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Calin Georgescu is a victim of illiberal Europe

11 March 2025 6:07 pm

Violence erupted in Bucharest on Sunday evening after Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau disbarred Calin Georgescu from standing in May’s re-run…

The sad truth about the BBC

11 March 2025 5:25 pm

When will the BBC get a grip? The corporation which, remember, is funded by licence payers, appears to be strangely…

Is snobbery behind Rupert Lowe’s row with Nigel Farage? 

11 March 2025 5:00 pm

One aspect of the furious row that has split Reform UK which has yet to receive the attention it deserves is…

Migrants who hate Jews shouldn’t be allowed in Britain

11 March 2025 4:30 pm

If you’re a foreigner who hates Jews, should you be allowed to move to Britain? For me it’s a no-brainer:…

The ‘airport theory’ is the worst TikTok trend yet

11 March 2025 4:00 pm

For me, even the thought of running late for a flight is absolutely blood-curdling. The prospect of sweating it out…

Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities

11 March 2025 6:22 am

Yesterday, with growing sadness, I read a wonderful book about teaching and learning, written by one of the great teachers…

Gove takes aim at Jolyon Maugham

11 March 2025 5:29 am

To the Covid Inquiry, the longest-running farce outside of the West End. With costs for the great gravy train now…

The Wall Street plunge isn’t over yet

11 March 2025 4:38 am

The plunge continues. It’s always a mug’s game trying to call the top of any market, but the plunge on…

Who’s still laughing at Trump’s hair?

11 March 2025 4:06 am

At last month’s BAFTA ceremony, the British actor David Tennant attempted to make a joke about the state of Donald…

What Zelensky needs to do in Saudi Arabia

11 March 2025 3:51 am

President Volodymyr Zelensky needs all the advice he can get, as he prepares for talks with American negotiators in Saudi…

BMA consultants sound alarm on assisted dying

11 March 2025 2:13 am

As the Assisted Dying Bill continues to make its unceremonious way through parliament, various medical organisations are making themselves heard.…

Why was Syria’s president ever treated like a centrist dad?

11 March 2025 1:52 am

There’s an old journalistic maxim: If it bleeds, it leads. But some crucial words are missing from the end: If…

No one should be surprised about the Syrian massacres

11 March 2025 1:35 am

Shock and outrage are appropriate, but no one really has an excuse for being surprised at the dreadful scenes that…

Will Trump cause a recession?

10 March 2025 11:51 pm

Donald Trump has refused to rule out an American recession. He ‘hates to predict things like this’, he said yesterday.…

Think you’re so clever boycotting Tesla?

10 March 2025 11:36 pm

How difficult life has become for earnest, liberal-minded motorists who like to show off their environmental credentials through their choice…

What Reform can learn from France’s National Rally

10 March 2025 10:58 pm

The crisis currently ripping apart Reform is nothing new to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party. Indeed, the reason her…

Does the King really listen to Beyonce?

10 March 2025 9:29 pm

Is this really the King’s favourite music? If you’ve ever had sleepless nights wondering what King Charles’s favourite tunes are,…

The slogan that could doom Mark Carney

10 March 2025 9:08 pm

Mark Carney has won the Liberal party leadership contest by an enormous margin. He will soon be the prime minister…

Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe’s feud helps only one person

10 March 2025 8:12 pm

Well, that didn’t take long. Despite much talk of professionalisation, Nigel Farage’s latest political outfit is following the pattern of…

The moral shortcomings of Palestine Action

10 March 2025 6:39 pm

Pro-Palestinian activists under the banner of Palestine Action have been waging what it’s not too much of an exaggeration to…

Mark Carney won’t be much different to Justin Trudeau

10 March 2025 5:59 pm

As widely expected, Mark Carney has become the new Liberal party of Canada leader – and will become Canada’s next…

Labour needs lots more special advisers

10 March 2025 5:04 pm

Labour ministers’ frustration at what they see as a sclerotic civil service is finally boiling over. Most people familiar with…

Do Brits really want to move to Ireland?

10 March 2025 5:00 pm

As restrictions continue to mount for Brits travelling to Europe post-Brexit, perhaps the least surprising news was that last year…

Mark Carney is Canada’s new PM

10 March 2025 4:57 pm

The race to replace Justin Trudeau has been not so much a contest, as a coronation. Mark Carney, the former…

Trump is running out of time to break the Mexico state-cartel alliance

10 March 2025 7:47 am

An extraordinary episode took place on Thursday, February 27th: Mexican state aircrafts flew northward to various locations across the United…