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The pros and cons of a Free Speech Bill
Preston Byrne, the radical American lawyer, says his new Freedom of Speech Bill, which the Adam Smith Institute publishes today,…
Europe is finally standing up to Trump
The longer the war in Iran churns on, the more hot-tempered and unhinged President Trump becomes. On Tuesday, Trump was…
Labour is creating a tidal wave of bureaucracy
Labour’s record in government may have been a litany of U-turns and broken promises, but there’s one cause on which…
Anas Sarwar stands by his call for Starmer to go
As we head towards the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, one party leader has a particularly unenviable job: step forward…
Can this millennial rapper save Nepal?
Balendra Shah does not look like your typical Nepali prime minister, and in many ways, this is precisely the point.…
Trump’s presidential library is predictably crass
Maybe a tad prematurely for a term that ends only in 2029, the Trump Organisation has released a short video…
The Chagos deal is unraveling
We don’t know what the end of the Chagos affair will be, but it is rapidly spinning into farce. The…
Should Britain go it alone on nukes?
On 5 February, 2026, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the United States. and Russia expired. It was built…
The absurdity at the heart of the junior doctors’ strikes
Immediately after the Easter weekend, junior doctors are planning a six-day strike. Unless they call it off, Starmer has said…
Children aren’t there to make parents happy
Does being a parent make people happy? Not according to a recent BBC investigation into ‘the women who regret being…
Have Beatrice and Eugenie been cast out into the cold?
The news that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will not be attending the royal family’s Easter service at St George’s chapel…
Canada wants to make quoting the Bible illegal
Easter is almost here – and Canada’s Liberal government has chosen this sacred season to display its utter contempt for Christianity. It…
How Ed Miliband could actually profit from the energy crisis
According to Ed Miliband and Bridget Phillipson, motorists are paying more than they need to at the pumps because of…
Emily Thornberry said the quiet part out loud on immigration
There was once a time when we were told that migration would make us rich, ensure our pensions were paid…
The remarkable blandness of Scott Mills
Yesterday’s news that Scott Mills had been dismissed as the host of BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show – with immediate…
The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump
Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has come up with a bewildering series of “solutions” to the global oil…
Israel needs to rethink its relationship with Christians
Sometimes it’s a wonder Israel can stand with all the self-inflicted gunshot wounds in its feet. Israeli police placed their…
AI didn’t write my book
It’s been a rather unusual month. In the last four weeks, I’ve gone from being renamed ‘Matt Badloss’, after finishing…
The three options facing Trump in Iran
As Trump contemplates a ground operation in Iran, he will be reckoning with the ghosts of previous western “excursions” in…
Britain should brace itself for a small boat surge
According to a report in the French press today, the border between France and the United Kingdom is ‘at risk…
Is therapy culture to blame for the manosphere?
There’s a moment in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere where Theroux asks one of Andrew Tate’s protégés a simple question: why…
The illusion and delusion of Matt Goodwin
Sometimes, a nickname comes along so excellently unkind that you know it’s going to stick. One such is “MattGPT” – which will,…
Why Gen-Z turned back to Christianity
Secularists are cock-a-hoop at the news that the “Quiet Revival” in British Christianity may just be a thing of nought.…
Why modern ‘comedians’ like Romesh Ranganathan aren’t funny
It’s funny that the George Orwell statue outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House has a quote etched nearby from a proposed…
Why is Britain dragging its feet at giving this Hong Kong activist citizenship?
Almost six years ago, within hours of the imposition of a draconian National Security Law by Beijing on Hong Kong,…
