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Labour won’t be able to quota its way to a female leader
Labour has never had a female leader. But some of the party’s MPs have alighted on a solution: make Andy…
Inside Trump’s brazen financial disclosures
Donald Trump has exposed a weak link in American democracy. It is dependent, as the Founders would put it, on its…
Starmer’s Wile E Coyote defence spin
The Prime Minister began today’s PMQs by wishing a ‘happy 78th birthday’ to the NHS. This is the sort of…
Watch: CCHQ spoofs Burnham’s cringe AI clip
https://t.co/BOc9D2C0dF pic.twitter.com/hek3A22BZO — Conservatives (@Conservatives) July 1, 2026 Like it or not, in this day and age, success in politics…
Badenoch attacks Starmer over defence at PMQs
At today’s Prime Ministers’ Questions there was only one subject anyone was discussing. The Defence Investment Plan is supposed to…
The failure to deport the Rochdale grooming gang leader shames Britain
If you want to understand why the traditional mainstream parties struggle to gain support, and why Reform is leading the…
There are no quick wins in Mahmood’s immigration bill
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood published her Immigration and Asylum Bill yesterday, claiming that it would ‘save the asylum system for…
Are we edging closer to peace in Ukraine?
When he came to write of 1942-3 in his magisterial, if idiosyncratic, “History of the Second World War,” Winston Churchill…
Is the World Cup ball rigged?
The World Cup’s new ball is the most technologically advanced ever, Fifa tells us. It has a 500Hz motion sensor…
How Brand Scotland conquered America
In his highly entertaining history of alcohol and the British, Empire of Booze, Henry Jeffreys observed how one effect of…
Why shouldn’t Queen Camilla meet J.K. Rowling?
One of the many likeable characteristics of Queen Camilla is that she has a clear, full-throated passion for literature. She…
I hope Ben Stokes finds peace
Ben Stokes has retired from international cricket in the middle of a Test match which England were well on the…
America is still an English country
Americans have been enjoined, as we approach our country’s 250th anniversary, to be a bit more grateful. Good advice. It…
The Hong Kong activists defying China by remembering the past
In Hong Kong the calendar has become political. Today marks 29 years since Hong Kong was returned to China after…
The problem with Burnham’s call for kinder, gentler politics
Andy Burnham used his big speech this week to unveil his spiffing new idea to solve all the country’s terrible…
Devolution has failed. Try telling Andy Burnham
There is so little substance to Andy Burnham that it seems almost churlish to attack the one area where he…
A love note to Thomas Tuchel
As Pride Month comes to an end, please indulge me in a confession. I think I’m in love with Thomas Tuchel. Obviously,…
Why Scots will never support England at the World Cup
As this year’s World Cup got under way, a pub called MacGregors on Shore Street in the Scottish town of…
A full-throated endorsement of the Pelosi Center
Former speaker of the House, Representative Nancy Pelosi, who will retire from Congress this year is lending her name and her leadership to the University…
The Supreme Court is not in Trump’s thrall
The latest Supreme Court term, which ended on Tuesday, surely must have been a deep disappointment for those who argue…
Will Starmer’s last defender please turn out the lights
There are still people out there – with access to the full gamut of unblunted cutlery – who maintain that…
Road rage in the Foreign Office
With Sir Keir Starmer straggling on as PMINO – Prime Minister in Name Only – ministers have truly gone feral.…
Left-wing politicians rail against Mahmood’s ‘refugee tax’
Britain’s dimmest left-wing MPs are up in arms today. No, not about the lack of cash announced in the Defence…
The defence investment plan is Starmer’s sad swansong
With just a few weeks until he is expected to step down as prime minister, Keir Starmer chose a drone…
‘Insane’ Treasury diversity plan attacked by MPs
It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the Treasury is riddled with idiots who struggle to count and…
