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Ukraine’s Victory Day drone swarm is dangerous for Putin
Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on 9 May should mark a triumphal double apotheosis for Vladimir Putin. Not only will it…
Could Trump’s UK deal start a golden age of free trade?
We had the shock of ‘Liberation day’ when punitive tariffs were levied on imports from virtually every country in the…
The unforgiving history of student loans
Republicans in the House are considering a bill to make major changes in federal student loans for college, and President…
What would a US trade deal mean for the UK?
Later today, Donald Trump is reportedly set to unveil a trade deal with the UK. He’ll make the announcement alongside…
Is the US-UK trade deal a coup for Starmer — or Trump?
It’s musical deals in world politics at the moment. Last week, Donald Trump and his senior officials intimated that a…
Mothers need more than a mental health hub
New mothers everywhere, rejoice, for the NHS has your back. And your sanity, apparently. Data released last week shows that…
VE Day and the taboo of victory
I was born in 1983, and when I was a child, the second world war still had a significant cultural…
How Churchill shaped our view of the second world war
When Winston Churchill told Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Tehran that history would treat them kindly, he spoke…
Long live David Attenborough
Britain can sometimes feel like it’s no country for old men. Our elderly folk get a hard time; they’re blamed…
For most of the world, VE Day did not mean peace
While drinking, dancing and laughter were the order of the day in Britain on the VE Day, things were not…
There are too many podcasters and influencers in the White House Briefing Room
It was around 3 p.m. last Tuesday when I’d finally heard enough. Karoline Leavitt, for the love of your movement,…
J.D. Vance makes nice with Munich
It was an emollient J.D. Vance who showed up at the Munich Leaders Meeting in Washington, DC. Gone was the Vance…
Biden has learned nothing from his foreign-policy experience
Historically, ex-presidents spend their golden years on the speaking circuit, writing their memoirs or planning for the inauguration of their…
Dave Portnoy, Mohammed Khan and the anti-Jewish horseshoe
Some dumb people made a dumb decision at a bar in Philadelphia this weekend. In a booth at the Barstool…
Starmer used Kemi’s words against her at PMQs. It worked
Kemi Badenoch tried two ambushes at PMQs. She lambasted Sir Keir Starmer for cutting the winter fuel allowance and leaving…
Reform looms large for Scotland’s Unionists
The last twelve months in Britain have seen a general election, leadership contests, council polls, mayoral races and even a…
Is Shiloh Hendrix the new Luigi Mangione?
When a white mom called a black kid the N-word the immediate expectation was that she’d be canceled, possibly arrested.…
Neither Starmer nor Badenoch got what they wanted from PMQs
Keir Starmer wanted to spend Prime Minister’s Questions talking about the UK’s trade deal with India, while Kemi Badenoch –…
Senior Tory MPs and peers call for recognition of Palestine
Well, well, well. The conflict in the Middle East has caused splits among the Labour lot and now it seems…
A year on, has John Swinney turned things around for the SNP?
It’s difficult to imagine a more cautious revolutionary than John Swinney. When the First Minister was unexpectedly swept into Charlotte…
The trouble with GPs
This week, Wes Streeting – defending Labour’s rise in National Insurance contributions and seeking to fend off the surging Reform…
Is the era of cowardly criminals hiding from court over?
The disconnect between actions and consequences that bedevils this country’s justice system suffered a modest reversal today. The government has…
Real ID is a legislative wisp from the Bush-era War on Terror
The Real ID moment is here, the Y2K panic of 2025. Today is the deadline to update your driver’s license,…
How Cornwall led Europe into the Bronze Age
The first smiths worked with copper and gold. Only when tin came to be added routinely to copper to make…
Watch: Haigh accuses No. 10 of briefing against women
All is not well in the Labour party. After a rather bruising set of local elections for Sir Keir Starmer,…
