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Watch: Starmer apologises over defence statement leak
Uh oh. Sir Keir Starmer made a big statement in the Commons today on raising defence spending – but before…
Starmer to raise defence spending to 2.5%
To the Commons, where Sir Keir Starmer has just made a rather big announcement on the issue of defence. The…
Cinema doesn’t have to be stuck in a loop
If you’ve recently been to the cinema or turned on your streaming platform of choice, no doubt you’ll have been…
The energy price cap rise heaps more misery on Brits
Average gas and electricity bills will rise by £111 a year in April after the regulator Ofgem announced an increase…
Is there any substance to Kemi’s ‘conservative realism’?
Kemi Badenoch set out her world view in a speech this morning at Policy Exchange. As protesting tractors blared their…
Why BP is ditching renewables
Among the big, bad oil companies in borstal for environmental offenses, BP has long been the relatively benign one, the…
Assisted dying committee votes down palliative amendment
Back to Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, which continues to undergo scrutiny as it makes its passage through parliament. This…
Trump – not Zelensky – is Ukraine’s only hope
I have known Volodymyr Zelensky very well for years. As a senior official personally appointed by Zelensky, I spoke to…
Donald Trump is utterly wrong about Ukraine’s leadership
The Anti-corruption Action Centre, the NGO I chair, is probably one of the loudest watchdogs in Ukraine that is monitoring…
Trump and Macron’s backslapping masks a rocky relationship
It would be a stretch to describe Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Donald Trump as a ‘bromance’, but there were plenty…
The endless entitlement of Waspi women
In this godforsaken era of feigned victimhood, is there any group less worthy of our sympathy than the Waspi women?…
Watch: Trump and Macron share awkward handshake
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron have some odd history. The US president and his French counterpart don’t particularly see eye…
The reason Javier Milei is releasing Argentina’s secret Nazi files
In the Oscar-nominated movie The Holdovers, one of the characters says in a moment of frustration: ‘I thought all the…
Donald Trump humiliated Emmanuel Macron
The orca killer whale is known for playing with its prey before killing it, always with a smile. An image…
Is ‘catch and release’ fishing really ethical?
Ask anyone if they think that cruelty to animals is OK and they’ll say no – but are they being…
Why Brits keep getting a tongue lashing from Team Trump
So much for the Special Relationship. Since Donald Trump took office in January, Brits have been taking quite a tongue-lashing…
‘Orwellian’ Commons in MPs’ bar crackdown
Happy freedom day! Yes, that’s right – after more than a month closed, the Strangers’ bar in the Palace of…
France’s National Rally has lost its way
Jordan Bardella flew to America last week on a trip he had long boasted about. The president of the National…
How the Ukraine conflict has changed the nature of war
Three years ago today, Russian tanks rolled over the Ukrainian border in a massive surprise attack. Russian unit commanders and…
Why the Foreign Office shouldn’t save Brits abroad
One of the perils of working in or even travelling to the Middle East and Central Asia is that there is a high risk…
In defence of short jail sentences
Mike Amesbury, the former Labour MP who has been sent to prison for ten weeks for punching a constituent in…
Is Britain’s ‘net zero economy’ really booming?
If you live opposite the vacant site in Northumberland that was supposed to become the Britishvolt ‘gigafactory’ pumping out batteries…
Ex-Reform Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
Uh oh. The ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court after being accused of accepting Russian bribes.…
Is this the end of the White Van Man?
A third of van drivers under the age of 35 are privately educated – and nearly half hold foundation or…
Energy bosses lose faith in Miliband’s net zero goals
When it rains for the Labour lot, it pours. Now Ed Miliband is in the firing line after a new…
