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Why the AfD is leading in the polls
Germany has a new government. It may also have a new government in waiting. On the same day that the…
The BBC is right to restore this paedophile’s sculpture
The BBC is once again at the centre of criticism – this time for spending more than £500,000 in restoring the vandalised…
Lily Phillips isn’t an authority on sex
I wasn’t intending to write about Lily Phillips again. Her story would ideally be ignored. But if it does appear…
What’s in a pronoun?
“I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are ‘she’ and ‘her.’ I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit.”…
Trump’s ‘on-again, off-again’ presidency
To win elections in a two-party system, the victor needs to erect a big tent. He needs to persuade all…
Donald Trump has got what he wanted
Donald Trump has peered into the abyss. The US President watched the Wall Street meltdown and the global trading system…
Did Trump really mean to slap tariffs on the world?
So were Donald Trump’s tariffs a negotiating tactic all along – never intended to come into force but rather as…
Why has Trump backed down on tariffs?
Two days ago, talk of a 90-day pause on Donald Trump’s ‘recipricoal tariffs’ was branded ‘fake news’ by the White…
Can China win the trade war against the US?
China hit back on Wednesday with an additional 50 per cent tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight…
The EU is making a big mistake by retaliating against Trump
A Harley-Davidson will cost you a little more in France; Florida orange juice will be more expensive in Germany and…
The moment in the ‘grooming gangs’ debate that shamed Jess Phillips
We are all betrayed by our body language eventually. It’s our inner quisling, itching to expose to the world the…
Merz’s new coalition is bad news for Germany
Today, the CDU’s Friedrich Merz has signed a coalition agreement with the Social Democrats. In doing so he has formalised…
The Republican party is dead
On Tuesday, the United States Senate Committee on Finance met to question Jamieson Greer, Donald Trump’s Trade Representative. The subject…
Why does Keir Starmer want to give 16-year-olds the vote?
The Labour party’s long flirtation with extending the franchise to 16-year-olds smoulders on. As Starmer told this week’s Liaison Committee:…
Could China collapse the US economy?
Anyone who thought that government bonds would provide a safe haven from the turmoil on global stock markets has just…
Lib Dems double down on Gail’s strategy
To Sir Ed Davey’s Liberal Democrats. The fun-loving party made headlines during the general election campaign after its party leader…
Could resident doctors go on strike again?
As if Prime Minister Keir Starmer didn’t have enough to worry about overseas with Donald Trump’s tariffs, now old tensions…
Labour has failed the victims of ‘grooming gangs’ again
In January, the Home Secretary pledged £5 million for five locally led inquiries into ‘grooming gangs’, in the wake of…
Xi escalates China’s trade war with Trump
China has announced it will impose 84 per cent tariffs on US goods imports from tomorrow, as the war of…
Who will crack down on Britain’s corrupt prison governors?
It’s a story so wild as to be almost unbelievable. Kerri Pegg was a ‘rising star’ of the prison service,…
Are the wheels finally coming off net zero?
Hands up: who still supports net zero 2050? This is rapidly becoming a sensible question to ask. Kemi Badenoch for the…
Will a new era of tariffs really stop China’s rise?
If free trade and globalization enabled Communist China to become a superpower, will a new era of tariffs and trade…
Labour’s grooming gangs position is contemptible
We do not know exactly how many girls have been raped by so-called ‘grooming gangs’. We do not know the…
Watch: Nandy changes her tune on Trump trade deal
Hypocrisy is in the air this morning! As the tariff war between China and the US rages on, Sir Keir…
Trump is going to give us a thousand years of woke
I try to avoid expressing strong opinions on foreign party politics, because I enjoy the luxury of not having to.…
