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Why Putin could reject a ceasefire
With all the good news coming out of the Jeddah talks about a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, there is only…
What would Reform be without Nigel Farage?
Barely have they abandoned the sinking ship that is HMS Tory than right-wingers are finding their liferaft taking on water.…
The truth about blinkered single-issue campaigners
Why do single-issue campaigners oppose solutions to their problems? Once you become aware of ‘not invented here’ syndrome, you start…
Trump and Elon’s Oval Office Tesla auto show
So Donald Trump and Sean Hannity are each springing for a Tesla. It shouldn’t prove much of a hit to their respective…
Has Ukraine called Putin’s bluff?
Has Vladimir Putin’s bluff just been called? It certainly looks like it. So long as the Ukrainians were refusing to…
Ukraine agrees to US plan for 30-day ceasefire with Russia
Ukraine has agreed to an American proposal for an immediate 30-day truce in the war against Russia. Kyiv’s decision to…
Kyle Clifford should have been forced into the dock
There are few crimes as heinous as those committed by Kyle Clifford. The 26-year old former soldier raped and murdered…
Who becomes a Labour politician to slash benefits?
If you are an idler sponging off the state, you have every excuse to feel cheated. Throughout his years in…
Trump escalates his tariff war on Canada
He has done it again. Donald Trump has announced that, from tomorrow, tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports will…
Douglas Murray wins defamation case against Observer
Today brings the news that the flailing Guardian Media Group has had to pay out ‘substantial damages’ to The Spectator’s…
Why I hate Substack
Last month, the online magazine Current announced it will be shuttering in April. A small magazine run by a dedicated team…
Is this the deal that might give peace in Syria a chance?
A Kurdish-led rebel coalition which dominates north-eastern Syria has signed a deal with the interim government in Damascus. The agreement,…
The North Sea ship collision is likely to be cock-up rather than conspiracy
This week’s ship collision off the Humber could have been much worse. Just one person is unaccounted for and one other needed…
Why the English education system is so envied in Belgium
‘Just compare this essay by one of our students to the essay of a peer from Birmingham.’ A theatre packed…
Third of Reform voters want a new leader
Is Nigel Farage’s position under threat? Most inside Reform don’t seem to think so – but a new poll offers…
Who’s doing well out of the Trump slump?
Markets are not enjoying Donald Trump’s tariffs. Some 125 days have passed since his second election victory and the S&P…
How to fix the civil service
This weekend, Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, announced that he is attempting to improve the performance…
Military service would ready Britons for our unstable world
To serve or not to serve? Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has declared that the UK…
The Sentencing Council’s tone-deaf response to ‘two-tier justice’ criticism
The Sentencing Council – the organisation that advises judges on how long convicted criminals should be locked up for –…
New SNP chief shared violent anti-monarchy posts
To Scotland, where the beleaguered Nats have appointed their third chief executive in two years. Yet Carol Beattie wasn’t able…
Is this new Chinese AI even better than DeepSeek?
Each month brings another groundbreaking development in AI, only for it to be swiftly overtaken by the next. Manus, launched…
Does Trump want a stock market crash?
There ‘could be a recession’, said President Trump over the weekend with the kind of nonchalant shrug that suggested he…
Rupert Lowe’s team rally around him
It was Alastair Campbell who declared that ‘if a story stays front page news for more than ten days, the chances…
Can the MAGA coalition survive a recession?
The color red splashed across every news channel yesterday, as Donald Trump’s seemingly blasé attitude towards a possible recession wiped…
Why are green groups giving Labour a free pass?
One of the more curious developments in British politics is the apparent willingness of environmental charities to let the Labour…
