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The Kremlin’s threats against Britain shouldn’t scare us
The latest statement from Maria Zakharova, the reliably acerbic spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, has generated considerable interest and…
Is AI really taking young people’s jobs?
We’ve had three announcements this week that paint a worrying picture for the job prospects of young people. First, the…
Why would Germany want to help fund Trident?
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When the Cold War ended and the main rationale for enormous stockpiles of…
Don’t bet against Nvidia – yet
Last night revealed another set of outstanding results from Nvidia. Its quarterly revenues were up by 105 per cent year-on-year,…
Middlesbrough’s crime wave exposes the truth about broken Britain
The ugly scenes in Middlesbrough over the last week would not look out of place in a war zone. In…
Mayors aren’t the secret weapon Burnham thinks they are
After promising to end rough sleeping by Christmas, cap English bus fares at £2 and ‘culturally reset’ Westminster, Andy Burnham…
What was the CIA up to in Moscow?
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe paid an unannounced visit to Moscow yesterday, spending eight hours in the Russian capital…
Net zero isn’t bringing down our energy bills
We know all about climate change deniers; perhaps it is time we turned our attention to energy bill deniers. This…
Darline against the machine
It’s poetic that the same day Darline Graham won her primary to seek a full term in the United States…
Mark Carney is running out of excuses
So close, and yet so far. Only last week, Canada and the US were finally on the cusp of reaching…
The truth about Andy Burnham’s ‘impromptu’ guitar session
I was having a scroll on X when I came across an interesting scene. The Prime Minister, cramped in the…
Why ‘I’m backing Britain’ would never happen today
The economic storm clouds continue to gather over Britain. A reckoning of some sort is on its way, possibly a…
Carney’s defiance of Trump could destroy the Canadian economy
Canada and the US were once great friends, allies and trading partners. They had disagreements on various domestic and international…
Why the world loved Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton was all-American. Born into the dirt-poor Tennessee hills of the Great Smokey Mountains, her upbringing reflected the indigent…
Burnham’s council housing pledge falls short
We are starting to see a pattern in the announcements that Andy Burnham has made over his first few weeks…
Middle East Eye seems to get stupider and stupider
Breaking news: Jason Arday was telling the truth. That, at least, is the verdict of Middle East Eye, a generously funded…
RIP Dolly Parton
‘And try to make the most of every moment / ’Cause if you never try, you never win.’ There are few more…
Is social media causing dangerous driving?
Earlier today we found out there has been another fatal traffic accident related to a police chase, following the death of five…
North Devon’s maternity desert shames Britain
In late July, heavily pregnant women across North Devon began messaging one another in a panic. The news was unthinkable:…
Does Poland have an image problem?
It’s irresistibly funny to appoint somebody to improve your national image and then see the appointment turn into a national…
Why is the Scottish government giving children free schoolbags?
It seems that good intentions do not just pave the road to hell, but the path to foolishness. The SNP…
Andy Burnham has discovered the cost of nationalisation
The buses would run on time. The trains would be cheaper. And perhaps most of all, the water companies would…
We are already at war with Iran
Of all the inane – not to say stupid – comments by Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, his remark…
Why shouldn’t British workers be prioritised for council housing?
Who can argue against making British workers and veterans the priority for social housing? Given the limited stock of housing,…
Cambridge’s Farah Ahmed: study engineering ‘to produce weaponry for Jihad’
Cambridge University’s education faculty – former home of Jason Arday – has appointed as assistant research professor a woman who…
