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Foreign national benefits figures are ‘absolute insanity’, fumes Lowe
Well, well, well. It was only a fortnight ago that the government was forced to gut its own welfare reform…
What’s happening in southern Syria – and why Israel is involved
Over the last 24 hours, southern Syria has seen a sharp escalation in violence involving Syrian government forces, local Druze…
Physician associates must be better regulated
Recent years have seen an explosion of a new kind of medical role across the NHS: physician’s associates (PAs). Yet…
Reform will exploit the Afghan scandal to the full
The Afghan data leak is the kind of scandal which is perfect for Reform UK. It involves gross incompetence, profligacy…
Are we sure the Afghan data debacle won’t happen again?
‘Afghanistan’ was the heading of Defence Secretary John Healey’s statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday – a word…
Rael Braverman quits Reform after attacks on Suella
A day is a long time in politics. Just 24 hours ago, the husband of former Tory Home Secretary Suella…
MasterChef must die
As Oscar Wilde didn’t quite put it, for one MasterChef presenter to depart because of a scandal may be regarded…
Britain can’t afford to let migrants live on benefits
When the history of the next election comes to be written, we may end up asking: was the turning point…
Cutting bank holidays for French workers is a bad idea
Banning the baguette, perhaps? Or making it compulsory to eat a sandwich at your desk at lunchtime? If you think…
Sandie Peggie cleared of NHS misconduct
To Scotland, where the nurse at the centre of a trans tribunal against NHS Fife has been cleared of all…
Gun-toting Newsom’s alpha male rebrand
In a 2023 interview, California Governor Gavin Newsom was asked how he ended up in a leadership position. After struggling…
Rising inflation shows how the Bank of England is failing
The rate of inflation climbed to 3.6 per cent in June – up from 3.4 per cent in May. That’s…
The ‘morons’ who chopped down the Sycamore Gap tree don’t deserve prison
Our trees – oak and beech, soft and ancient, sycamores, whose seeds spin and tumble away every autumn – are…
The flaw in the CofE’s £150 million victims’ fund
To much fanfare, the Church of England this week instituted a plan, funded to the tune of some £150 million…
‘Climate denial’ shouldn’t be illegal
You can tell the environmentalists are on the back foot. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is issuing doomsday proclamations in parliament, branding…
No, Rachel Reeves: Britain doesn’t look ‘open for business’
Rachel Reeves wants Britain to become a shareholder democracy. In her annual Mansion House speech to the City’s bankers, accountants…
Prizes, bets and venture capital: how Democrats plan to win
“The old ways of doing business just aren’t cutting it” for the Democratic Party, the New York Times wrote. Democrats…
Rachel Reeves’s mortgage reforms reek of desperation
Just how desperate is Rachel Reeves to achieve her elusive economic growth? Desperate enough, it seems, to risk a rush…
The MoD Afghan leak is a national embarrassment
Some days the British state really does embarrass itself. It can now be revealed that a Ministry of Defence data…
Is there anything worse than being an American ‘soccer’ fan?
New York People are too into politics. I used to be called gay for liking politics in middle school. They…
What happens when AI surpasses humans?
I recently sat down to dinner with some very smart economists. I am the chief executive of an artificial intelligence…
The race to superintelligence
This summer, two of the leading contenders in the great AI race have suddenly, alarmingly, declared that the endgame is…
Should AI have rights?
Mary Shelley was challenged by Lord Byron to write a ghost story during a summer of “incessant rainfall” on Lake…
How we lost the ability to think
I’m sitting in a meditation class at a yoga studio in Chicago, neon lights pulsing pink and purple while the…
In the age of AI, humans must keep learning
This year, colleges stopped teaching students to write. As artificial intelligence chatbots allow students to generate unique essays that can’t…
