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Why do the left mock the dead?
It was party time in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday evening as hundreds of people celebrated the death…
Is this the end of the Big Tech industrial censorship complex?
The vibe shift is real. Yes, all the chatter about the re-election of Donald Trump causing a cultural sea change…
Donald Trump’s plans sound… interesting
No one can accuse President-elect Donald Trump of failing to be transparent about his intentions and plans. Speaking at a…
Trump praises Musk as ‘smart guy’ when quizzed on Labour attacks
It’s been an eventful week for UK-US relations. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has spent much of it berating the Labour…
Why did Meta just hire Dana White?
It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Cockburn reported last week, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg — who has served…
Royal Society of Literature in meltdown over diversity drive
All is not well in the Royal Society of Literature. It now transpires that the bosses of the prestigious 200-year-old…
Keir Starmer is dangerously out of touch
The refusal of western elites to admit the failings of multiculturalism, and their ongoing molly-coddling of minority vested interests, is…
Jean-Marie Le Pen won’t be missed
Perhaps it’s tasteless to make the point that maybe nobody will be happier to see Jean-Marie Le Pen buried than…
Can the grid cope with many more EV chargers?
Is this the development that is finally going to make us shake off our aversion to electric vehicles (EVs)? Local…
Borrowing costs have just passed Liz Truss levels
The new year may have rustled up some surprise stand-offs for the Labour government (mainly calls from X founder Elon…
Meta hires Trump ally in olive branch move
It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Mr S reported last week, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg – who…
Elon Musk isn’t an extremist threat
At conferences and roundtables on counter extremism in recent months, it has been impossible to escape the terms ‘mis’ and…
There’s something hypocritical about Macron attacking Musk
Europe’s leaders rounded on Elon Musk on Monday as the American tech billionaire continued to air his views on the…
Sarah Champion and the grooming gang attention span problem
There are now two debates underway about grooming gangs and how the government should investigate them further. The first is…
The grooming gang scandal needs to change our entire worldview
The recent re-eruption of the grooming/child rape gang scandal has been disorienting, seeming to blow up from nowhere. It has…
Farage: Reform will hold grooming inquiry if Labour don’t
The focus on Britain’s grooming gang scandal is very much here to stay. Calls for the government to hold a…
Mark Carney is not fit to be Canadian PM
He has global experience. He has proven his leadership. And he has the management skills needed to turn around a…
Did we learn anything from Charlie Hebdo?
Ten years ago today, two men armed with Kalashinikovs barged into the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris and opened…
The dark legacy of Justin Trudeau
He’s gone – but he’s not gone. As per his announcement in Ottawa on Monday, one of Canada’s most disliked prime…
Ten years on and is France still ‘Je suis Charlie’?
Today marks ten years since two brothers walked into the office of Charlie Hebdo and shot dead most of the staff. It…
What’s the real reason Labour is reluctant to hold a grooming gangs inquiry?
Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure to a launch a national review into grooming gangs, but so far the Prime…
Wes Streeting’s ‘care plans’ are old news
There is much that is good in today’s NHS elective recovery announcement: changes to incentives for trusts so that they…
Justin Trudeau was Canada’s worst ever prime minister
Canada’s long national nightmare is finally coming to an end. Justin Trudeau has announced he is resigning as leader of the Liberal party…
Labour apologise for graphic song use in latest TikTok
It’s not been a great start to the year for Sir Keir Starmer’s army. As if poor poll ratings and…
What has the BBC got against Tommy Robinson?
Do you know, I have noticed a certain thawing in the BBC’s attitude to the American entrepreneur, Elon Musk. I…
