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Is the RAF right to buy US fighter jets?
When it comes to defence procurement, there are no minor decisions. Complex technology, long time frames and staggering sums of…
Why are ethnic minorities being prioritised for bail?
When the Ministry of Justice announced that the government would introduce emergency legislation this week to stop ‘two tier’ Sentencing…
‘Signalgate’ is another nothingburger
I predict that by the time you read this, the press-fabricated entertainment known as “Signalgate” will be but a memory…
Starmer pledges migration action before summer wave
The British weather is improving – and that is bad news for Labour’s migration efforts. For the past five years,…
The police raid on a Quaker meeting house is unforgivable
Is there anyone in the Met Police, I wonder, low-minded enough to think of things in PR terms? “I’ve got…
This ruling against Marine Le Pen is grotesque
Marine Le Pen has been knocked out of the presidential race and disqualified from standing for public office after she…
Why Putin needs sanctions lifted on Russia
Just hours after the US announced last week that it had reached an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to stop…
Marine Le Pen’s downfall is a gift to the National Rally
Marine Le Pen’s political career ended this morning when a Paris judge found her guilty of misusing EU funds. She…
Is France still a democracy?
Marine Le Pen has been declared ineligible to run for president of France. She has been given a suspended prison…
The electric car honeymoon is over
Sooner or later, it is going to dawn on the owners of electric cars that they have been enjoying one…
Has French democracy been ‘executed?’
Marine Le Pen’s political career was ended on Monday when a Paris judge found her guilty of misusing European Union…
Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds
Zut alors. The trial of the decade is concluding in France today, with major ramifications for the next presidential election…
Reform’s rockstar rally should trouble the Tories
The Reform Party’s local election campaign launch in Birmingham was more rock concert than political rally. Thousands of the party’s…
The cynicism of picking Idris Elba for London mayor
Could Idris Elba, the film star and anti-knife crime campaigner, be in the running to be Labour candidate for London…
Can Britain escape Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’?
Labour MPs are still reeling from last week’s Spring Statement in which the Chancellor slashed welfare spending and made further…
The truth about the Gaza protests
A series of striking videos have emerged from the Gaza Strip over the last week. Crowds of Palestinians, chanting slogans…
Putin has pushed Trump too far
Perhaps Donald Trump is not quite the chump the Kremlin has taken him for. Trump is ‘pissed off’ with Russia…
The good news about Gen Z
Has a generation ever been so minutely poured over as today’s young people? From Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, his…
Why does Zarah Sultana want an airport in Mirpur?
So Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, is in favour of building airports now? That’s a turnaround. In January…
Keir Starmer’s peacekeeping plan for Ukraine won’t work
A decades-long failure to take Vladimir Putin’s warnings at face value has proven dangerously counterproductive. Putin has made it clear…
Justin Welby: I could forgive John Smyth
Justin Welby says he forgives serial abuser John Smyth On the BBC this morning, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby…
Can Reform emulate its Canadian cousins?
A historic election defeat leaves the Conservatives crushed, Reform rampant and a left-wing government securely entrenched in power. The similarities…
We need an inquiry into BBC Arabic
A peculiar incident occurred this month at an Israeli army base in the Negev: a wild caracal – a desert…
The significance of the Melsonby hoard
When the discovery of a new Iron Age hoard was announced this week, a video was released showing a long…
Can we trust our economic data anymore?
Britain’s economic outlook may have been skewed by bad data – and it could be costing billions. Wage data pored…
