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Reform fancies its chances in Mike Amesbury’s seat
This afternoon Mike Amesbury was sentenced to ten weeks in prison. The ex-Labour MP for Runcorn and Helsby was handed…
Sam Fender is right about white privilege
Teaching working-class young men that they benefit from ‘white privilege’ is having a detrimental effect on a generation of boys,…
Working from home turned me into a terrible mum
Can the passage of time ever assuage parental guilt? After all, brooding over what can’t be changed is a pointless…
Hamas’s hostage shows evoke a haunting comparison
Another weekend, another grotesque spectacle in Gaza. Hamas released its latest handful of Israeli hostages as part of the fragile…
Does Donald Trump need Keir Starmer’s ‘bridge’ to Europe?
This week, British prime minister Keir Starmer is heading to Washington to establish himself as a “bridge” between the United…
The British police are deeply hostile to free speech
Are you angry about bin collections? Potty about potholes? Incandescent about the behaviour of your local council or councillors? Well…
Kemi calls for probe into BBC Hamas film
To the BBC, which has received a rather scathing letter from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over a controversial documentary on…
Germany’s results are a relief for Starmer – for now
Over beer, pretzels and sausages, guests gathered last night at the German ambassador’s house in Belgravia to watch the federal…
AI needs to be regulated
On Tuesday, the government’s consultation on AI and copyright comes to an end. There doesn’t seem to be much hope…
Can Friedrich Merz fix Germany?
Sunday’s federal election in Germany was historic for more than one reason. After the collapse of the so-called ‘traffic light’…
Germans won’t get the right-wing government they voted for
Germany is still a divided country – at least when you look at its electoral map. After this weekend’s federal election,…
Does Trump really need Starmer’s bridge to Europe?
This week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to Washington to establish himself as a ‘bridge’ between the US…
We don’t need ‘postliberalism’
In 1979 the price of gas at the American pump doubled to $39.50 a barrel – $172 in today’s money.…
The AfD will be a thorn in Merz’s side
Alice Weidel, the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, didn’t mince her words. Speaking immediately after the German…
Is Friedrich Merz up to the task of fixing Germany?
As was widely predicted, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won Germany’s federal elections with around 28 per cent…
Friedrich Merz on track to win German federal election
After two torturous months of campaigning, the wait is over. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU party, is on…
Against Canada’s anti-Americanism
You couldn’t have written a better comedy script than the one playing out in the apparently real war that has…
Kaspia state of mind
It’s been almost 100 years since Arcady Fixon, a refugee from the Russian Revolution, opened the doors of Caviar Kaspia…
Bridget Phillipson: ‘I welcome that Trump is able to bring the Russians to the table’
Trump launched a series of extraordinary attacks on President Zelensky this week, describing him as a dictator, and sidelined Ukraine…
It’s time to reform the Gender Recognition Act
What were they thinking? When Tony Blair agreed, in 2004, to legislation allowing transsexuals – as they were then called…
Will Macron get tough on Algeria over the French knife attack?
Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with Donald Trump on Monday at which the President of France will attempt to ‘make…
The Tobacco Bill shows how we Tories lost our way
He’s having a tough time of it at the moment, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Andrew Gwynne.…
What to look out for in Germany’s federal election
After two long months of campaigning, Germany heads to the polls today for its federal election. Approximately 60 million voters…
The real problem with mental health benefits
A contributory factor to the continuing impoverishment of Britain is psychiatric diagnosis – or rather, the superstitious official belief in…
Isis is filling the vacuum in Syria
‘Isis is taking huge advantage of the current situation in Syria,’ Ilham Ahmed told me, when we met in the…
