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Farage: Reform membership has surged since Badenoch win
At long last, the Tory leadership race concluded at the weekend after Kemi Badenoch was crowned victor on Saturday. But…
Gamblers are putting their money on a Trump triumph
It’s polling day across the pond and Steerpike is keen to have a flutter. Opinion polling in the US election…
Trump makes his final pitch in Michigan, sticking to tradition
Grand Rapids, Michigan Former president Donald Trump appeared for what will be his last ever presidential campaign rally Monday night…
A ripple, not a wave, will decide the US election
What can the 2020 and 2016 elections, the previous votes in which Donald Trump was the Republican nominee, tell us…
The trouble with Guy Fawkes night
My reaction to fireworks is a bit eccentric. Lovely, I think, but can’t they be more meaningful? To be more…
Why a Trump win may not rock the boat as much as you think
If you didn’t know any better, you might think the 2024 US presidential election was a make-or-break moment for America…
France’s drugs war is spiralling out of control
Even by the bloody standards of what France has become under Emmanuel Macron, the carnage last week was horrific. In…
The ‘joy’ of fireworks isn’t worth the misery they inflict on animals
The crowd gathers, wrapped in thick coats and scarves, the crisp air mingling with the scent of hot chocolate and…
The cult of Paddington has gone too far
‘Kindness is like marmalade – a little goes a long way,’ Paddington Bear tweeted recently. But it isn’t only imaginary…
Joe Rogan endorses Trump after eleventh-hour Elon Musk interview
Donald Trump’s podcast bonanza just paid off with the biggest win possible: a formal endorsement from Joe Rogan, whose massive…
Laura Trott’s Commons debut gives a clue to Kemi’s tactics
What difference has Kemi Badenoch’s victory made to the way the party talks about education? Badenoch doesn’t want to make…
Meet the MAGA porn stars
I’ve worked in the porn industry for nearly two decades — through the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. Yet this…
Raising university tuition fees will only delay the inevitable
Universities in the UK desperately needed Bridget Phillipson’s announcement this afternoon of a rise in tuition fees. The Education Secretary…
Trump is Team MAGA’s last chance
Elon Musk has often commented that “if Trump is NOT elected, this will be the last election.” He often adds that, “far…
Could ADHD bankrupt English councils?
Every time a chancellor sits down after delivering their budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) releases their ‘economic and…
No matter who wins, you lose
For some of us, watching newly minted Republican tech bros giddy at the thought of a Trump win fills us…
Scots revealed to be biggest Trump fans in western Europe
In a rather surprising development, it transpires that Scottish people are Donald Trump’s biggest fans in Europe. A Norstat poll…
Why does ITV hate Trump?
It would be consoling to think that the BBC, alone among our supposedly unpartisan TV news providers, is guilty of…
Should GPs make a profit?
The Budget has started a fight between the government and GPs. As is often the case with doctors, that fight…
Labour’s tuition fee U-turn
Dear oh dear. It now transpires that Starmer’s army will increase university fees in line with inflation from September next…
How Germany became the sick man of Europe
Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser – trust is good, control is better – is a popular German saying. It’s…
A fragile democracy has bloomed in Botswana
There’s been a momentous election in Africa, Botswana to be exact. Not heard about it? Don’t be surprised. The British…
Guardian removes Israeli whisky reference
Well, well, well. It seems that the Guardian, the self-proclaimed bastion of ‘clarity and imagination’, has been acting rather censoriously…
Heads will roll after Spain’s flooding catastrophe
Spain’s King and Queen were pelted with mud yesterday when they visited Paiporta, epicentre of the flood disaster zone in…
Starmer’s plan to stop the boats is a comical gimmick
The shiny new Downing Street operation that has come into being since the departure of Sue Gray has decreed that…
