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Free childcare shouldn’t just be for working mothers
This week, we had a rare example of a family-friendly policy coming into effect: working parents of children aged 9…
Graham Linehan’s arrest exposes Britain’s soft totalitarianism
A softer version of totalitarianism has been gnawing its way through the British body politic like a cancer for many…
Why do Western activists keep quiet about Africa’s LGBT crackdown?
Burkina Faso’s transitional legislative assembly passed a bill this week to outlaw homosexuality – making it the 32nd out of…
Will Trump cripple Brazil if Jair Bolsonaro is found guilty?
The trial of Brazil’s former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of plotting a coup to topple the current President…
Tories seek ‘digital army’ to take on Farage
It is a tough time for the Tories right now. Nigel Farage’s grinning face appears to be everywhere, as the…
Cynthia Nixon and the battle for Broadway
When Representative Jerry Nadler announced his retirement this week, Democrats in New York instantly began preparing for a political drama…
Of course tax rises won’t help economic growth
What’s the most idiotic question ever posed by an interviewer? There was the real-life Sally Jockstrap who asked David Gower…
Trump brothers go mining
After a day where the very alive President Trump bombed a Venezuelan drugs boat, moved Space Force headquarters out of…
The Met can’t blame politicians for the Linehan arrest
If it had been a sketch in one of his many comedy shows, it would surely have been rejected as…
Watch: Farage warns Congress about UK speech laws
Prime Minister Keir Starmer took aim at Nigel Farage in PMQs today for not being in the Chamber. In fact,…
How could Badenoch fail to skewer Starmer this time?
It was taxes that eventually did for Al Capone. And Spiro Agnew. And Judy Garland. So now the taxman’s bell…
Keir Starmer comes to Angela Rayner’s defence at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer clearly didn’t spend their summer breaks working on their performances at Prime Minister’s Questions. Today’s…
China’s parade spells trouble for Taiwan
The massive military parade in Beijing today definitively marks the end of the post-World War Two era. Nominally, the 80th Anniversary…
In Our Time won’t be the same without Melvyn Bragg
The education system may produce ignoramuses (my daughter finished school in June, never having been taught a thing about Napoleon,…
Father Ted and Havel’s Greengrocer
A softer version of totalitarianism has been gnawing its way through the British body politic like a cancer for many…
Why has the University of London put a trigger warning on ‘Twilight’?
Kneeling for Black Lives Matter, making pronoun declarations, and taking children to drag queen story hours: some things will be…
Why In Our Time must go on
‘Hello’. It’s strange to think that Melvyn Bragg has said that for the last time on In Our Time. That was…
Rayner admits she didn’t pay enough stamp duty on second home
To the Deputy Prime Minister, who has been in the spotlight over the last week over accusations she avoided tax…
Zack Polanski: the police were right to arrest Graham Linehan
The arrest of comedian Graham Linehan at Heathrow Airport this week over his Twitter posts sparked outrage across the country…
Trump’s strike on the Venezuelan ‘narco terrorists’
President Trump has authorized what he called a “kinetic strike” from a US warship that destroyed a boat allegedly carrying…
What China’s show of force means for the new world order
Today’s vast military parade in Beijing is the climax of three days of political theatre orchestrated by President Xi Jinping,…
Streeting suggests law should be changed after Linehan arrest
Well, well, well. The arrest of Graham Linehan this week sparked outrage after the Father Ted co-creator was taken into…
Digital IDs won’t fix the migrant crisis
Will the compulsory ID card lobby ever give up? For more than two decades it has been trying to exploit…
Spain’s wildfires have exposed the inadequacy of its politicians
Since early August, Spain has been reeling from its worst forest fires in decades. Exact estimates vary but so far…
The Budget that could make, or break, Starmer’s government
As the Chancellor Rachel Reeves gets to work on her second Budget – to be delivered on 26 November –…
