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Watch: Poilievre concedes defeat before Portillo moment
Dear oh dear. Canada’s election results came in early this morning, revealing that – despite only being leader of the…
Why Merz’s free US-EU trade idea is a non-starter
Ever since President Trump started his tariff war earlier this month, the European Union’s response has been surprisingly clear. It…
SNP politicians back anti-gender ruling Green MSP
Despite denouncing the Supreme Court judgment that backed the biological definition of a woman, Green MSP Maggie Chapman has bafflingly…
This Remembrance Day in Israel, ‘they deserved it’ is in the air
On the eve of Israel’s Remembrance Day, as sirens pierce the quiet of Israeli streets and the nation stands still…
Kneecap apologises to families of murdered MPs
Well, well, well. The Tories, Labour and even the SNP condemned Irish rap band Kneecap on Monday over a 2023…
Donald Trump was Mark Carney’s greatest asset
This election could have been a lot worse for Canada’s Conservatives. As I write, they have taken 41.7 per cent…
How Liberation Day rocked Switzerland
When President Donald Trump gathered the world’s media to the White House Rose Garden to unveil America’s “Liberation Day,” Swiss…
Does Meghan Markle believe she’s still a royal highness?
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle staged their dramatic departure from the royal family five years ago, there were various…
Taxing milkshakes won’t solve the obesity crisis
It was supposed to be the broadest shoulders who were going to fund the government’s overspending. Now it seems to…
Spain needs time to recover from its power outage chaos
By six o’clock this morning, electricity had been restored to 99 per cent of Spain. Restoring people’s sense of security…
Who cares about globalization?
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” was the culmination of a 30-year insurgency against the global economic system. It was the most…
Mark Carney won’t change Canada for the better
Apparently Canada hasn’t taken enough punishment yet. After a close, hard-fought race that extended into the wee hours of the morning, Mark…
Mark Carney pulls off exceptional win in Canadian election
Results are still flooding in from Canada – but Mark Carney looks to have done the impossible. The Liberal leader…
How Ian Hislop failed the gender test
Ian Hislop has found someone to blame for Have I Got News For You‘s failure to tackle the Supreme Court’s…
The Trump White House is government by meme
On Monday morning, the nation awoke to learn that 100 “Wanted”-style posters now line the driveway to the White House,…
Could abortion pills be the sleeper issue for the midterms?
The politics of the abortion issue in the post-Dobbs environment has been dramatically altered, both by the introduction of state-level…
The media must admit to covering up Biden’s decline
When it comes to the many forthcoming books about President Joe Biden’s decline, only one question matters: what role did…
Cardinal Becciu has sacrificed himself for the conclave
The crisis that threatened to poison the secret conclave of cardinals which elects new popes has been resolved. It looks…
Watch: Reform MP blasts Phillips over grooming scandal
To the Commons, where Reform MP Lee Anderson has taken a pop at Labour over Britain’s grooming gang scandal. First…
Even the SNP is condemning Kneecap
There’s not much that the Conservatives, the SNP and Labour agree on – but it appears Irish rappers Kneecap have…
No, Joy Reid: Rome didn’t fall due to a lack of ‘diversity’
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid recently delivered a peculiar history lesson to her social media audience. In her mind a…
Are we at Peak Movie Theater?
On paper, last weekend shouldn’t have been any great shakes for movie theater attendance. Audiences were offered, respectively, the second weekend…
The Vancouver car attack is all too familiar
A man named Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder after 11 people were…
When Keir Starmer went to war on journalism
Through the winter of 2011-12, police dragged dozens of journalists from their beds in terrorist-style dawn raids. It was the…
What has Putin given North Korea for its help in Ukraine?
We knew it was happening all along, but it was only a matter of time before both Russia and North…
