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‘You’re fired’ – watch Trump’s prebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union speech
In a few hours, Joe Biden will deliver what could be his final State of the Union address as President.…
Does Nike hate the military?
Nike — named after the Greek goddess of victory — is seemingly too scared to be associated with US armed…
The catalogue of errors that left Joshua Jacques free to kill
The horror of the crimes of Joshua Jacques, who murdered his girlfriend and three members of her family in south…
Could Jeremy Hunt actually abolish National Insurance?
Could Jeremy Hunt really abolish employee National Insurance (NI)? His additional 2p cut announced in yesterday’s Budget seems to be…
Papers deliver verdict on ‘fiscal drag queen’s’ Budget
Jeremy Hunt is facing a day of reckoning after announcing the Budget on Wednesday. The Chancellor framed his statement as…
Who could object to a Muslim war memorial?
I don’t understand right-wingers who spend most of their time on the internet. Often they’re found tut-tutting over what they…
Men don’t belong in Hampstead Ladies’ Pond
The waters of Hampstead ladies’ pond are this week, it seems, more troubled than ever. Last Sunday, amidst cries of…
Britain is too sick
Britain is running out of workers. The UK population may be growing, but the share of that population that is…
The revolution has devoured AOC
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the super-progressive congresswoman, was leaving the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn with her fiancé when she was confronted by…
Haley is out. How can Trump pick up her voters?
In the end, the lesson of Nikki Haley’s run is that Donald Trump defeated every wing of the Republican Party…
Britain’s worklessness disaster
Whilst Jeremy Hunt’s cut to National Insurance may grab the headlines, the real story of today’s Budget was hidden in…
What Hunt’s ‘tax-cutting’ Budget didn’t mention
Can the Tory party now credibly claim it is cutting taxes? That was the big mystery going into Jeremy Hunt’s…
The key announcements in Hunt’s Budget
This afternoon Jeremy Hunt delivered his second Budget as Chancellor. Much of his speech had been trailed over the previous…
Jeremy Hunt’s low-key Budget
If Jeremy Hunt’s Budget was the final flourish before a May election, it’s going to be a very low-key campaign…
Watch: Trump ally tells Emily Maitlis to ‘f*** off’
The News Agents podcast has had a mixed reception in the UK but its presenters are having an even rougher…
The picture that will scotch vile rumours about the Princess of Wales
The Princess of Wales has been photographed for the first time since she was hospitalised earlier this year. But while…
Listen: Jenrick warns of foreign state media ownership
Will a UAE-backed entity buy the Telegraph and The Spectator? Not if parliament gets its way. More than 100 MPs have signed a letter saying…
How did Newsnight end up defending a Syrian child rapist?
This week, a Syrian man named Omar Badreddin was sentenced to 18 years in prison, after being found guilty of…
Cutting National Insurance won’t save the Tories
It will put more money in people’s pockets. It will improve the incentives to work. And it will put down…
Ten of the worst Tory tax hikes since 2010
It’s Budget day today. With the tax burden predicted to amount to 37 per cent of national income by the…
The race for the White House is about to get much dirtier
Super Tuesday is over and so is the primary season. Although some states have not voted yet and a few…
Geri Halliwell can never be wrong
Watching the current scandal around Christian Horner play out, I didn’t feel any of the glee I usually do when…
Will Macron grant the Saudis their Olympics request?
Britain and its government has a well deserved reputation for kow-towing to foreign investors. But even they (one hopes) would…
Donald Trump dominant on Super Tuesday
Donald Trump is cleaning up in the Republican primaries on Super Tuesday. The 45th president has secured victories in Alabama,…
MPs demand veto on foreign state press ownership
More than 100 MPs have tonight backed an amendment in the House of Lords which would give parliament a veto…
