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Trump should be allowed to address Parliament
Labour MPs have been busy this week. No, not running the country – but voicing their opposition to Donald Trump’s…
The African cardinal who terrifies Macron
Cardinal Robert Sarah from Guinea in West Africa has been named among the potential successors to Pope Francis and the…
There will never be a Trumpian baby boom
The Trump administration has been tossing around the idea of a $5,000 “baby bonus” to help encourage young marrieds to…
Pirates beseige maritime minister over ferries farrago
It’s not just the SNP who can’t sort out their ferries. A new row has broken out much further south…
‘Vladimir, STOP!’ – Trump is being humiliated by Putin
Theodore Roosevelt was a believer in speaking softly but carrying a big stick. But where does that leave Donald Trump,…
The danger of banning face coverings at protests
As the government’s Crime and Policing Bill makes its way through parliament, MPs on the Public Bill Committee are scrutinising its…
The AfD is surging in the polls
Friedrich Merz, the victor of German elections in February is struggling even before he takes office. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) –…
Scotland’s school toilet ruling is another win for women’s rights
In the Scottish Borders, Earlston Primary School’s newly built campus has no single-sex toilet provision. This astonishing planning decision was…
We need to crack down on music on public transport
Hold the front page, sound the alarm, remember where you were – the Lib Dems have come up with a…
Starmer’s trade deal vote hypocrisy
Well, well, well. While Rachel Reeves enjoys a week in Washington DC at the International Monetary Fund spring talks, back…
Farage plans ‘Minister for deportations’
Machinery of government is not the sexiest of subjects – but it is a useful way of signalling a politician’s…
Can Rachel Reeves woo Trump’s team – without alienating the EU?
The government is on a charm offensive in Washington. Tonight, Britain’s ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson, will host officials…
I’ve had enough of crimewave Britain
Knife crime, shoplifting and fraud is on the rise in Britain. Fraud was up by a third in the last…
It’s good that we can see the Pope’s body
On Wednesday, the lying in state for His Holiness Pope Francis began, with tens of thousands of mourners filing past…
Fact check: is Ed Miliband right to say tax rises don’t affect gas prices?
It’s official: subjecting oil and gas companies to a 78 pence tax rate (which is corporation tax plus the government’s…
Can Rachel Reeves get a US trade deal over the line?
As the Chancellor Rachel Reeves flies into Washington for a series of high-level meetings, there is lots of spin from…
Swinney’s ‘anti-Reform’ summit didn’t achieve much
John Swinney’s cross-party civic gathering – or ‘anti-Reform summit’ – met in Glasgow on Wednesday, with political party leaders from…
Why can’t the BBC Proms stick to classical music?
Welcome to this year’s BBC Proms, the self-styled ‘World’s Greatest Classical Music Festival’, whose programme was revealed today. Every year…
What the exploding DHL packages tell us about the Kremlin
The unfolding tale of incendiary devices planted in DHL packages across Europe not only highlights the dangers of Moscow’s campaign…
Siddiq hits back at Bangladesh over arrest warrant
Back to the curious case of Tulip Siddiq, Labour’s former anti-corruption minister who has been issued with an arrest warrant…
Mission creep has infected the IMF and the World Bank
The following is a transcript of a speech delivered yesterday by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. In the final months…
No, Ed Miliband: zonal pricing won’t cut energy bills
Is Ed Miliband going to announce a move towards a zonal electricity market, where wholesale prices would vary between regions…
RFK Jr.’s hill to dye on?
If you’re to believe media accounts of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s extraordinary Tuesday press conference, the Health and Human Services…
Trump’s impressive, unsettling digital fortress
Forget the towering slabs of steel and concrete sprawling across the southern border. Quietly, beneath the tangible symbols of Donald…
Keir Starmer is a shallow man
Keir Starmer thinks ‘this is the time now to lower the temperature’ on the gender debate. To ‘move forward’. To…
