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When will Labour and the Tories wake up?
What will it take for Labour and the Tories to realise how bad their situation is? Reform’s by-election victory in…
Is this Prince Harry’s most humiliating court defeat yet?
Well, what did Prince Harry expect? The Duke of Sussex has been involved in plenty of hubristic and pointless things…
David Hogg’s reign of terror
A lonely caravan, ambushed on the open frontier, circles the wagons. The settlers bring out their long rifles to fight…
Will Jeff Bezos steal Elon Musk’s electric crown with a $20,000 truck?
Though it got somewhat lost in our daily swirl of World In Crisis, last week marked a potentially significant moment…
Labelling the AfD ‘extremists’ will backfire
By officially classing the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as ‘right-wing extremists’, the German establishment may have scored an own…
The AfD’s ‘extremist’ label is a long time coming
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been classified as ‘confirmed right-wing extremist’ by Germany’s domestic intelligence service. Until…
Watch: Starmer admits Runcorn loss ‘disappointing’
It’s been an eventful day – and there are still many more local election results to go. After a long…
Will falling interest rates save Rachel Reeves?
There is not much that Chancellor Rachel Reeves can look forward to right now. The Labour party has just been…
Nigel Farage’s left-wing turn looks like a triumph
Nigel Farage declared earlier this year that ‘economics might be bigger than immigration for us at the next election’. Most…
The M&S hack proves the danger of the ‘internet of things’
A man from John Lewis came yesterday to measure up for some window blinds. When he started struggling with the…
The Labour left turns on Starmer
After defeat, comes the recriminations. The bulk of council seats are still yet to declare but already the blame game…
Watch: Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns storms out of Sky interview
Andrea Jenkyns may have won the Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election with over 100,000 votes, but it hasn’t all been plain…
Did winter fuel payments win Runcorn for Reform?
There is little disguising what is surely going to be the prevailing story as council election results pour in from…
Farage: ‘Not true’ I have a woman problem
Well, well, well. It’s been a good start to the day so far for Nigel Farage’s Reform party, with the…
Has Reform sent the Tories into a death spiral?
The Turquoise typhoon that is Reform UK has swept through the English council and mayoral elections – and winning by…
Farage to Kemi: ‘Please stay’
Happy six months anniversary to Kemi Badenoch. Elected leader at the start of November, she today has to watch her…
Is Marco Rubio the next Henry Kissinger?
Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokesperson, was flummoxed. ‘I just heard this from you,’ she responded after a reporter told…
Reform’s rise seems unstoppable
The Reform party has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. It was announced this morning that they had captured the…
Mike Waltz’s fall from grace will change little
Oh what a circus, oh what a show. It began on Thursday morning, with stories circulating that the US national…
Reform seizes Runcorn in teal tsunami
Less than 10 per cent of council seats have declared thus far. But there already looks to be a clear…
Waltz set to take the blame for Signalgate
Mike Waltz, the national security adviser, is set to lose his job over what came to be called Signalgate. He…
Britain’s smoking ban will inflict havoc on Ireland
As Westminster and Dublin compete with performative new tobacco bans, smokers on the island of Ireland will be forced to…
King Charles is the definition of ‘rebellious hope’
While the world continues to laugh (and, on occasion, groan) at the antics of the Duchess of Sussex, there remains…
Reeves probed over late theatre ticket declarations
Dear oh dear. Rachel Reeves has found herself in yet another spot of bother, as it transpires that the Chancellor…
Make election counts great again!
In the grand tapestry of British history, few threads are as vibrant as our electoral traditions. Alas, in recent years,…
