zia Yusuf’s departure spells trouble for Reform
Zia Yusuf has quit as Reform Party chairman. Nigel Farage and other power brokers within the Reform fold took to…
Will Putin help Trump’s Iran deal?
Spectacular. Stunning. Game-changing. These are just three of the adjectives news reporters have used to describe Ukraine’s attack deep within…
Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform chairman
Zia Yusuf has tonight resigned as chairman of Reform UK. In a statement, he posted on X that ‘I no…
Is Biden’s autopen mightier than the sword?
Whom do you suppose wrote this: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about…
No one won the New York City mayoral debate
If you tuned in to the first New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate hoping for vision, leadership, even a…
Why can’t Piers Morgan handle the truth about Israel?
As Israel continues to wage a defensive war against the terrorists who invaded and slaughtered hundreds of Jews on October…
Putin has no interest in peace in Ukraine
It was Groundhog Day in Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace. On one side of the grand conference room sat a long row…
The American mercenary is back
Two years after the fiery death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the warlord behind Russia’s Wagner Group, the global shadow war waged…
The ONS blunders. Again
‘The ONS apologises for any inconvenience caused’ is becoming an all-too-familiar refrain from Britain’s statisticians. The latest mea culpa came…
Mel Stride’s ‘mea culpa’ for Liz Truss
The Shadow Chancellor’s speech this morning was a predictable one. Mel Stride is the kind of Conservative who spin doctors…
The health nutters are winning
The woman two tables from me at a branch of Pret in the City was talking about her chemotherapy. Her…
Germany can’t avoid conscription for ever
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz seems serious about his pledge to make the Bundeswehr the ‘strongest conventional army in Europe’. Yet less…
Could the Winter Fuel Payment fiasco bring down Rachel Reeves?
When the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that she was withdrawing the Winter Fuel Payment from most pensioners on the same…
Meghan Markle has a strange definition of privacy
There are some sights that nobody should ever be forced to see, lest they be forced into a lifetime of…
Is the London Stock Exchange under threat?
When the fintech giant Wise floated its shares on the London Stock Exchange in 2021 it was widely seen as…
Is South Korea’s firebrand president up to the job?
Much akin to Britain on 4 July last year, South Korea is now veering leftwards. Seoul only had a protracted…
Europe is finally making more TNT
For Europe’s war effort, the time has come for boom or bust. Specifically, it needs more boom. On Monday, Sir Keir…
What James Cleverly gets wrong about net zero
The Conservatives were nearly wiped out at last July’s general election, and the party is currently trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform…
