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Starmer denies being soft on China
Prime Minister’s Questions today asked the same question that Katy raised in her magazine cover piece last week: what is…
Britain shouldn’t take part in joint EU defence missions
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to ‘reset’ the United Kingdom’s relations with the European Union. But at what cost? The…
Watch: Science Secretary grilled over latest cronyism row
Labour’s cronyism row has reared its head once again. It now transpires that Sir Keir Starmer’s government failed to disclose…
A German managing the England team? It’s depressing
Hand back the Falklands. Why not? FedEx over the Elgin Marbles. What’s the point of any of it anymore? They…
Jenrick takes aim at Khan over house-building
The Tory leadership contest is gathering pace with voting due to open up to the membership in less than 24…
Labour’s crackdown on hereditary privilege is hard to stomach
Do our new Labour rulers ever pause to think about how something they say or do might look to others?…
No, Israel isn’t deliberately killing children in Gaza
In every war, children perish. It’s the worst thing about conflict, this dragging of innocents into the swirling maelstrom of…
Does it matter that Thomas Tuchel isn’t English?
Thomas Tuchel has been confirmed as the next manager of the England national football team, to take over from the…
Will falling inflation save Rachel Reeves’s Budget?
Inflation slowed to 1.7 per cent in the twelve months to September, taking the inflation rate to its lowest levels…
Is Kamala Harris’s crypto policy racist?
It is too flimsy, you can’t buy anything with it, and it is wildly volatile. There have been plenty of…
Russian spies are intent on wreaking havoc in Germany
If ever the West needed confirmation that we have become firmly entrenched in a new Cold War with Russia, this…
Trump’s Chicago interview was magnificently weird
Kamala Harris has been criticising Donald Trump for ducking interviews. Today, however, she avoided a sit-down with the Economic Club…
Sir Keir faces scrutiny over Taylor Swift policing fiasco
Dear oh dear. The Home Secretary, the London mayor and even Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff have all…
Should the UK copy Europe on standardised chargers?
You probably know the frustration: you are sitting there trying to stuff a charging cable into your phone before realising…
Working people will pay for Reeves’s NI hike
Who would pay for Rachel Reeves’s increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions? Well yes, in the first instance it is…
Tesla is in trouble if Kamala Harris wins
In the third century BC the city of Rhodes, in celebration of the defeat of Demetrius I of Macedonia, built…
Alex Ferguson was brilliant, but did he deserve £2m a year?
Manchester United have axed Sir Alex Ferguson’s contract as an ‘ambassador’ for the club, and it is not clear whether…
The New York Times guide to ignoring Kamala’s plagiarism
Conservative activist Christopher Rufo found five instances of plagiarism in Kamala Harris’s book Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan…
Science can’t afford barring Russians
Something extraordinary has happened. It wasn’t just the docking of a SpaceX capsule at the International Space Station, some 250…
Thomas Tuchel would be a divisive choice for England manager
Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager, has emerged as the favourite to succeed Gareth Southgate as England…
Watch: Farage blasts Labour over Elon Musk snub
Sir Keir Starmer’s investment summit may have concluded, but the row over its invite list certainly has not. Now Nigel…
Britain doesn’t know how to remember the Holocaust
On 27 January next year, the world will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. ‘The commemoration will…
Can Reeves get away with a national insurance hike?
The Budget is not due for a fortnight, yet with every day that passes its contents seem to become clearer.…
Could Ozempic actually boost Britain’s labour market?
Is Ozempic the miracle fix for Britain’s labour market woes? This morning Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a £280…
Why Sweden is cracking down on cousin marriages
In Sweden, marrying your first cousin has long been legal, though as in the UK it is widely frowned upon.…
