Last Friday, a senior US official gave a background briefing to the media and made some news. First, Iranian officials…

Just eight months ago Shabana Mahmood’s Home Office published a document called,  ‘A Fairer Pathway To Settlement’ which described the…

Kemi Badenoch today set out to prove that she means business when it comes to clearing out the Tory has-beens…

Hell, I have come to realise, may not be other people, but repeated, everlasting exposure to 30-second radio adverts featuring…

‘June heatwave killed 440 a day at its peak, say climate scientists’ was the Guardian’s splash this morning, while the BBC reported that ‘more…

Andy Burnham last week issued a grovelling apology for Labour’s position on Gaza. In a three-minute social media video, he…

The investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death continues to astound. Counter terrorism police have now taken the lead on the probe…

Andy Burnham’s plan sounds rather decent, removing the fear factor from whipping and replacing it with a softer, cuddlier function.…

Ann Widdecombe represented British politics at its best: she was deeply principled and sincere, yet warm and dignified. But in the response to her death, over…

Hell hath no fury like a disgruntled former employee – and, in this case, perhaps justifiably so. As Sir Keir…

Actor Sam Neill, whose unexpected death was announced today by his family, was claimed as a son by not one,…

The timing of the death this weekend of Ken Bates, the former owner of Chelsea and Leeds United, will have…

I wrote in this space not long ago, in the context of Nicola Sturgeon, about how incuriosity can, when taken…

Electronic Monitoring – ‘EM’ or ‘tagging’ – is at the heart of the government’s plans for the justice system. Tags…

Oh Thomas Tuchel, how I love you! Unlike the last boss of the England team, Saint Gareth of Southgate, there’s…

Bridget Phillipson’s proposal to extend 30 free hours of childcare to families on benefits is lunacy. Over eight years working…

Andy Burnham, who will be prime minister this time next week, has apparently decided to spend part of the summer…

The death of Ann Widdecombe calls to mind the song of the same name by Victoria Wood. The festive ditty…

We should have seen this coming. It was patent from the start that last year’s ‘one in, one out’ agreement…

England are through to the semi-finals of the World Cup – thanks to two brilliant goals from Jude Bellingham. The…

No one can say they weren’t warned. For years, bookmakers, punters and the horse racing industry have tried to explain,…

In May this year, two Indian climbers died on Mount Everest’s southern slopes in Nepal. Arun Kumar Tiwari reached the…

Boris Johnson is one, under the merry Tory veneer. Bill and Hillary Clinton were pioneers. Barack Obama is one –…