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The Tory newbies who fear they could be the last
It is a year today that the survivors of the 2024 Tory election disaster began to make their way to…
James McMurdock loses Reform whip
Oh dear. Reform UK has made much of its recent progress. Having lost Rupert Lowe at the beginning of this…
How AI will reignite woke
Ever since roughly 2010, politics on both sides of the Atlantic has been dominated in large part by the ‘Great…
The Merchant of Mar-a-Lago
While celebrating his signature legislative achievement, President Trump managed to wade into another ridiculous controversy this holiday weekend. In a…
Wimbledon has had enough of tennis
Wimbledon is the highlight of the year for tennis fans. But for local residents it’s a fortnight of traffic chaos…
Will a political crisis kill off Thailand’s marijuana ban?
In 2022, Thailand became the first nation in Asia to lift its ban on cannabis (or ‘kancha’ in Thai) after…
How a history festival became a forum of fear
‘Defence needs to be our number one priority.’ This sounds like the sort of thing you’d hear at a Nato…
Why is Bob Vylan free but Lucy Connolly in prison?
So now we know. Now we know that Bob Vylan’s sick chant at Glastonbury was not a colourfully worded call…
Islam has a rich history of depicting Muhammad
Journalists at LeMan are in fear for their lives after the Turkish satirical magazine published cartoons appearing to depict the…
How I made Facebook nice again
Social media can still be a force for good, as I found out last weekend when we woke up with…
Myanmar’s junta is losing its grip on power
A Myanmar military jet continued to fly sorties just over our hidden frontline hospital. Every time it screamed low over…
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Fourth of July
Washington, DC What’s the best way to celebrate America’s birthday? For President Trump, it was a swift round of golf…
Revealed: Morgan McSweeney’s memo to the PM on how Labour could fail
In this week’s cover story, I revealed details of a memo written by Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s chief of…
J.D. Vance’s summer plans in the ‘Hamptons of England’
Where does a good America First hillbilly like to spend his summer? Cockburn would not have thought the answer was…
Trump’s weapons pause will help Putin win
Vladimir Putin launched one of the largest air assaults of the war overnight, just hours after admitting to Donald Trump…
Why is TfL’s boss attacking me for cleaning up his filthy trains?
If at first you don’t succeed; deny, deflect, attack. This is apparently the mantra of Sadiq Khan and his Transport…
Watch: Steve Coogan’s accidental Partridge moment
Mr Steerpike is a fan of Accidental Partridge moments, and this one was back of the net. Lefty actor Steve Coogan…
Ukraine is going to suffer without US Patriot missiles
Ukraine has survived more than three years of Vladimir Putin’s war because of massive western arms supplies, an appreciation and…
Why is American pride at an all-time low?
Lee Greenwood may be “Proud to be an American,” but the same can’t be said for a growing number of…
Corbyn allies blindsided by Zarah Sultana
After months of discussion, it has finally been confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn is starting a new left-wing party. The news…
Women’s football needs Euro 2025 to be a success
On 1 August 2022, bleary-eyed England women football players danced around central London with the word ‘Home’ emblazoned across their…
Corbyn and Sultana’s party launch gets off to the worst possible start
There could be no more deliciously appropriate start to the new party supposedly co-led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana,…
Reform catches Vance’s eye
Support for Nigel Farage’s Reform party is surging in the UK, and it appears the group is making waves across…
Corbyn is following in the footsteps of the French left
Labour has reacted with scorn to the news that Zarah Sultana has resigned from the party to create a new…
This July 4, Trump wants you to celebrate winning – big time
As President Donald J. Trump waits for One Big Beautiful Bill to sign on the 4th of July, it’s worth…
