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Why Brits keep getting a tongue lashing from Team Trump
So much for the Special Relationship. Since Donald Trump took office in January, Brits have been taking quite a tongue-lashing…
‘Orwellian’ Commons in MPs’ bar crackdown
Happy freedom day! Yes, that’s right – after more than a month closed, the Strangers’ bar in the Palace of…
France’s National Rally has lost its way
Jordan Bardella flew to America last week on a trip he had long boasted about. The president of the National…
How the Ukraine conflict has changed the nature of war
Three years ago today, Russian tanks rolled over the Ukrainian border in a massive surprise attack. Russian unit commanders and…
Why the Foreign Office shouldn’t save Brits abroad
One of the perils of working in or even travelling to the Middle East and Central Asia is that there is a high risk…
In defence of short jail sentences
Mike Amesbury, the former Labour MP who has been sent to prison for ten weeks for punching a constituent in…
Is Britain’s ‘net zero economy’ really booming?
If you live opposite the vacant site in Northumberland that was supposed to become the Britishvolt ‘gigafactory’ pumping out batteries…
Ex-Reform Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
Uh oh. The ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court after being accused of accepting Russian bribes.…
Is this the end of the White Van Man?
A third of van drivers under the age of 35 are privately educated – and nearly half hold foundation or…
Energy bosses lose faith in Miliband’s net zero goals
When it rains for the Labour lot, it pours. Now Ed Miliband is in the firing line after a new…
Reform fancies its chances in Mike Amesbury’s seat
This afternoon Mike Amesbury was sentenced to ten weeks in prison. The ex-Labour MP for Runcorn and Helsby was handed…
Sam Fender is right about white privilege
Teaching working-class young men that they benefit from ‘white privilege’ is having a detrimental effect on a generation of boys,…
Working from home turned me into a terrible mum
Can the passage of time ever assuage parental guilt? After all, brooding over what can’t be changed is a pointless…
Hamas’s hostage shows evoke a haunting comparison
Another weekend, another grotesque spectacle in Gaza. Hamas released its latest handful of Israeli hostages as part of the fragile…
Does Donald Trump need Keir Starmer’s ‘bridge’ to Europe?
This week, British prime minister Keir Starmer is heading to Washington to establish himself as a “bridge” between the United…
The British police are deeply hostile to free speech
Are you angry about bin collections? Potty about potholes? Incandescent about the behaviour of your local council or councillors? Well…
Kemi calls for probe into BBC Hamas film
To the BBC, which has received a rather scathing letter from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over a controversial documentary on…
Germany’s results are a relief for Starmer – for now
Over beer, pretzels and sausages, guests gathered last night at the German ambassador’s house in Belgravia to watch the federal…
AI needs to be regulated
On Tuesday, the government’s consultation on AI and copyright comes to an end. There doesn’t seem to be much hope…
Can Friedrich Merz fix Germany?
Sunday’s federal election in Germany was historic for more than one reason. After the collapse of the so-called ‘traffic light’…
Germans won’t get the right-wing government they voted for
Germany is still a divided country – at least when you look at its electoral map. After this weekend’s federal election,…
Does Trump really need Starmer’s bridge to Europe?
This week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to Washington to establish himself as a ‘bridge’ between the US…
We don’t need ‘postliberalism’
In 1979 the price of gas at the American pump doubled to $39.50 a barrel – $172 in today’s money.…
The AfD will be a thorn in Merz’s side
Alice Weidel, the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, didn’t mince her words. Speaking immediately after the German…
Is Friedrich Merz up to the task of fixing Germany?
As was widely predicted, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won Germany’s federal elections with around 28 per cent…
