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Why is Trump unhappy about military drills with South Korea?
Donald Trump has instructed his Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises between the United States…
Emmanuel Macron is an embarrassment to France
France’s under-15s can carry on using social media after a parliamentary ban was struck down by the Republic’s constitutional council…
The Ceuta crisis isn’t over
On July 30 and 31 around 80,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco, according to the Spanish government’s latest estimate. Roughly…
Nancy Mace paints it black
During her abortive run for governor of South Carolina, Nancy Mace’s signature policy was to remove a tax on boat…
Reservoirs are not about to run dry
The ‘worst drought in decades’ is how Novara headlined an article attacking data centres at the beginning of this month. ‘This summer…
Reform’s messy welfare crackdown deserves some credit
When I last interviewed Nigel Farage, he told me a new divide was opening in Britain. The country was being…
Labour MP suspended amid Covid loan probe
Well, well, well. For all Labour’s high-minded talk of morality, one of its MPs has been suspended pending an investigation…
It’s no surprise that Andy Burnham was duped
Andy Burnham, who has built a political brand based on being open and approachable, has been duped by a prankster…
Why won’t Reform’s welfare cuts apply to the triple lock?
Well done to Reform UK for proposing to make chunky, £50 billion cuts to the welfare budget, more than twice…
Can Reform really end benefits Britain?
Benefits claimants will be required to carry out 20 hours of community service a week under a Reform government, Robert…
The end of the Luigi cult
Americans love their killers. Still, Luigi Mangione, who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead in December 2024, may be the…
Why people cared about Jason Arday
Don’t badmouth the dead, said Chilon of Sparta. Over time, the phrase became a positive injunction to say nothing of…
Jason Arday wasn’t the victim of a ‘racist witch hunt’
For decades, voices on the liberal and progressive left have invariably rolled out the terror-inducing accusation of ‘racism’ in order…
Send the emergency alert to Whitehall
In Great Missenden we were affixing the last details to our Friday Effigy when the alert came. It’s a new…
Britain’s universities have an English language problem
Lectures at Britain’s best universities now come with subtitles. Look around the room and you’ll see rows of students who…
How Russia and China are helping North Korea dodge sanctions
If you were Kim Jong-un, you’d be pretty happy right now. North Korea’s third supreme leader is not only the…
Who was the real Anthony Bourdain?
When did Anthony Bourdain decide on his future career? If you take him at his word in his memoir, Kitchen Confidential,…
Jason Arday’s death is dreadful – and enraging
Behold the human wreckage of the cult of diversity. The tragedy of Jason Arday is that he was both built…
Will Andy Burnham send the Parthenon Marbles to Greece?
In 2023, the Mayor of Greater Manchester posted a comment on Twitter about the Parthenon Marbles held at the British…
What a dead bird taught me about the English class system
The most intimidating moment of my three-and-a-half years as Poland’s ambassador to Britain did not take place in Downing Street,…
The tragedy of Jason Arday
Simon Baron-Cohen, the distinguished Cambridge autism specialist, has been speaking movingly about his friend, Jason Arday, in a BBC radio…
The Iran crisis has exposed Britain’s strategic paralysis
I have often joked that in the unlikely event that Iran launched a direct, full-scale attack on Europe, Foreign Office…
We need more emergency phone alerts
Last night, my phone, which was set to silent, erupted with the sort of siren one associates with immediately life-threatening…
Why is Cambridge platforming Islamic creationism?
An academic project hosted by Cambridge University platforms creationism, the belief that the world was created by God in seven…
Fantasy football is good for you – and your kids
It’s 3.19 am and my brain cells are ricocheting. Nothing to do with the usual sleep-wreckers of money, sex or…
