World
Is Kemi Badenoch right about autistic people being advantaged?
Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has been criticised for endorsing ‘Conservatism in crisis’, a pamphlet put out by her campaign…
Iran has the most to lose if it closes the Strait of Hormuz
Following the mass ballistic missile attack on Israel at the beginning of the month, speculation is rife once again that…
Sue Gray under fire over Taylor Swift security fiasco
Despite all the free concert tickets the Labour lot received to her gigs, Taylor Swift seems to be causing Sir…
Is class rather than race a bigger barrier to success in Britain?
Is Britain racist? At times, you’d be forgiven for thinking so. In recent years, our country has experienced considerable turbulence…
The Novichok inquiry raises some big questions for MI5
The inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess as an innocent victim of the attempt to murder Russian double-agent Sergei…
Guardian apologises for controversial 7 October review
Back to the Grauniad, the bastion of journalistic integrity. Last week Mr S spotted that the newspaper had first uploaded…
Macron is in office, but is he in power?
Emmanuel Macron is said to be appalled by his new right-wing government. A confidant of the French president conveyed to…
India’s ‘murder’ spat with Canada has come at the worst time
The alleged involvement of agents of a foreign government in the murder of a citizen is a crime that violates…
Australia’s republicans are embarrassing themselves over King Charles’s visit
Australia, where King Charles will return to on Friday, is where the monarch became a man. In 1966, Charles had…
Tim Davie and the death of BBC ‘talent’
Has anyone ever come up with a better put-down for Nick Robinson? It is even better that it came from…
Thank God for Elon Musk
Like many people this weekend, I couldn’t tear myself away from videos of the booster rocket of Elon Musk’s Starship…
Israel’s murder problem
A wave of violence is convulsing Israeli society. It’s not caused by Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi, or Iranian attacks. Instead, it’s…
Is Kemi Badenoch scared of Robert Jenrick?
Is Kemi Badenoch running scared? It’s not an accusation often levelled at the shadow housing secretary, who is usually criticised…
Tories try to hammer Labour on freebies
It seems that one of the great posts in British politics has been filled at last. The title of ‘Minister…
Will Labour keep its promise not to hike National Insurance?
Despite getting off to a rocky start – including nearly losing £1 billion worth of investment – Labour’s much-anticipated Investment…
Watch: ‘Apparatus of state turned on Alex Salmond’, fumes David Davis
Heartfelt tributes were paid to the late Alex Salmond in the Commons today. A number of politicians from across the…
SpaceX has put Europe to shame
The flawless launch of SpaceX’s 5,000-ton Starship and its Super Heavy Booster, and the precision recovery of the booster on…
Five flops from Labour’s investment summit
It’s investment summit day for Sir Keir’s Labour government and, like much else about Starmer’s reign, it hasn’t got off…
Brwa Shorsh and the failure of Britain’s asylum system
Postman Tadeusz Potoczek had completed his deliveries for the day. At around 3 p.m. on 3 February, the 60-year-old was…
Beeb investigated MasterChef star over alleged sexual remarks
These days, it seems the Beeb is better at being the news than making it. Now the co-host of BBC…
Kamala Harris’s ‘Joe Biden’ problem
As Hurricane Milton battered Florida last week, Kamala Harris did her best to look and sound presidential. The Vice President…
The fatal allure of Hitler’s favourite mountain
‘The hills are alive,’ warbled Julie Andrews as she strode through a verdant Alpine mountain meadow, ‘with the sound of…
The discovery of Irvine’s boot on Everest raises more questions than answers
Andrew Comyn ‘Sandy’ Irvine disappeared while attempting to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory. For a…
Even the BBC’s critics should want to protect the World Service
When Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, addresses the Future Resilience Forum in London this afternoon, he has a…
Who is slipping through Europe’s porous borders?
In the same week that over 1,000 migrants arrived in England, the head of MI5 admitted his agency had ‘one…
