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Is deadly weather being ‘supercharged’?
So that’s it then: the Guardian has declared that we are all being scorched, drowned and blown over by climate…
Why Labour’s policing targets won’t work
This week, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to announce new police performance targets. Perhaps the government has been stung…
How many farmers will be hit by Labour’s inheritance tax raid?
Tens of thousands of farmers will descend on Westminster in their tractors tomorrow to protest at inheritance tax changes that…
British Sikhs blast Starmer’s ‘incompetence’
Another day, another Downing Street drama. This time No. 10 is in trouble with the British Sikh community after it…
What really caused Vladimir Shklyarov to fall to his death?
At approximately 1 a.m. on Saturday, 16 November, Vladimir Shklyarov fell to his death from the fifth floor of his…
Will the BBC learn from Donald Trump’s victory?
The grandly titled CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, Deborah Turness, described Donald Trump’s re-election as ‘a dramatic night…
Britain’s farmers could revolt
Historians may already be pinching themselves in disbelief. It is looking as though Starmer’s government may be being pitched into…
Ukraine will make the most of its new firepower
Overnight, the news of Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles on Russian soil has been sinking in.…
What will Putin do about Biden’s parting gift to Ukraine?
At the very moment most people seem to have forgotten of his existence, President Biden has slowly but purposefully shuffled…
Get ready for farmageddon
Is Westminster ready for farmageddon? Tomorrow will see the greatest political demonstration for a rural cause since the repeal of…
Elon Musk and the age of the troll
There has been a cheering new development in the struggle against scam phone callers. AI can now be used to…
The end of NeverTrump
Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in the 2024 election saw the end of a host of political assumptions — about the…
Biden allows Kyiv to strike inside Russia with US missiles
Joe Biden has 64 days left in the White House – and clearly he intends to make the most of…
There is a culture of ‘fear’ in the Church of England, says Bishop of Newcastle
Louise Haigh: ‘If we hadn’t taken the action, the fare cap would have been lifted entirely’ With the current £2…
The sad death of the Eurofighter Typhoon
Britain’s fighter jets are running missions into Syria, dropping bombs on the Houthis in Yemen, patrolling over Estonia, Lithuania and…
Can Kent’s hop industry survive?
There is something quintessentially English about hop fields. Rows of ten foot wooden stakes rise from the grass, perhaps three…
Gary Lineker isn’t that bad
It’s a crying shame that we will no longer hear the insightful and original opinions of Gary Lineker. No more…
Donald Trump’s style of politics originated in Europe
A headline in a recent Washington Post op-ed declared that: ‘The Trump contagion is already in Europe – and it’s…
Are Christian holiday camps a force for good?
In my early teenage years, I attended Christian holiday camps very like the ‘Bash’ camps where John Smyth and Justin…
The uncomfortable truth about assisted dying
This week, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater finally put forward the much-awaited bill on assisted dying, which will likely be…
The parable of Justin Welby
When Channel 4’s Cathy Newman summed up the Church of England’s John Smyth scandal as showing that ‘the church had…
Without America, Britain’s economy will stall
The comments by Stephen Moore, Donald Trump’s economic adviser, should not really be controversial. ‘I’ve always said that Britain has…
Is it time to ban boxing?
This year, as almost every year, there have been calls for a complete ban on boxing. Two fighters, Ardi Ndembo…
If Peter Mandelson can’t handle Trump, no one can
If Peter Mandelson is confirmed as our next ambassador to Washington there will be an outcry among swathes of both…
Russia’s mephedrone problem is spiralling out of control
Russians are, stereotypically, known as heavy vodka drinkers – a fact that is often celebrated, despite all the bodily perils…
