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Robert Jenrick promises a ‘new Conservative party’
The Tory front runner was third up in Birmingham. Throughout this race, Robert Jenrick has sought to position himself as…
Badenoch pitches herself as the great disruptor
Kemi Badenoch’s opening video before her speech had a series of politicians and normal people talking at odd angles into…
Labour under scrutiny over gambling gifts
Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot have had a tough time of it lately with the freebie fiasco – and it’s…
James Cleverly thinks the Tories need to be more ‘normal’
James Cleverly’s speech did a much better job than Tom Tugendhat’s of explaining what sort of person he is, and…
Tom Tugendhat fails to rouse the Tories
It is the final day of Tory conference and the event for which we have all been waiting: the four…
Israel is likely to hit back hard against Iran
Iran’s decision to launch 181 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night followed a similar pattern to the attacks of…
Why hasn’t Trump congratulated J.D. Vance?
Even the most ardent Trump-loathers are admitting that, last night, the Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance easily won his debate…
What we know so far about Iran’s massive missile attack
Last night, Iran launched a large-scale missile strike against Israel, dubbed ‘Operation True Promise II’. According to the latest reports,…
Michel Barnier seems shocked by Emmanuel Macron’s mess
Prime Minister Michel Barnier addressed parliament on Tuesday afternoon as he outlined his government’s policy programme. The priority, explained Barnier,…
Dawn Butler’s bonkers black history poem
Oh. My. Lord. I’ve been looking at Dawn Butler’s spoken verse as presented by her on X and it’s difficult…
J.D. Vance dominated the VP debate
To manage expectations in the run-up to last night’s debate, Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, let it be…
Iran must pay for this attack on Israel
At age 85, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been risk-averse for much of his time in office. He…
Vance vs Walz was what a debate should look like
The most important takeaway from the vice-presidential debate between Senator J.D. Vance and Governor Tim Walz is that this is…
J.D. Vance made the case for Trump better than Trump
Tim Walz versus J.D. Vance was the anti-Trump debate. There were no references to the animal kingdom in this Vice-Presidential…
Badenoch is right: not all cultures are equally valid
Kemi Badenoch kicked up an almighty stink when she argued at the weekend that not all cultures are ‘equally valid’…
A debate night for Vance to remember and for Walz to forget
It’s not always easy to tell who wins a political debate. Sometimes performances need time for people to process them…
Michel Barnier’s government in name only
A trillion here and a trillion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Of course, France now owes…
Watch: Tugendhat jibes at Jenrick over special forces
Uh oh. There’s trouble in Tory paradise after leadership candidate Robert Jenrick made some rather questionable remarks about the armed…
Dorries: Kemi should be ‘disqualified’ from leadership race
This year’s Tory conference has seen a number of old faces as well as new – and the appearance of…
Tugendhat: My Roger Scruton row comments were ‘twisted’
It’s the final night of Tory party conference and tempers are fraying. Three of the four leadership candidates have ended…
Kemi Badenoch comes out fighting
It has been a busy Conservative conference for Kemi Badenoch, whose comments on Sunday about maternity pay have dominated the…
Will Israel fire back on Iran?
Israel has come under widespread missile attack from Iran. Some 200 ground-to-ground missiles were launched from Iran, according to Israeli…
Iran launches a missile attack on Israel
Iranian missiles are slicing through the evening sky over Tel Aviv as Tehran responds to the killing of Hezbollah leader…
Tonight’s vice-presidential debate might actually matter
Vice-presidential debates rarely matter in politics except as fodder for jokes and, for today’s lazier commentariat, memes of the lesser variety.…
Robert Jenrick may come to regret his ECHR killing claim
We have all found ourselves making a point and seeing the argument run away from us unexpectedly. Perhaps that was…
