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Gary Lineker must ‘educate’ himself on the Nazis

16 May 2025 5:34 pm

When I was a schoolboy, on the rare occasions I was required to line up against the wall to be…

Britain could pay a big price for Starmer’s ‘EU Reset’

16 May 2025 4:10 pm

The great ‘EU Reset’ of 19 May – when the first formal UK-EU summit since Brexit will take place –…

The trouble with BBC Verify

16 May 2025 4:01 pm

Can the BBC ever be objective and unbiased? It’s a question many of us ask ourselves, sometimes in hope, often…

Why lesbians want out of the LGBT movement

16 May 2025 3:52 pm

LGBT+ is an ‘inclusive’ way to represent all the different identities in the longer acronym, says the BBC. What nonsense:…

Anna Peterson’s New York Times article has restored my faith

16 May 2025 12:00 pm

Are contemporary faculty members at risk from false accusations made by supporters of Governor DeSantis? Or more generally President Trump? Has…

Man charged with arson over fires linked to Starmer

16 May 2025 5:47 am

To the fires linked to Sir Keir Starmer’s property and car that have been probed this week. It now transpires…

Would voters back a Tory-Reform pact?

16 May 2025 1:58 am

While rumours continue to swirl about whether the Conservatives will strike a deal with Reform UK, exclusive polling shared with…

Oxford’s LTN farce

16 May 2025 1:37 am

Last week’s cheering news that the High Court has deemed Lambeth Council’s imposition of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood on West Dulwich ‘unlawful’,…

Doubted then vindicated, Andrew Norfolk was peerless

16 May 2025 1:34 am

Rotherham whistleblower Jayne Senior has endured countless painful conversations with me. Across many years, we have reflected on cases of…

How Donald Trump will be impeached

16 May 2025 1:32 am

From the election in November to the presidential inauguration in January, media commentators took turns to pronounce the Trump “Resistance”…

Rupert Lowe faces life in the political wilderness

15 May 2025 11:26 pm

Rupert Lowe must currently be the most frustrated man in British politics. The MP has been exonerated of accusations brought…

Starmer announces Rwanda-style scheme in immigration U-turn

15 May 2025 11:04 pm

Starmer Chameleon is at it again. Now Sir Keir has announced plans for a Rwanda-style immigration scheme after scrapping a…

What the next phase of Trump’s trade war with China looks like

15 May 2025 10:03 pm

For clues as to where US policy towards Beijing goes next, look beyond Donald Trump’s chaotic and erratic tariffs and…

How Labour ended up taking on the Boriswave

15 May 2025 9:28 pm

Sir Keir Starmer, remarkably, has launched an immigration crackdown. Britain risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’ after the Tory ‘one-nation…

Who judges the judges?

15 May 2025 8:23 pm

I started out as a reporter covering the criminal and civil courts in Ohio. I got to read every piece of…

Is Britain’s strong growth really because of Rachel Reeves?

15 May 2025 6:03 pm

The UK economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year. According to figures just released…

Poll: three in four voters say Labour’s priorities are wrong

15 May 2025 5:34 pm

They say that politics is all about priorities. But what happens when the public says you’ve got it wrong? Mr…

Poll: Reform support surges to record high

15 May 2025 5:30 pm

Well, well, well. Sir Keir Starmer’s big immigration speech on Monday prompted accusations the Prime Minister was trying to ‘out-Reform…

Putin only wants to talk to one man

15 May 2025 5:10 pm

A week of diplomatic manoeuvring, ultimatums and psychological gambits has ended with a sadly predictable result: Vladimir Putin will not…

The rise of the liberal Caesars

15 May 2025 4:35 pm

The triumph of Mark Carney in the Canadian election has turned what seemed like a series of local flukes into a global…

Which European country has the largest nanny state?

15 May 2025 4:00 pm

Across Europe, Nanny’s influence is growing: there has been a steady erosion of liberty for those of us who like…

Can the India-Pakistan ceasefire hold?

15 May 2025 4:00 pm

The cold-blooded killing of unarmed tourists by terrorists in Indian administered Kashmir has horrified not only Indians but people all…

We are losing control of our prisons

15 May 2025 4:00 am

After the horrific attacks at Frankland, after last week’s attack at Belmarsh, and after countless warnings, today’s news of three…

The ‘big, beautiful’ bill is Speaker Johnson’s first major test of Trump 2.0

15 May 2025 3:32 am

There’s a nickname for House Speaker Mike Johnson shared among some Hill staffers and observers: “Deacon Mike,” a nod to…

Why Trump met Syria’s interim president

15 May 2025 2:34 am

Few career arcs in modern history can be as remarkable as that of Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa – or Abu Mohammed…