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Police Scotland have treated Susan Smith terribly
Susan Smith is a contemporary feminist heroine, a staunch defender of women’s rights against the increasingly unhinged demands of trans…
The Uxbridge killing is the final straw
His name was Wayne Broadhurst. He was 49 years old. He reportedly worked as a refuse collector. He was by…
Why was Hadush Kebatu paid £500 to leave Britain?
We don’t yet know what Rachel Reeves is planning to do with the welfare bill in her Budget. Will she…
Major and Heseltine’s attacks on Reform are hard to take seriously
That strange sound coming from their primeval swamp is the noise of two Tory dinosaurs trumpeting their disdain and disapproval…
Should mocking Brigitte Macron be a crime?
Ten people have gone on trial in Paris accused of harassing France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron, online. The defendants, eight men…
Education officials are clueless about education
To understand why education reform – and school improvement – is so hard it helps to get inside the mind…
Hermer takes aim at Kemi over China spy case
Back to the collapsed China spy case. Attorney General Lord Hermer is this morning giving evidence to the joint committee…
Zarah Sultana’s pompous, luxury beliefs about Ukraine
Zarah Sultana loves to pose as a champion of the working class, seeing the world through the lens of class…
What is Hamas doing at a five-star hotel in Cairo?
Imagine the horror of discovering that you have been rubbing shoulders with terrorists. No, I’m not talking about those gullible…
No wonder Labour has failed to build more houses
Should anyone really be surprised at the House Builders’ Federation’s (HBF) warning that the government has little chance of hitting…
Is Japan’s new PM the Thatcher to Trump’s Reagan?
‘My wonderful ally and friend’ is how Japan’s brand new, and first female, prime minister Sanae Takaichi described President Trump…
Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves the big screen
If you want to see Guillermo del Toro’s no-expense-spared adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein this Halloween, you’ll have to hope…
Hamas is testing Israel’s patience
In the wake of yet another rupture in the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the region finds itself suspended…
Will the Gaza ceasefire hold?
In the latest blow to the beleaguered Gaza ceasefire, Israeli aircraft this week struck targets in Gaza City after Hamas…
Is America at war?
President Trump’s undeclared war on Latin America’s drug smugglers escalated dramatically on Tuesday when U.S. air strikes destroyed four more…
Karine Jean-Pierre’s ‘tell-some-but-not-all’ memoir
The Karine humiliation routine The media is piling on former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s “tell-some-but-not-all” memoir Independent. Matt Taibbi called the book…
Autopen report: Biden was a puppet president
Yesterday the House Oversight Committee released an extraordinary 91-page document called “The Biden Autopen Presidency: Decline, Delusion and Deception in…
Tories throw kitchen sink at two-way Reform race
To Barnet, where a council by-election will take place on Thursday. Former councillor Joshua Conway lost his Hendon ward seat…
Trump’s Ballroom will make America great
There is nothing like the thrill of getting a White House invitation. Even though I worked there at the time,…
Why was Steven Soderbergh’s Star Wars film rejected?
Ever so often, a film project – especially one that never ended up happening – emerges into the public domain…
In Georgetown, the scariest part of Halloween is the virtue-signaling
Halloween has never been my favorite holiday, but as I was warned when we moved here last November, in Georgetown…
Kruger: Pirate ship Reform has an ill-disciplined crew
Another day, another Reform press conference. Today the central London meet-up saw former Conservative MP-turned-defector Danny Kruger take to the…
Prisons shouldn’t rely on migrant labour
Charlie Taylor, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, has a habit of speaking difficult truths which senior civil servants might wish…
Andy Burnham attacks Starmer (again)
Andy Burnham is back. After his humiliation at Labour conference, the Mayor of Greater Manchester has returned, hawking his conscience…
Is Keir Starmer right to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey?
Sir Keir Starmer is proving to be an unlucky prime minister. This week began with a demonstration of his haplessness.…
