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History will not be kind to the MPs who backed assisted dying
Before MPs voted to support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Kim Leadbeater, who has sponsored the bill,…
Assisted dying won’t work
Well, the pro-choicers have got their way. In two years’ time, if Kim Leadbeater’s reassurances hold good, we’ll have the…
Ed Davey needs to grow up
Sir Ed Davey has released a Christmas single. No, really. Called ‘Love is Enough’, it is, of course, all in…
New MPs were more likely to back assisted dying
Does wisdom come with age? MPs have just voted by a margin of 55 to back a bill to legalise…
Will the assisted dying bill become law?
The assisted dying bill has passed its second reading. After an emotionally charged debate, MPs have voted 330 to 275…
Full list: how the cabinet voted on assisted dying
This afternoon the House of Commons voted to support assisted dying for the first time. By a majority of 55,…
Who is Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for treasury secretary?
How rare it is to be given a second chance. That’s what the American people have handed Donald Trump. His…
MPs back assisted dying, but was the debate long enough?
The debate on assisted dying, which culminated in a victory for those in favour, hasn’t been long enough – we…
Russia’s tanking ruble spells trouble for Putin
Russia’s ruble is in trouble. The currency has plunged to its lowest rate against the dollar since the weeks after…
Ireland has been living beyond its means for far too long
Today, an Irish election takes place which has seen parties from the left, right, and centre seek to outbid each…
What if assisted dying turned out to save lives?
Who would envy being an MP today when called upon to vote on a matter of conscience: the assisted dying…
Does anyone know how many people live in Britain?
Can Britain trust its economic statistics? The nation’s arbiters of numerical truth, the Office for National Statistics, yesterday released what…
Will Ireland’s fed-up voters punish the Taoiseach in the snap election?
Will the elections taking place across Ireland today result in a whole new government? Not really, is the conclusion most…
Louise Haigh’s resignation raises questions for Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is one cabinet minister down. This morning Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary following the revelation that she…
How the Groucho lost its lustre
This week, the Groucho Club in Soho had its licence suspended by Westminster Council after a request from the Metropolitan…
There’s nothing radical about flying the Palestine flag
I have a confession to make: when those Maccabi Tel Aviv fans tore down a Palestine flag in Amsterdam a…
France is still fighting the tyranny of Islamophobia
It is almost ten years since I and two million Parisians walked through the French capital on a cold Sunday…
Transport Secretary admits to fraud conviction
In recent years, Labour has made great political hay out of allegations of rule-breaking. The party was never slow to…
Can you win the Booker Prize without being able to write?
I mentioned a couple of days ago being underwhelmed by Orbital, Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize-winning novel. But I am a…
Starmer attacks ‘open border’ Tories
Anyone else want to do a Westminster press conference? Keir Starmer made it a hat-trick this afternoon when he gave…
Trump has put Trudeau in a very difficult position
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed this week that he’s going to fulfil his campaign pledges on tariffs. There will be a…
Reform hits 100,000 members
There was a business-like manner in Nigel Farage’s response to the news that net migration was more than 900,000 in…
Labour should be cautious about celebrating the fall in net migration
How can you miss over 300,000 migrants? This morning the Office for National Statistics revised up its previous record high…
Is France heading for a Greek-style crisis?
For the first time ever, France’s borrowing costs have risen above those of Greece. As of today, the bond markets…
David Cameron u-turns on assisted dying
David Cameron has today become the first former prime minister to come out in support of assisted dying, having previously…
