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How a right-wing putsch felled the infallible BBC
By now you’ll know all about the crisis at the BBC, especially if you watch or read or listen to…
Will Rachel Reeves listen to easyJet’s warning?
We are all familiar with the different excuses for why we find ourselves stuck at the Spoons in Luton or…
How groupthink captures the BBC
August 29, 1989 is a date that is burned into my memory. It’s the date that I first walked up…
The BBC has been taken over by middle-class brats
After its Gotterdämerung week, capped by the ‘sorry not sorry’ resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, it didn’t take…
David Szalay is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize
The results of last night’s Booker Prize – the most prestigious and generous prize for literature in the country –…
The ECHR is destroying British army morale
Nine retired senior military officers have written an open letter to warn that the expansion of human rights legislation is…
Rachel Reeves is killing the jobs market
Britain’s unemployment rate has hit 5 per cent – the highest level since the pandemic. Figures, just released by the…
Rachel Reeves is dragging Britain into a productivity doom loop
Just how much more desperate can Rachel Reeves get? Giving an even heftier clue to Radio 5 listeners on Monday…
The truth about ‘UK-born’ criminals
The police want us to know one thing about Anthony Williams, the alleged LNER knife attacker. We can only speculate…
Trump’s battle against the Democrats is only just beginning
No sooner did Democrats in the American Senate reach a deal to end the federal government shutdown than a frenzy…
The fall of Europe’s public service broadcasters
Europe’s public broadcasters were created to stop propaganda. Born in the wreckage of war to protect democracy from lies, they…
Are we forgetting how to remember the glorious dead?
The generation that fought in the First World War is gone, and the days are closing for those who served…
Reeves to spurn Budget tipple (again)
There are just two weeks to go until Rachel Reeves’ second Budget. Twelve months after telling the CBI that she…
The sinister attempts to tarnish Churchill’s legacy
Winston Churchill is one of Britain’s enduring symbols. His relentless drive, deep conviction and steadfast leadership means that he remains…
Trump takes on the British disinformation complex
President Trump is waging war on the great British disinformation complex. The White House is gearing up to revoke the…
Reeves hints she will break income tax pledge
There are just sixteen days to go until the Budget – and the pitch is being well and truly rolled.…
Night-time air patrols won’t stop small boat crossings
The government has deployed two aircraft to the Channel to detect and monitor small boats crossing under the cover of…
Will London tempt the New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani?
As New York’s wealthy elite weigh up the options under their new ‘democratic socialist’ Mayor Zohran Mamdani, many of them…
There has been no ‘coup’ at the BBC
Readers who woke to Radio 4’s Today programme at around 6:30 a.m. can be forgiven for leaping out of bed in alarm.…
The rot at the BBC runs far deeper than Tim Davie
The resignations at the top of the BBC mark a critical juncture for an institution long seen as a pillar…
Why the BBC keeps getting it wrong
The double-decapitating explosion over BBC bias is a gift for commentators, but much of the commentary misses a key central…
Exclusive: Reform launches its student wing
You know you’re not a proper political party, until you’ve had the obligatory youth wing scandal. Pubescent politicos have long…
The jihadist I knew: my life as a prisoner of Syria’s president
As Washington rolls out the red carpet today for the former al-Qaeda chieftain and now Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s…
I’m a fan of the BBC – but even I’m struggling to defend it
Another Director-General bites the dust. And the number two with him. What a facepalm. What a honking, stupid, first-day-in-the office sort of error to…
Is this the man who can save the BBC?
I’m not going to rehash here the details of the memorandum by Michael Prescott, the former independent editorial standards adviser…
