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Orkney could be Britain’s gateway to the Arctic

12 April 2025 4:00 pm

Orkney is a charming archipelago of some 70 islands and skerries – 20 of which are inhabited – ten miles…

Have we got worse at dealing with stress?

12 April 2025 4:00 pm

Barely a month seems to pass without a public exhortation to ‘raise awareness’ about the plight of some marginal section…

Merz’s coalition treaty is an empty, promise-free shell

12 April 2025 4:00 pm

It took just over six weeks for the new German coalition to form. That is very quick: in the past…

Parliament recalled to nationalise British Steel

12 April 2025 2:24 am

MPs didn’t manage to enjoy even a week of recess before being ordered back to Westminster. The Speaker announced this…

Full list: Sunak’s resignation honours

12 April 2025 2:20 am

And here it is. Former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours have been published this afternoon with a number of…

China is hitting back with even more tariffs

12 April 2025 12:01 am

China has retaliated against Donald Trump by raising duties on all American imports to 125 per cent from 84 per…

Scots charged over £150 to see Sturgeon live

11 April 2025 11:09 pm

You’d think if your political leadership had led to the fracturing of your party with key figures investigated as part…

Will the EU crumble under Trump’s tariffs?

11 April 2025 10:56 pm

In the escalating trade war between America and China, the European Union risks being stranded in no man’s land. Donald…

Europe must resist China’s advances

11 April 2025 10:39 pm

Since Trump’s inauguration in January, not a day has gone by when supporters of a liberal international order have not sunk…

Will Hamas’s human rights challenge succeed?

11 April 2025 10:24 pm

Yesterday, it was reported by the Daily Telegraph that British lawyers, acting on behalf of Hamas, were threatening to bring…

Is Britain finally going nuclear?

11 April 2025 10:12 pm

As late as 1965, Britain had more operational nuclear reactors than the rest of the world combined. Yet, Britain hasn’t…

The case for uniting the right

11 April 2025 8:46 pm

In just three weeks, voters in some 20 local council areas and in the Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary by-election go…

How Italian communists tried to indoctrinate King Charles

11 April 2025 7:47 pm

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna On the final day of their state visit to Italy the King and Queen were in Ravenna…

Rachel Reeves has managed to grow the economy

11 April 2025 6:29 pm

Just when everyone seems to be revising down expectations of growth, real world data starts pointing in the opposite direction.…

How Turin made Primo Levi

11 April 2025 4:00 pm

My first night in Turin, I thought of all the things I could be doing in this north Italian city,…

Donald Trump is taking on China in Africa

11 April 2025 4:00 pm

Donald Trump has opened a new front in his trade war with China, deploying a family confidant to Kinshasa to…

Trump is making showers great again

11 April 2025 3:13 am

Sometimes it’s the little things. Get ready, world. America is back – with shiny, clean hair, glowing skin and a faint…

Why did the British defence chief visit China?

11 April 2025 2:49 am

On Wednesday, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, gave a speech to students at the…

Who cares if Kemi Bandenoch has watched Adolescence?

11 April 2025 1:14 am

Watching Kemi Badenoch being interviewed this morning on the BBC, I couldn’t help but think of one of the public…

Hamas appeals against ‘terrorist’ label

11 April 2025 12:53 am

Does partaking in mass killing, raping and hostage-taking make one a terrorist? Hamas isn’t so sure. In a mind-boggling development,…

Labour MP ditched Birmingham bin strikes for Japan

11 April 2025 12:18 am

Dear oh dear. As the Birmingham bin strikes rumble on and rubbish continues to pile high on the city’s streets,…

Is Britain really a nation of dog lovers?

11 April 2025 12:04 am

Britain prides itself on being a nation of dog lovers – but is this true? Animal rights campaigners have targeted…

Don’t expect much from Wes Streeting’s waiting list purge

10 April 2025 9:53 pm

Well, that’s one way to reduce NHS waiting lists: to kick off a load of patients whom you have decided…

Watch: Badenoch blasts Beeb over Adolescence questions

10 April 2025 9:23 pm

The progressive class’s obsession with Adolescence continues – and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is having none of it. When Badenoch…

Trump’s tariff pause has given Japan time to plan its next move

10 April 2025 9:05 pm

Asian markets are rebounding after President Trump announced a 90-day ‘pause’ in the implementation of the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs that…