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Could Iran descend into civil war?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a man whose life has been defined by the harshness of his rhetoric against the West (specifically,…
Graduates are right to be furious about student loans
When I was seventeen, I signed up for a student loan to cover the cost of going to university. Teachers,…
How Israel killed Khamanei
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, was presented with irrefutable evidence yesterday, including footage, confirming the death of Iran’s so-called…
Pushy parents are making the special needs crisis worse
As a foster carer since the early 2000s, I’ve witnessed the human cost of Britain’s broken SEND (special educational needs…
Why anti-racism kills
When the triple murderer Valdo Calocane was allowed to walk free from medical custody in 2020, it appears to have…
My mission to avoid breaking the Official Secrets Act
Whether compelling or not, a case can probably be made for most of the heavy-handed things the British state finds…
Even Khamenei’s death might not finish the Iranian regime
As of now, it is possible to draw a number of immediate conclusions from the war currently under way between…
Minister quits after ‘smeargate’ row
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
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?
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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’
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?
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
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
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
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?
A certain question has been hanging in the air ever since the 2024 general election, when between them the Conservatives…
