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The electric car honeymoon is over
Sooner or later, it is going to dawn on the owners of electric cars that they have been enjoying one…
Has French democracy been ‘executed?’
Marine Le Pen’s political career was ended on Monday when a Paris judge found her guilty of misusing European Union…
Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds
Zut alors. The trial of the decade is concluding in France today, with major ramifications for the next presidential election…
Reform’s rockstar rally should trouble the Tories
The Reform Party’s local election campaign launch in Birmingham was more rock concert than political rally. Thousands of the party’s…
The cynicism of picking Idris Elba for London mayor
Could Idris Elba, the film star and anti-knife crime campaigner, be in the running to be Labour candidate for London…
Can Britain escape Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’?
Labour MPs are still reeling from last week’s Spring Statement in which the Chancellor slashed welfare spending and made further…
The truth about the Gaza protests
A series of striking videos have emerged from the Gaza Strip over the last week. Crowds of Palestinians, chanting slogans…
Putin has pushed Trump too far
Perhaps Donald Trump is not quite the chump the Kremlin has taken him for. Trump is ‘pissed off’ with Russia…
The good news about Gen Z
Has a generation ever been so minutely poured over as today’s young people? From Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, his…
Why does Zarah Sultana want an airport in Mirpur?
So Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, is in favour of building airports now? That’s a turnaround. In January…
Keir Starmer’s peacekeeping plan for Ukraine won’t work
A decades-long failure to take Vladimir Putin’s warnings at face value has proven dangerously counterproductive. Putin has made it clear…
Justin Welby: I could forgive John Smyth
Justin Welby says he forgives serial abuser John Smyth On the BBC this morning, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby…
Can Reform emulate its Canadian cousins?
A historic election defeat leaves the Conservatives crushed, Reform rampant and a left-wing government securely entrenched in power. The similarities…
We need an inquiry into BBC Arabic
A peculiar incident occurred this month at an Israeli army base in the Negev: a wild caracal – a desert…
The significance of the Melsonby hoard
When the discovery of a new Iron Age hoard was announced this week, a video was released showing a long…
Can we trust our economic data anymore?
Britain’s economic outlook may have been skewed by bad data – and it could be costing billions. Wage data pored…
MPs deserve more than a £2,500 pay rise
It looks set to be a happy April for MPs who are in line for a 2.8 per cent pay…
Are Brits really abandoning their Christian faith?
Many Brits who were raised as Christians have abandoned their faith, according to a report by the Pew Research Centre.…
Why the Ukraine peace plans are doomed to fail
The US and Britain are busy with their plans to stop the war in Ukraine. President Trump is pressuring Kyiv to…
Can German cars survive Donald Trump?
In 2003, Donald Trump took delivery of a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, a $450,000 German supercar that blended precision engineering with…
The Golden Triangle’s Sin City is a nightmarish place
A rickety boat took me across the murky, brown waters of the mighty Mekong River from Chiang Saen in Thailand,…
Why are police targeting parents who complained in a school WhatsApp group?
The heavy-handed conduct of the police these days often provokes accusations of ‘Orwellian’ behaviour – and with good reason. There…
Amanda Spielman’s peerage is richly deserved
Amanda Spielman, former Ofsted chief inspector, is set to become a Conservative peer. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is elevating Spielman…
Why Vladimir Putin is afraid of sea cucumbers
Vladivostok, the ‘ruler of the East’, is preparing to celebrate the 165th anniversary of its founding. City Day, as they…
Give holiday home owners a break
If you have had your eye on a bungalow along the Devon coast, a cottage in the New Forest, or…
