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Merz’s bungled bid to become chancellor plunges Germany into crisis
Just when he thought he was home and dry, Friedrich Merz has fallen at the final hurdle to become Germany’s…
Reform councillor attacks Farage as she quits party
Reform UK enjoyed success in last week’s local elections, but it hasn’t all been plain sailing for Nigel Farage’s party.…
The new pope must stop bending the knee to Beijing
As 133 cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to begin the process of choosing a new Pope, there…
Kamala chooses the Met Gala over the presidency
It was typical Kamala. Did she really want to be at the Met Gala or not? She couldn’t seem to…
King Charles’s reign has begun poorly
Today marks the second anniversary of King Charles’s coronation, but celebrations are likely to be rather limited this time around.…
The National Theatre just gets worse and worse
The new artistic director of the National Theatre is Indhu Rubasingham, who this weekend told the Sunday Times what to expect…
Wes Streeting won’t end the 8am GP appointment scramble
You can say it for Wes Streeting: he doesn’t hang about. Reacting to the heavy loss of council seats in…
The Trump administration is giving us excellence, not equity
Americans are not a naturally gloomy people. We don’t necessarily expect things to go our way, but when they don’t,…
Wokeism is stifling thought in America’s universities
The American education system needs drastic reform from bottom to top. Our K-12 schools, both public and private, have come…
How Christopher Rufo is changing American education
As fire-breathing counter-revolutionaries go, Christopher Rufo seems notably mild-mannered. Perhaps it’s his northern California roots and Pacific Northwest home that…
We shouldn’t downplay the risks of ADHD medication
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my freshman year of college. I’d suspected as much in high school, but I…
‘Capturing’ Gaza could backfire spectacularly
Israel’s cabinet has given a green light an audacious plan to retake Gaza, signalling a serious shift in its approach…
Donald Trump needs a history lesson
President Donald Trump has again demonstrated his less than impressive grasp of history with a statement on his Truth Social…
Ash Regan: Scottish politicians have been gaslighting the public for years
Ash Regan quit Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP government almost three years ago in protest at the former first minister’s controversial gender…
My apology to Reform
I have read countless commentaries explaining why we shouldn’t take Reform’s victories last Thursday too seriously. They are all wrong.…
The hypocrisy of Britain’s military elite
Commemorations begin today to mark the eightieth anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. A military procession will leave Parliament Square…
Gene-editing won’t save our fruit
The other day, I had a dismaying experience while making my usual frugal lunch. Usually, a cheese sandwich does me.…
The Motability scheme needs to be put into reverse
Keir Starmer’s government has taken some important first steps to bring the welfare budget under control. But expenditure on disability…
Cambridge can do better than Gina Miller
Oxford, said Matthew Arnold, was “the home of lost causes and forsaken beliefs”. Now Cambridge is giving it a run…
Don’t forget Bomber Command
There were many tributes when John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last surviving fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, died in…
Trump rules out a third term
Is Donald Trump forsaking four more years? In an interview today with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump indicated that while his…
Tehran’s cruelty is closer than we think
The arrest of eight men – seven of them Iranian nationals – across the United Kingdom in two separate counter-terrorism operations…
Merz’s plan to reclaim Germany’s place on the world stage
‘Germany is back,’ said Friedrich Merz, the man likely to be elected as the new German Chancellor this coming week.…
How great political parties die
Though local polls and by-elections are notoriously unreliable guides to general elections, and a week is indeed a long time…
Germany is dangerously close to banning the AfD
Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been declared ‘right-wing extremist’ who are ‘against the free democratic order’ by Germany’s domestic intelligence…
