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How Britain learnt to turn a blind eye to shariah
The more excitable and less well-educated elements of the liberal left are forever apt to observe that politics today resemble…
What’s wrong with Zionism, Hugh Laurie?
The question arose within hours of a death that should have remained a matter of grief. On 16 February, Dana…
My brush with El Mencho’s sadistic men
In the early hours of Sunday, Mexico’s security forces carried out a daring military operation that ended with the death…
Sunday shows round-up: Boris says troops should be sent to Ukraine
Boris Johnson: Britain should send troops to Ukraine now In an interview with the BBC, former prime minister Boris Johnson…
Wartime love is not for the faint-hearted in Kyiv
People say love develops more quickly in war – because in a world where anything can happen, what is there…
Inside the real jobs crisis
After much talk of an economic slowdown, February brought reassuring headlines. The official unemployment rate had fallen as another 130,000…
My theatrical Senate confirmation hearing
It’s a bit difficult to explain a Senate confirmation process to those who haven’t gone through it. It is, to…
The generation that may never marry
Friends is still the most streamed show in the UK. Gen Z is relaxing to a sitcom that was set,…
It’s time to end the war on pigeons
Norwich has known some beef in its time: from the Kett’s Rebellion against land enclosures in 1549, to the Great…
Why the BBC is so obsessed with drag queens
The BBC has reached peak drag queen. These days, turn on any celebrity quiz, cookery show or news item by…
Democrats are ill-advised to target MAHA in the midterms
In the unforgiving arena of American politics, few patterns are as reliable as the midterm election bloodbath for the party…
How Tucker beat Huckabee
Earlier this month, when Tucker Carlson was in Jordan interviewing Levantine Christians, the US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called out the pundit with whom…
Don’t remove Andrew from the line of succession
The Sun, as ever, put it pithily: ‘Andrew’s Out of Line’, its front page says today. ‘Shamed Royal to be…
How the monarchy survives the scandal of Andrew
No balloons, no cake, no well-wishes from the palace – Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s 66th birthday was instead marked by something Britain has long…
The hell of being a jobseeker in 2026
As I tell my more consistently employed friends: many of you simply aren’t man enough for a real stint of…
The joy of the British euphemism
In the midst of a quiet afternoon tidying my home library – that noble pursuit which always begins with ambition…
Why a set of gold coins have divided British archaeologists
In 2024 a detectorist found some gold coins in Suffolk. The discovery was declared legally treasure. If a museum wanted…
Palace ‘terrified’ Andrew could have shared secrets of defence deals
Keir Starmer has had a pretty torrid couple of months but, as the curtain comes down on another turbulent week,…
Has the Supreme Court just ‘SCREWED’ Trump’s administration?
‘If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this… WE’RE SCREWED!’ said Donald Trump on Truth…
The Supreme Court is right to reject Trump’s tariffs
At a rally in Georgia on Thursday night, President Trump declared that he couldn’t wait ‘forever’ for the Supreme Court…
The hunting of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
The first thing the mob kills is its own humanity. Long before they sink their collective claws into the target…
How my choir is fighting back against Britain’s decline
In certain corners of the Westminster village, what was once regarded as the lunatic ravings of Dominic Cummings have begun…
The University of Sussex must stop force-feeding students bad history
Earlier this month, an SOS dropped into my inbox. It came from a student at the University of Sussex. Lest…
Is it time for Rachel Reeves to give Britain a tax cut?
The self-employed have paid up. And investors are paying record amounts of capital gains tax. The public finance figures for…
What does the ONS mean by living in ‘good health’?
Living longer but spending more of our lives in ill health. That is the rather shocking picture presented by the…
