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Sunday shows round-up: Streeting calls Reform a ‘real threat’ to Labour
Wes Streeting admits that Reform UK might become Labour’s ‘main challengers’ Thursday’s local elections were bruising for both main parties,…
What Micheal Martin gets wrong about the 1916 proclamation
As thousands of protesters thundered through central Dublin over Easter weekend, waving a sea of tricolour flags, Ireland’s anti-immigration movement…
The ugly truth about Lucy Powell’s grooming gangs comments
This week Lucy Powell, leader of the House of Commons, did something unusual for a politician: she spoke from the…
Jordan Bardella’s moment has arrived
It is time to take seriously the possibility that the next president of France will be Jordan Bardella. His star…
Are Protestants free to criticise Catholicism?
The death of a Pope is a time for assorted reflections on the Catholic Church. Protestants can be wary of…
Are the Tories really mad enough to change their leader again?
To no one’s surprise, this week’s election results make miserable reading for the Tories, and the attacks on Kemi Badenoch…
Who can knock out Mr Farage?
David Cameron’s promise of an EU referendum in 2013 was designed to head off the apparent challenge to his party’s…
Why Duolingo isn’t helping you learn a foreign language
Duolingo claims that it is ‘the world’s best way to learn a language’. The app – which has tens of…
What Kneecap won’t tell you about growing up in Belfast
The three members of Irish rap band Kneecap are ‘ceasefire babies’: they grew up on the streets of Belfast around…
The real reason the UK always fails at Eurovision
The UK has a peerless reputation for producing some of the catchiest and most imaginative pop music on the planet.…
Labour minister: rape gangs are a ‘dog whistle’
Uh oh. Commons Leader Lucy Powell has found herself in hot water after making some rather careless remarks on BBC…
Australian election: Trump helps topple second conservative leader
Tonight, Australia voted decisively for continuity. The Labor government of prime minister Anthony Albanese has not merely been re-elected. It…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no martyr
In the matter of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his all-expenses-paid sojourn in El Salvador, there has been a goodly quota…
The strategic ascent of Kai Trump
In the gilded corridors of Trump Tower and the manicured greens of exclusive golf courses, a new Trump is quietly…
Badenoch is leading the Tories off a cliff
It’s always sad to discover that one of your favourite quotations was made up. After communism’s fall, Robert Conquest’s American…
The revenge of Prince Harry
It was always unlikely that Prince Harry was going to take his latest and perhaps most humiliating legal defeat with…
Reform’s next challenge is delivery
The Cholmondeley Arms is set just off the main road of the quaint, red-bricked market town of Frodsham. Not that…
Do Green voters know what they’ve done?
The Green party has done well at the local elections, making dozens of gains across England. But do those who…
Will Australia’s angry voters punish Labor at the polls?
Australia goes to the polls today, pitting the first-term Labor government of prime minister Anthony Albanese against the Liberal-National party…
Was this right-wing TV host joking about taking on Marine Le Pen?
A controversial and wildly popular right-wing television star says that he orchestrated a ‘prank’ that he was about to jump…
Are triads becoming more active in Britain?
The Chinese community in Britain has long been seen as peaceful and law-abiding. Yet beneath the surface, there is a…
What the Auschwitz memorial gets wrong
In 1982, to the shock of almost everyone who knew me, I began a two-year training programme designed to turn…
Ed Davey’s quiet victory
There’s no doubt that Friday’s local election results belonged to Reform. Nigel Farage’s party has picked up hordes of councils,…
Watch: Prince Harry says he wants to ‘reconcile’ with the King
Prince Harry has said he ‘would love a reconciliation’ with the Royals after losing a legal challenge over his security…
Is there any hope for the Tories?
It was widely expected that Reform were going to do well in yesterday’s elections – but perhaps not this well. So far,…
