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Humza Yousaf’s top five worst Covid WhatsApps

18 December 2024 3:15 am

Well, well, well. It has now emerged that the SNP government will ban WhatsApp on official devices in the wake…

Memories of a lonely, beautiful Christmas

18 December 2024 3:13 am

My parents gave up on Christmas altogether once I left home for university. They had never been people for celebrations…

Democrats are about to get a do-over for their 2017 mistakes

18 December 2024 2:24 am

Could 2025 give Democrats a do-over for how they misplayed the results of Donald Trump’s first election? Early signs point…

Farage’s Musk meeting is uncomfortable for the Tories and Labour

18 December 2024 1:53 am

It’s happened. To the likely dismay of both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage has met with Elon Musk…

Liz Kendall’s WASPI women U-turn

18 December 2024 12:52 am

Another day, another drama. Liz Kendall, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has finally confirmed that the WASPI women will not…

How to avoid another Chinese spy scandal

17 December 2024 11:21 pm

As the fallout continues from the latest China spy scandal, it is hard not to conclude that Labour’s policy on…

Will higher wages lead to more inflation?

17 December 2024 10:51 pm

Good news for workers: wages are up. According to the latest data, released by the Office for National Statistics this…

Why Ukraine killed Igor Kirillov

17 December 2024 10:50 pm

Another one down. This morning, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, head of RKhBZ, Russia’s Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops, was heading…

What Labour can learn from Giorgia Meloni

17 December 2024 9:48 pm

What else can you do but laugh? Former human rights supremo Sir Keir Starmer has done a deal to tackle…

Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP

17 December 2024 9:46 pm

Well, well, well. It now transpires that hapless Humza Yousaf will step down as an MSP at the next Holyrood…

What’s the truth about the New Jersey drone sightings?

17 December 2024 9:39 pm

What is going on with the drones buzzing over New Jersey in the United States? Reportedly ‘the size of cars’,…

The hypocrisy of Hollywood’s environmental preaching

17 December 2024 8:52 pm

You can’t expect anything reasonable when Hollywood gets on its high horse, but really, are our pension contributions truly helping…

Trump, monarchy and the waning power of Hollywood

17 December 2024 5:43 pm

Donald Trump has yet to comment on the Prince Andrew ‘Chinese spy’ story, and online sleuths are already trying to…

Keir Starmer has dropped the ball on Ukraine

17 December 2024 5:15 pm

Has Keir Starmer dropped the ball on Ukraine? Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian former foreign minister, certainly thinks so. Kuleba, who…

German politics is a mess

17 December 2024 5:00 pm

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament yesterday. It’s almost certain now that Germans will head…

The finger-pointing over Yang Tengbo begins

17 December 2024 5:47 am

The threatened Commons drama of an MP using parliamentary privilege to name the alleged Chinese spy was dampened rather after…

Democrats are desperate for a new Bill Clinton

17 December 2024 2:14 am

In the weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Democrat supporters, amidst much gnashing of teeth, have offered up…

Israel is right to cut ties with Ireland

16 December 2024 10:29 pm

Everything that has gone wrong in modern Ireland is summed up in the fact that it is winning praise from…

Rayner’s revolution enrages Reform

16 December 2024 10:29 pm

This afternoon Angela Rayner will unveil potentially the biggest shake-up of local government since the 1970s. The Housing Secretary will…

Labour will regret selling Royal Mail

16 December 2024 9:43 pm

It will maintain the single price ‘universal service obligation’. The government will keep its ‘golden share’. And there are ‘legally…

Starmer receives worst rating yet as Labour leader

16 December 2024 9:38 pm

Another day, another bit of bad news for Sir Keir Starmer. A new Ipsos poll carried out between 27 November…

The Royals should ban Andrew from Christmas

16 December 2024 8:55 pm

Sixty years ago, in the aftermath of one of the twentieth century’s most salacious scandals, the former MP John Profumo…

The hypocrisy of Nick Candy

16 December 2024 8:45 pm

The property tycoon Nick Candy, interviewed in yesterday’s Sunday Times, appears to be hoping to position himself as a UK…

SNP ministers blasted over taxpayer-funded limo trips

16 December 2024 8:23 pm

To Scotland, where more SNP ministers are under scrutiny over their use of official limousines with First Minister John Swinney…

How Ireland declared diplomatic war on Israel

16 December 2024 7:48 pm

‘Tis the season of goodwill to all men. Except for the Irish and Israelis, that is, who have seen their…