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Revealed: Morgan McSweeney’s memo to the PM on how Labour could fail
In this week’s cover story, I revealed details of a memo written by Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s chief of…
J.D. Vance’s summer plans in the ‘Hamptons of England’
Where does a good America First hillbilly like to spend his summer? Cockburn would not have thought the answer was…
Trump’s weapons pause will help Putin win
Vladimir Putin launched one of the largest air assaults of the war overnight, just hours after admitting to Donald Trump…
Why is TfL’s boss attacking me for cleaning up his filthy trains?
If at first you don’t succeed; deny, deflect, attack. This is apparently the mantra of Sadiq Khan and his Transport…
Watch: Steve Coogan’s accidental Partridge moment
Mr Steerpike is a fan of Accidental Partridge moments, and this one was back of the net. Lefty actor Steve Coogan…
Ukraine is going to suffer without US Patriot missiles
Ukraine has survived more than three years of Vladimir Putin’s war because of massive western arms supplies, an appreciation and…
Why is American pride at an all-time low?
Lee Greenwood may be “Proud to be an American,” but the same can’t be said for a growing number of…
Corbyn allies blindsided by Zarah Sultana
After months of discussion, it has finally been confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn is starting a new left-wing party. The news…
Women’s football needs Euro 2025 to be a success
On 1 August 2022, bleary-eyed England women football players danced around central London with the word ‘Home’ emblazoned across their…
Corbyn and Sultana’s party launch gets off to the worst possible start
There could be no more deliciously appropriate start to the new party supposedly co-led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana,…
Reform catches Vance’s eye
Support for Nigel Farage’s Reform party is surging in the UK, and it appears the group is making waves across…
Corbyn is following in the footsteps of the French left
Labour has reacted with scorn to the news that Zarah Sultana has resigned from the party to create a new…
This July 4, Trump wants you to celebrate winning – big time
As President Donald J. Trump waits for One Big Beautiful Bill to sign on the 4th of July, it’s worth…
Wes Streeting has learnt nothing from the NHS’s past mistakes
Yesterday, Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer announced a ten-year plan to save the NHS. ‘There are moments in our national…
We should be outraged by Lily Allen’s ‘four or five’ abortions
If we want to understand why thousands of women a year in England and Wales have an abortion – 251,377…
The biggest reason people aren’t having babies? FOMO
In his book Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids, economist Bryan Caplan notes that, due to modern conveniences and our better…
Why Oasis is like Reform
Almost 16 years after they last performed live, Oasis kick off their reunion tour tonight and for every ‘mad for…
Why the baby bust matters
Birth rates are tumbling across the world. This isn’t just a tragedy for the growing number of women who have…
Mamdani’s strategically claimed blackness
When Zohran Mamdani applied to Columbia University in 2009, he checked both the “Asian” and “Black or African American” boxes…
Trump gets his Big Beautiful Bill over the line
Forget Elon Musk. House Speaker Mike Johnson is President Trump’s new partner, delivering the victory that he needed to ensure…
So much is still unanswered about NHS reform
Given we have known for a good while that Labour thinks the way to save the health service is to…
Diogo Jota’s death is unspeakably tragic
Diogo Jota’s death at the age of 28 is unbearably tragic and has prompted an outpouring of grief in the…
Do the markets care if Rachel Reeves stays or goes?
When the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gave his full backing to his Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the brief panic in…
Labour’s 10-year NHS plan is full of promise – and hurdles
Labour’s decision to launch its 10-year health plan at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann centre in Stratford this morning made sense…
Jaguar is heading for oblivion
The headlines wrote themselves. ‘Go woke, go broke!’ said the Daily Mail, and ‘Sales Plummet’, said the Sun. Only a…
