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Will Palestinians give peace a chance?
Time and time again, people look to those outside of the Middle East to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After decades…
France’s problem is Algeria – not Elon Musk
Emmanuel Macron has a problem and its name is not Elon Musk. It is interference of an altogether more dangerous…
The solution to Spain’s problems
It’s not often that a country can solve a serious, endemic problem quickly, easily and at no expense at all.…
The LA dream has burnt out
Last year, I wrote here about the dark side of LA, after the Friends actor Matthew Perry was found dead in the…
Why Paddy Mayne shouldn’t get a Victoria Cross
The quietly spoken, thoughtful, brilliant Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, four times winner of the Distinguished Service Order and co-founder of…
What does Labour have against state school Latin students like me?
What type of person studies Latin in 2024? As a result of Labour’s decision to axe the £4 million Latin…
Scottish Labour admin slip-up sees party lines sent across Holyrood
Well, well, well. It’s not been a great start to the year for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party in Westminster…
How Jean-Marie Le Pen lives on
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died aged 96 on 7 January, was the personification of the travails and excesses of post-war…
Reform faces councillor exodus as 12 set to quit over Farage
Uh oh. There’s trouble in paradise this evening as it has emerged that 12 Reform UK councillors are set to…
Does Britain need China?
As Rachel Reeves, flies to Beijing , she will have plenty of support from those who claim that the UK…
Why Labour is cosying up to China
It used to be said that parties were Eurosceptic in opposition but Europhile in government. The same might be true…
Why German politicians fear Musk’s AfD interview
Over 200,000 listeners tuned into Elon Musk’s online conversation with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD),…
The Chagos Islands deal is uniquely terrible
Last year, a Mauritian politician raised eyebrows in Britain when he told a political rally that ‘England has agreed to…
Starmer’s grooming gang stance might not last the weekend
From the start of Elon Musk’s onslaught, Sir Keir Starmer’s position in refusing a new national inquiry into the grooming…
Does the UK have more mandarins than communist China?
Mr Steerpike was interested to read over the Christmas break that young people are currently flocking to join China’s civil…
China hawks prepare fresh headache for Labour
It used to be said that parties were Eurosceptic in opposition but Europhile in government. The same might be true…
In defence of prejudice
There’s always something that seems clinically compelling about a claim that we need yet more equality laws. Mary Prior KC,…
Could Elon Musk really oust Keir Starmer?
Another day, another story that risks further exacerbating tensions between the world’s richest man and the prime minister. The Mirror…
Will Rachel Reeves have to go back on her word?
Elon Musk may have moved political focus in the UK to the grooming gangs scandal, but there is another issue…
Why we should admire Mick Lynch
Rail union leader Mick Lynch has announced his retirement. No doubt there will be plenty who will breathe a sigh…
Grooming gang victims are still being ignored
The horror of organised child sexual abuse and pimping – euphemistically called ‘grooming gangs’ – is back in the news. But unfortunately…
When will Britain wake up to the Islamist threat?
A poll this week in France found that 78 per cent of respondents are in favour of proscribing the wearing of Muslim…
How I was punished for breaking the conspiracy of silence on grooming gangs
The renewed interest in the disproportionate involvement of men of Pakistani origin in historic group child sexual abuse has led…
The weird and wonderful presidential interactions at the Carter funeral
Past, present and president-elect presidents, along with their wives — and current and former veeps — put on brave faces…
Venezuela prepares for clashing inaugurations
A new presidential term is set to begin officially in Venezuela on January 10. Despite the electoral commission’s failure to…
