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Should Huw Edwards be stripped of his BBC pension?
With the Huw Edwards court case complete – and the disgraced BBC News presenter given a six-month prison sentence, suspended…
Britain is spending beyond its means
This morning marks a milestone – but it’s nothing to celebrate. Public sector net debt as a percentage of the…
Watch: Starmer’s top team ‘over-controlling’, says Jess Phillips
Sir Keir Starmer will be hoping his first Labour conference as Prime Minister this weekend goes better than the last…
The wickedness of Mohamed Al Fayed
The allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed are dreadful: the former Harrods owner has been accused of raping five women and…
Does the evidence support working from home?
I am sure that the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds picked up many useful skills in his previous job in local…
Is Rachel Reeves damaging the High Street’s recovery?
The former boss of Sainsbury’s, Justin King, warned on the Today programme this morning that Rachel Reeves has damaged the…
France – and even Michel Barnier – is tiring of Emmanuel Macron
France can’t go on like this. The country, and its overseas territories, are in chaos. On Wednesday night two men in…
Owen Paterson must regret his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out a challenge by former cabinet minister Owen Paterson. The ex-Tory MP,…
The freebie scandal could cost Keir Starmer
If you want a surefire indication that a politician has ended up on the wrong side of public opinion, it’s…
TGI Fridays was doomed from the beginning
Few will mourn the demise of TGI Fridays, which collapsed into administration this week. The restaurant chain’s 87 branches in…
Are Israel and Lebanon already at war?
This hasn’t been the easiest week for Hezbollah. It started with the terror organisation’s pagers mysteriously exploding, killing 37 people people (according…
Why the cost of replacing Britain’s border fleet has soared to £300 million
The fleet of border control cutters responsible for patrolling our waters (and at times for dealing with irregular migrants on…
‘Ignorant’ Lammy urged to retract Azerbaijan remarks
It’s a gaffe a day with David Lammy. Now the Foreign Secretary has come under fire after he hailed Azerbaijan…
Abbott: I’ve never had a nice chat with Starmer
Diane Abbott is on the warpath, and her target is Sir Keir Starmer. Earlier this week, the Labour MP hit…
Watch: James O’Brien attacks Nigel Farage in scathing rant
Good heavens. Does no one teach journalistic etiquette these days? This afternoon James O’Brien caused a stir on social media…
A vindication for our polling obsession
One of the entertainments that every election season brings revolves around polling. Every season seems to bring more and more…
McDonald’s did not make Kemi Badenoch working class
Is it possible to change your class? Not just superficially – in moving up and down the hierarchy of social…
Revealed: Starmer’s top five freebies
The Prime Minister has been generating scores of headlines lately – for all the wrong reasons. It has transpired this…
Was the Bank of England wrong not to cut interest rates?
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5 per cent. This was the expected outcome of the Monetary Policy…
Can Sadiq Khan save Oxford Street?
Oxford Street’s spiralling tawdriness is a miserable advert for London. The ‘candy’ stores and tourist tat ‘luggage’ emporiums, the gang…
End Tory leadership race early, says Tugendhat
While Labour’s dirty laundry over ‘frockgate‘ is being aired in public, it would be easy to forget there are still…
Labour minister: Freebies are ‘part of the job’
Dear oh dear. Things are only getting worse for Sir Keir, as it now transpires that the Prime Minister accepted…
Why aren’t some released prisoners being tagged?
As hundreds of prisoners are released early on to the streets of Britain, it’s vital that the authorities keep track…
There’s nothing wrong with being a ‘junior’ doctor
‘The wise bustle and laugh as they walk, but fools bustle and are important,’ wrote F.L. Lucas a century ago.…
The trouble with Trafalgar Square’s transgender tribute
Seven hundred and twenty-six plaster face casts of transsexual, non-binary or gender non-conforming people were unveiled yesterday in London’s Trafalgar…
