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Parliament’s Gaza vote won’t help anyone
The big issue at PMQs today was the motion calling for an end to hostilities in Gaza. In itself this…
Starmer doesn’t need to be loved to win the next election
Conservatives are currently reassuring themselves that a general election defeat is not inevitable because, as Nadine Dorries put it recently,…
Lindsay Hoyle has become a menace
The Labour party is not very good at electing prime ministers but it is very good indeed at electing House…
Why is Labour going after Kemi Badenoch?
One person dominated Prime Minister’s Questions, and it wasn’t Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer. It was Kemi Badenoch, who appears…
London has France to thank for its Brexit win
The City of London would be hollowed out. Bankers would have to retrain as burger chefs. And Paris and Frankfurt…
Prince William should keep quiet about Gaza
‘William: Fighting in Gaza must be brought to an end’, bellows the Daily Telegraph‘s front page today, next to an…
The failed Trident missile launch is a big embarrassment for Britain
With Keir Starmer having rid the Labour party of its Corbynite doctrines, Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent would not be expected…
Is Orban’s family policy coming unstuck?
Hungary’s governing Fidesz party is in crisis over an issue it has staked its credibility on: the defence of the…
Tucker Carlson’s spat with Boris Johnson turns nasty
Some of Steerpike’s wiser American friends like to say that Tucker Carlson, the mayhem-causing TV man, has a lot in…
Navalny gave Russians hope – they must hold on to it
In the wake of the news that Alexei Navalny died in the darkness and bitter cold of Russia’s remote Polar…
Macron’s latest adversary might be his most dangerous yet
It’s been a terrible start to the year for Emmanuel Macron and his new government. Aside from the well-publicised farmers’…
How Britain helped Robert Mugabe rise to power
A century ago today, Robert Mugabe was born. The man who would come to rule over Zimbabwe between 1980 and…
A subdued Donald Trump in South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina I’ve now seen three versions of Donald Trump in the state where I grew up. In 2016,…
Why are the Tories, Labour and the SNP changing their tune on Gaza?
The government has now tabled its own amendment to the SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. This change…
Could Assange be freed?
What could be the final act in the long-running drama of Julian Assange’s legal battles has opened at the High…
Biden campaign recruiting ‘director of celebrity outreach’
President Joe Biden is planning to use his upcoming State of the Union address to “reset” his image with voters — and…
Is it wise for Prince William to wade in on the Israel-Gaza war?
The Prince of Wales’s statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict raises more questions than answers. William has announced that he is…
Why the US is suddenly calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
In a surprising move, the United States has put forward a draft for a UN Security Council resolution calling for…
Andrew Bailey: Britain’s recession may already be over
We’re not cutting interest rates because we think the recession may already be over and we’re not even sure we…
Why does the Met prioritise Palestine marchers over Londoners?
If you want an illustration of one of the things that is wrong with the Metropolitan Police, you need only…
How the West can truly avenge Navalny’s death
With the Kremlin now claiming that it needs to hold on to the body of opposition leader Alexei Navalny for…
Say no to Labour’s citizens’ assembly
A spectre is haunting Westminster – the spectre of the citizens’ assembly. This unkillable bad idea is making the headlines…
The truth about John Lewis’s trans takeover
John Lewis is, to most people, a department store that exists to sell toasters, cushions and lamps. But it turns…
It’s stalemate in Ukraine but Putin is defeating the West in Africa
In the early hours of Saturday morning, police in Paris shot dead a Sudanese man who had threatened them with…
Is Starmer changing his mind on Gaza?
Labour has significantly shifted its language on Israel’s conflict with Hamas over the past 24 hours. But has it changed…
