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Minister quits after ‘smeargate’ row

1 March 2026 6:00 am

So. Farewell then Josh Simons. The Macclesfield MP has quit his job at the Cabinet Office following the revelations about…

The Iran strikes might be Trump’s Sarajevo moment

1 March 2026 1:07 am

Here we go again. Switch out Saddam Hussein for the Ayatollah Khamenei and Ahmed Chalabi for Reza Pahlavi and you…

Can Trump’s strikes topple the Ayatollah?

28 February 2026 9:59 pm

“We’re going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” said Donald Trump, as he stood…

The US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran

28 February 2026 9:54 pm

Donald Trump has urged Iranians to “take over” their government after the United States and Israel struck targets across the…

Donald Trump makes his move against Iran

28 February 2026 9:43 pm

This morning, the long-anticipated Israeli and American strikes on Iran finally arrived. At 08:10 am local time, Israel and the…

‘Family voting’ allegations cannot be ignored

28 February 2026 9:00 pm

If allegations of ‘family voting’ taking place at Thursday’s Gorton and Denton by-election prove substantiated, the incidents will not only…

The Islamo-left is coming to Parliament

28 February 2026 5:12 pm

Imagine if Matt Goodwin had given an interview to a media outlet that regularly platforms far-right agitators like Nick Griffin.…

The strange chutzpah of Nadiya Hussain

28 February 2026 5:00 pm

Nadiya Hussain, winner of The Great British Bake Off in 2015, has it seems reached the end of the road with…

The tortured life of Stalin’s daughter

28 February 2026 4:15 pm

Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, would have been 100 years old today, and she is one of history’s curios worth…

What is the greatest Jewish book ever written?

28 February 2026 4:00 pm

What are the best Jewish books? Who are the best Jewish writers? And what are the best books about Judaism?…

The truth about cold water swimming

28 February 2026 3:58 pm

I fear the sea because I should. Not the depths or the blackness or its creatures or the cold but…

The winners and losers from the Gorton by-election

28 February 2026 5:16 am

So Gorton and Denton has become another of those parliamentary seat names which enters the collective memory of British politics…

The politics of the ‘Muslim vote’

28 February 2026 5:12 am

British politics looks very different today. Opinion polls suggested for some months that the Greens could challenge and defeat Labour…

How careful is Trump being on Iran?

28 February 2026 3:39 am

Every Friday, it seems, words spills from Washington that Donald Trump has ordered an imminent strike against Iran. He likes…

The origins of the Pakistan-Afghanistan war

28 February 2026 2:32 am

Pakistan and Afghanistan are at war with each other. Early Friday morning, Pakistan struck major Afghan cities including Kandahar and…

British politics is turning French

28 February 2026 2:22 am

An editorial in Friday’s Le Figaro (France’s equivalent to the New York Times) is headlined “Mélenchon or the moral suicide…

The CPS has failed in its bid to create an Islamic blasphemy law

28 February 2026 1:57 am

For much of the last year, it has seemed like the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been battling to create…

Is Gorton and Denton the deathknell for two-party politics?

27 February 2026 11:55 pm

A certain question has been hanging in the air ever since the 2024 general election, when between them the Conservatives…

Labour can’t complain about sectarianism in Gorton

27 February 2026 11:39 pm

And with that, what was once racist is now allowed to be said. What was yesterday a conspiracy theory is…

Starmer: I am going nowhere

27 February 2026 11:23 pm

Poor old Sir Keir. It turns out that there was indeed a large anti-Reform tactical vote in Gorton – it…

The shamelessness of Zack Polanski

27 February 2026 11:13 pm

The Gorton and Denton by-election gives us a taste of the vicious future that awaits England. The most dynamic force…

Labour’s Gorton defeat shows that Keir Starmer is finished

27 February 2026 6:25 pm

In the end it wasn’t even close. The Greens won the Manchester Gorton and Denton by-election with some to spare,…

The Gail’s attacks are brainless – and terrifying

27 February 2026 4:47 pm

If anti-Israel agitators wish to avoid being described as terrorists, they might begin by ceasing to terrorise ordinary people. The…

Green by-election triumph is a sign of things to come

27 February 2026 4:20 pm

In the end, it was not even that close. The Green party has stormed to victory in Gorton and Denton,…

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Lauren Boebert’s sneaky texts derail Hillary’s Epstein deposition

27 February 2026 8:43 am

Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill austerely complied with a House Oversight Committee subpoena in order to explain their ties…