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Is Labour trying to make life harder for poor kids like me?
Bridget Phillipson and I have a lot in common. Like the Education Secretary, who started life in a council house…
When will the prisons minister face up to the jail crisis?
The latest episode in the rolling farce that is His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service was this week revealed to be yet another foreign-born…
Prevent’s purpose is drifting from terrorism
When I was a Prevent counter terror officer a decade ago our case load was largely focused on Islamist terrorism…
Why has Martine Croxall been censured by the BBC?
Martine Croxall’s eyes spoke louder than her words when she corrected the clumsy and unnatural use of ‘pregnant people’ on…
Can Ukraine afford Zelensky’s winter giveaway?
Since taking office in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky’s decisions have often been a mix of blatant populism and good intentions. Today,…
Sports are finally giving up on virtue-signalling
Thank heavens for that. English football clubs will no longer have a minute’s silence for tragedies like floods, earthquakes and…
Reeves set to break manifesto pledge – and hike income tax
Rachel Reeves billed her £38 billion in tax increases last year – the biggest tax-rising Budget since Black Wednesday – as…
When the oldest hatred came to Villa Park
‘Scum’ barked at a Jewish man for the crime of taking a small Israel flag from his bag. ‘Get the…
Hatred was the winner in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Aston Villa
On the field, last night’s losers were Maccabi Tel Aviv, beaten 2-0 by Aston Villa in their Europa League match.…
Jordan Bardella: the right-wing Mamdani?
There was a time when the French left turned its nose up at all things American. Too low-brow for them.…
Is it only left-wing leaders who are allowed to be young?
There was a time when the French left turned its nose up at all things American. Too low-brow for them.…
Top Tory team suffer bad night
After a decent conference speech, there was some hope among the Tories that Kemi Badenoch had finally turned the corner.…
The SNP’s useless land revolution
Few would argue that Scotland’s present pattern of land tenure is ideal. Around half of private land is owned by…
The looming threat to Israel
In the aftermath of war, a new front opens. Not in the ruins of Gaza’s cities, but in the corridors…
Will the Supreme Court force Trump to repay tariffs?
The most important thing to know about the Trump administration’s defense of its hotly contested use of tariffs to bring…
Is it too soon to say the truth about Dick Cheney?
Long before Donald Trump arrived on the political scene to warp all international diplomacy and finance around him, there were…
The medical emergency in the Oval Office
The buzzword in politics, in the wake of the socialist takeover of New York City, is “affordability.” That was certainly…
Who will replace Pelosi in Republican demonology?
Nancy Pelosi’s career is ending as it began. She entered Congress in 1986 during the Reagan administration and is ending…
The real reason prisoners keep being accidentally released
You’d need a heart of stone not to feel sympathy for Alex Davies-Jones. Labour’s minister for victims was on human…
Is the British Army right to invest in new battle tanks?
It is a distinct career advantage in Sir Keir Starmer’s government for ambitious ministers to be able to shut unpalatable…
Is Germany ready for military service?
It’s finally crunch time for Boris Pistorius’s plan to reintroduce military service in Germany. Following a delay of several months…
The Bank of England blames Rachel Reeves for pushing up prices
The Bank of England has held interest rates at four per cent. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted five to…
Does Farage know the difference between populism and a plan?
Gathered beneath the marble columns of the old Banking Hall in the City of London, Nigel Farage did what he…
Who cares if the Huntingdon train hero is an immigrant?
When a maniac ran amok on a train near Huntingdon on Saturday, train steward Samir Zitouni put his life on…
Zohran Mamdani will not be a radical mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City has prompted triumphalism in his supporters and despondency among his detractors.…
