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Did Britain need to rejoin Erasmus?
Is the government engaged in a campaign by stealth to return the UK to membership of the EU? It couldn’t…
Keir Starmer’s union woes just got worse
During the dying days of Rishi Sunak’s regime, Labour politicians liked to encourage the idea that a change of government…
The Church of England’s gay marriage row will rumble on
The Church of England’s House of Bishops met to discuss the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) project yesterday: that…
Why is the Scottish government so afraid of a grooming gangs inquiry?
The Scottish parliament has voted in favour of allowing government ministers to mislead it. That is the effect of a…
The anti-Muslim hate definition will be bad for free speech
After a long wait, the government’s Islamophobia definition has finally taken form. There has been plenty of criticism of the idea,…
Albanese has failed to step up after the Bondi beach attack
It’s been three days since the jihad against innocent Jews at Sydney’s Bondi beach. A nation’s grief is swiftly turning…
The West has become ungovernable
My favorite opinion poll of recent times was the one which showed that Donald Trump is disliked by more than…
Why I corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein
Olivia Nuzzi, the young and talented Trump reporter, committed the apparently cardinal sin of becoming romantically entangled with a subject.…
Will we ever know the truth about Epstein?
Now that Congress has passed a law – not a flimsy resolution, but a law – mandating that the Trump…
Jared Kushner’s international friendships with benefits
In 1998, the conservative intellectual and moralist Bill Bennett published a book, The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault…
A late Congolese ruler with a new following
At the exit of the National Museum in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is a whiteboard…
A chief White House usher of 21 years is the ultimate insider
Gary J. Walters knows where a lot of the bodies are buried in the White House. He was chief usher…
Portrait of the year
January For three weeks wildfires raged around Los Angeles. Perhaps 30 people were killed but 200,000 were evacuated, 18,000 homes…
Can Rachel Reeves take credit for falling inflation?
For the second month in a row, inflation has fallen. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that…
We don’t need a stealth tax on rotisserie chicken
It depends on whether you re-heat it when you get home, apparently. Or whether it is sold in a bag…
Only the US is taking peace seriously in Ukraine
What exactly is the ‘platinum security guarantee’ that Donald Trump is pushing Volodimir Zelensky to accept? While the full details…
It’s no surprise that the Bondi Beach attackers are related
The sun had barely set over Sydney’s Bondi Beach, when horror unfolded at the Hanukkah celebration. A father and son,…
The Brompton bicycle has had its day
Anyone who has had the misfortune to be in central London at rush hour will be familiar with an unlovely…
Kash Patel chooses love over hunt for killer
“We are so excited to be joined by Kash and his beautiful girlfriend Alexis,” said Katie Miller, wife of Homeland…
Ministers mull overhauling public inquiries
Do you have an issue you care about? You should probably be calling for a public inquiry into it, then.…
The problem with Labour’s ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition
Some might say that trying to define ‘Islamophobia’ is a foolish enterprise, given that words these days are so wantonly…
Keir Starmer must not forget Jimmy Lai
The conviction of 78 year-old British citizen, Hong Kong entrepreneur and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai yesterday on two counts of…
America’s free-speech war on the EU
If I were a bookie, I would be making odds now about when the European Union will finally unravel and…
How to fix Oxfam
Amid stiff competition, Oxfam may be the British charity sector’s greatest hypocrite. The charity’s chief executive, Halima Begum, has been…
Epstein, like Russiagate, damns the elite
As President Trump’s first year back in office drew to a close, his enemies had high hopes they’d hit on…
