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Labour minister: Cede Chagos to avoid war
Just when you think Labour’s Chagos saga can’t get any stranger, it does. Now foreign minister Stephen Doughty has claimed…
Strict schools are sapping the joy out of learning
When it comes to behaviour policies, schools have fallen into two extremes. Across the border in Scotland, schools practise ‘restorative…
Israel faces an agonising decision
In those awful first weeks after 7 October, someone came up with a slogan that was taken as a rallying…
What Gen Z gets wrong about ‘racist’ Britain
Nearly half of Generation Z believes that Britain is a racist country, and a similar proportion say that they aren’t…
Trump has backed Hamas into a corner
Donald Trump’s second meeting with a foreign leader in the Oval Office – this time with King Abdullah of Jordan…
Could Russian sanctions soon be lifted?
Markets are rife with rumours of impending talks between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on a ceasefire for the…
Syria’s civil war is far from over
In recent years, the green plains of Idlib province have seen some of the heaviest fighting in Syria’s protracted civil…
Red states sue New York for punitive climate change bill
In what could find itself deemed a new “war of Northern Aggression,” West Virginia and twenty-one other states are looking…
The question that should be asked about the West Bank
In all the argle-bargle over Donald Trump’s proposal for Gaza, there have been countless questions about legality, morality and feasibility.…
Elon Musk’s critics are more autistic than he ever could be
I’ve managed to keep most of my liberal family relationships and friendships intact, even after going public about voting for…
Watch: Sue Gray enters the Lords
And there we have it. Baroness Gray of Tottenham has entered the House of Lords. Sir Keir’s former chief of…
Is this London’s most anti-car borough?
In a city at war with the car, there’s plenty of competition. Lambeth has hiked the cost of residents’ parking…
What will happen to Hamas’s tunnels?
Even if the third phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal is successfully completed and all hostages, alive and dead, are…
Vance is right, Europe is smothering AI
They won’t have liked the message or the messenger. With characteristic bluntness, the American vice president J. D. Vance tore…
Reform support surges to new high, poll shows
Another day, another positive poll result for Reform. The latest Westminster voting intention poll from YouGov shows Nigel Farage’s party…
Why has Labour dropped so many NHS targets?
Does the Labour government still care about mental health? Recently, it dropped its NHS targets for mental health, along with…
Why President Trump wants to build US icebreakers
There is an “icebreaker gap” between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have…
It’s a mistake for Scottish Labour to stand by SNP policies
With just 15 months to go until crucial devolved elections in Scotland, 2025 will be a momentous year in Scottish…
What does China want with the Cook Islands?
Diplomatic storm clouds are gathering around the Cook Islands, a picturesque tourist destination in the South Pacific known for its…
The problem with Labour’s home-school crackdown
There are some counterintuitive differences between the US and the UK. One of them is this: home education has always…
Blame vegans for the ‘anti-vegan backlash’
Is the vegan revolution over? An “anti-vegan backlash” has “made Britain fall back in love with meat,” according to the Daily…
Why aren’t Scotland’s politicians standing up for Sandie Peggie?
The remarkable story of nurse Sandie Peggie, suspended from her job after she complained about the presence of a male…
Britain is failing Gen Z
Ask not what you country can do for you, said JFK in his inaugural address in 1961, but what you…
Starmer should split from the EU if it hits back at Trump on tariffs
The European Union has hit back against Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel imports. “Tariffs…
Farage and Tories in borders bill battle
It was a late-night showdown in the Commons yesterday evening. The terrain? Labour’s Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. But…
