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The tawdry shenanigans of the Southern Poverty Law Center

24 April 2026 2:32 am

In the financial world, most frauds are short-lived. Ponzi schemes such as Bernie Madoff’s eventually run out of new suckers…

Single men shouldn’t be able to have a surrogate baby

23 April 2026 10:00 pm

Should single men be allowed to buy a baby? Obviously not, you might think. But since 2019 British men have…

Rumen Radev won’t be the next Viktor Orban

23 April 2026 8:00 pm

Rumen Radev won a majority in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election this week, giving him the ability to form a single-party government.…

Is Zack Polanski seriously questioning Jewish safety?

23 April 2026 7:59 pm

Hey, Jews – have you ever considered the possibility that you’re making a fuss over nothing? That a few petrol…

Rachel Reeves is crushing the economy

23 April 2026 7:44 pm

Chancellor Rachel Reeves took office on a pro-growth platform, promising to make Britain the leading economy in the G7. She…

The Green party candidate who wants to ‘burn Zionism to the ground’

23 April 2026 6:35 pm

A Green candidate who is also a GP has repeatedly attacked ‘Zios’ and called on people to ‘burn Zionism to…

France isn’t ready for its first openly gay president

23 April 2026 4:41 pm

France is ready to elect its first openly gay president. That is the belief of Gabriel Attal, who discusses his…

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Who is really leading Iran?

23 April 2026 5:04 am

In declaring an extension to the ceasefire in the Iran war, President Trump signaled clearly enough that he would prefer…

Britain’s Jews are quietly preparing to leave the country

23 April 2026 4:05 am

I sat in the synagogue where I grew up last night, waiting to interview Colonel Richard Kemp, the retired senior…

Keir Starmer is prosecuting a relentless campaign against reality

23 April 2026 1:57 am

Sir Keir Starmer is now approaching a whole week with his head in the sand. One can imagine the plaintive…

Did Keir Starmer watch the same Olly Robbins as me?

23 April 2026 12:07 am

It will come as no surprise that Keir Starmer appears to have heard a very different evidence session from Sir…

Labour MP: PM going is ‘when not if’

22 April 2026 11:15 pm

Up until now, the subject of the Prime Minister’s political survival has been an awkward question for any Labour MP.…

Does banning social media for under-16s work?

22 April 2026 10:53 pm

On Monday, the House of Lords threatened to derail the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill by reintroducing an amendment…

Don’t punish people for not reporting criminal neighbours

22 April 2026 10:20 pm

There is much to like in the Fulford report on the Southport affair. It is spot-on in damning the pressure…

Watch: Pat McFadden flounders on Robbins

22 April 2026 9:57 pm

Oh dear. For many years, there has been an iron rule of Labour broadcasting: when you’re in a jam, call…

Is it any wonder young people won’t fight for Britain?

22 April 2026 9:46 pm

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the US from Nato. At home, Starmer refuses to say when the government’s…

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Virginia referendum loss adds to Trump’s woes

22 April 2026 9:07 pm

In 2020 Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to lose Virginia twice since William Howard Taft. Then in 2024 Trump lost once…

Reeves is using Iran as an excuse to get closer to the EU

22 April 2026 8:59 pm

Never let a good crisis go to waste, as they say. And Rachel Reeves has made it quite clear that…

How West Ham turned on Karren Brady

22 April 2026 6:35 pm

Baroness Karren Brady has finally stepped down as vice-chair of West Ham United and the fans are delighted. Never mind…

The Iran war hits inflation

22 April 2026 6:01 pm

The Iran war is being felt in Britain’s economy. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show…

Keir Starmer has been brutally exposed

22 April 2026 4:38 pm

There has been quite enough talk of process. In the past few days, we have heard more about vetting forms,…

What do the Greens have against Haifa?

22 April 2026 4:27 pm

Haifa, a mountainous Israeli city on the coast of the Mediterranean, is a place that makes you believe in coexistence.…

Gen Z’s faith in democracy is fraying

22 April 2026 3:45 pm

The basic idea that the next generation will have it better than previous ones is a founding belief for most…

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Why Iran doesn’t want peace

22 April 2026 6:37 am

Perhaps we should be used to be this by now. Yet again, there have been a flurry of promises to…

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Congress needs an ethics overhaul: Anna Paulina Luna

22 April 2026 4:13 am

Washington’s problems are not hidden. Many of them simply go unaddressed. On Capitol Hill, “open secrets” persist because Congress has…