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The demise of the Royal Society of Literature

8 January 2025 11:34 pm

The tenth anniversary of the slaughter of Charlie Hebdo journalists reminds us that the literary establishment has long been equivocal…

Mandelson won’t represent UK at Trump inauguration

8 January 2025 10:13 pm

It’s the big question all Westminster is asking right now. Who has got a golden ticket to Donald Trump’s inauguration?…

Musk attacks Keir ‘Starmtrooper’ again over grooming inquiry stance

8 January 2025 9:53 pm

There’s no rest for the wicked. Twitter chief Elon Musk has barely come up for air over the last week…

Does Britain want to join Trump’s new world order? 

8 January 2025 9:00 pm

Goodbye EU, hello AU? It’s been evident for a few months now that Donald Trump’s second administration will be more…

Kim Jong Un isn’t going away

8 January 2025 8:17 pm

It was only a matter of time before North Korea lit things up again. As US Secretary of State Antony…

Facebook is no place for politics

8 January 2025 7:53 pm

There was much jubilation yesterday among advocates of free speech following the news that Mark Zuckerberg is to relax restrictions on free…

Why do the left mock the dead?

8 January 2025 6:45 pm

It was party time in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday evening as hundreds of people celebrated the death…

Is this the end of the Big Tech industrial censorship complex?

8 January 2025 5:27 pm

The vibe shift is real. Yes, all the chatter about the re-election of Donald Trump causing a cultural sea change…

Donald Trump’s plans sound… interesting

8 January 2025 5:00 pm

No one can accuse President-elect Donald Trump of failing to be transparent about his intentions and plans. Speaking at a…

Trump praises Musk as ‘smart guy’ when quizzed on Labour attacks

8 January 2025 5:08 am

It’s been an eventful week for UK-US relations. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has spent much of it berating the Labour…

Why did Meta just hire Dana White?

8 January 2025 2:17 am

It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Cockburn reported last week, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg — who has served…

Royal Society of Literature in meltdown over diversity drive

8 January 2025 1:58 am

All is not well in the Royal Society of Literature. It now transpires that the bosses of the prestigious 200-year-old…

Keir Starmer is dangerously out of touch

8 January 2025 1:43 am

The refusal of western elites to admit the failings of multiculturalism, and their ongoing molly-coddling of minority vested interests, is…

Jean-Marie Le Pen won’t be missed

8 January 2025 12:53 am

Perhaps it’s tasteless to make the point that maybe nobody will be happier to see Jean-Marie Le Pen buried than…

Can the grid cope with many more EV chargers?

7 January 2025 11:11 pm

Is this the development that is finally going to make us shake off our aversion to electric vehicles (EVs)? Local…

Borrowing costs have just passed Liz Truss levels

7 January 2025 11:09 pm

The new year may have rustled up some surprise stand-offs for the Labour government (mainly calls from X founder Elon…

Meta hires Trump ally in olive branch move

7 January 2025 11:03 pm

It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Mr S reported last week, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg – who…

Elon Musk isn’t an extremist threat

7 January 2025 10:16 pm

At conferences and roundtables on counter extremism in recent months, it has been impossible to escape the terms ‘mis’ and…

There’s something hypocritical about Macron attacking Musk

7 January 2025 10:08 pm

Europe’s leaders rounded on Elon Musk on Monday as the American tech billionaire continued to air his views on the…

Sarah Champion and the grooming gang attention span problem

7 January 2025 9:50 pm

There are now two debates underway about grooming gangs and how the government should investigate them further. The first is…

The grooming gang scandal needs to change our entire worldview

7 January 2025 9:11 pm

The recent re-eruption of the grooming/child rape gang scandal has been disorienting, seeming to blow up from nowhere. It has…

Farage: Reform will hold grooming inquiry if Labour don’t

7 January 2025 8:26 pm

The focus on Britain’s grooming gang scandal is very much here to stay. Calls for the government to hold a…

Mark Carney is not fit to be Canadian PM

7 January 2025 8:22 pm

He has global experience. He has proven his leadership. And he has the management skills needed to turn around a…

Did we learn anything from Charlie Hebdo?

7 January 2025 6:00 pm

Ten years ago today, two men armed with Kalashinikovs barged into the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris and opened…

The dark legacy of Justin Trudeau 

7 January 2025 5:47 pm

He’s gone – but he’s not gone. As per his announcement in Ottawa on Monday, one of Canada’s most disliked prime…