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Trump’s trade war is driving Russia further into China’s arms
Trade between Russia and China is no longer booming as it was immediately after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three…
When will the EU do a deal with Trump?
China has wrapped up a pretty good trade deal. The UK has managed to agree to lift some of the…
Trump is treating Israel like a nettlesome supplicant
When Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the first foreign leaders to congratulate him were Israeli officials. Now, as he…
Reeves’s jobs tax is beginning to bite
Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the UK unemployment rate has risen to 4.5 per…
Man arrested after fires at Starmer’s home
After it emerged on Monday afternoon that the Metropolitan Police were probing a fire that had broken out at Sir…
Why has the BBC’s gay dating show got a trans contestant?
‘The UK’s first ever gay dating show is louder, prouder, and more irresistible than ever,’ says the BBC about I Kissed…
What exactly is the point of Starmer’s EU defence pact?
Sir Keir Starmer’s cherished agreement on defence with the European Union seems to have been high on the diplomatic agenda…
What the kids get right about the assisted dying bill
The brothers Grimm knew that it sometimes takes a child to call out what grown-ups think but dare not say.…
Ukrainians are giving up hope
I am a 37-year-old Ukrainian woman, and have recently returned from Odesa, where I was born and grew up, and…
Could the first American Pope be an America First Pope?
“We do not need loud, forceful communication,” said Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born American prelate Robert Prevost – at his first press conference on Monday, “but…
How Zelensky is calling Putin’s bluff
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues on the battlefield, global leaders are waging their own campaigns through diplomacy,…
Can Britain end its dependence on foreign workers?
Migration, migration, migration. Sir Keir Starmer didn’t express it like that in his Downing Street press conference, but he might…
Hamas is using Edan Alexander to win favour with Trump
The last surviving American hostage held by Hamas in Gaza is set to be released as early as today, coinciding…
How America betrayed Edan Alexander
When a US citizen, just 19, was taken captive by a fascist militia, what did America’s progressives do? They cosplayed…
My encounter with the PKK’s Abdullah Ocalan
The Kurdish militia group, the PKK, had decided to disband and lay down its arms, after decades of launching attacks…
Police probe fire at Prime Minister’s home
To north London, where the Metropolitan Police are investigating a fire that broke out at Sir Keir Starmer’s personal home…
Three key flaws in Starmer’s immigration crackdown
Sir Keir Starmer wants you to believe he’s serious about bringing immigration down. Faced with the political threat of Reform…
What’s the truth about immigration and economic growth?
If the consequences of Labour’s heavy losses in the local elections were not already clear, they became so in this…
The state’s Southport narrative is crumbling
What really caused the countrywide unrest after the Southport massacre last summer? Last week, a report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate…
My advice to Diddy – by Anna Delvey’s attorney
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is facing a daunting task. More than 50 witnesses – including A-list stars – are…
Starmer will struggle to deport foreign criminals
The government is rattled on immigration. Forget its liberal metropolitan supporters: just-about-managing voters from Whitehaven to Waltham Cross are deadly…
Congratulations to Graham King, the asylum billionaire
It’s always heartwarming to hear of a person who starts from humble origins and, through sheer entrepreneurial vim, makes something…
Scottish Labour leader turns on assisted dying bill
To Holyrood, where parliamentarians will tomorrow vote on Scotland’s assisted dying bill. Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur has put forward…
Donald Trump can be sensible
We’ve learnt three things about the future of world trade from the temporary reprieve over tariffs that the US has…
The graphs that expose Keir Starmer’s failure to ‘stop the boats’
After ten months in office, Keir Starmer has promised to ‘finally take back control’ of migration – but what’s his…




































