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The Epstein files have exposed the extent of Fergie’s greed
Since the latest tranche of the Epstein files was released over the weekend, the people who have been most embarrassingly…
The new junior doctors’ strikes aren’t about pay
Junior doctors have voted to extend their strikes – by a whisker. Turnout for yesterday’s vote collapsed to less than…
Why are men still in women’s prisons?
The women are at it again. For Women Scotland (FWS), specifically. They’re the pressure group who took on the Scottish…
Wuthering Heights’ race row is the height of nonsense
Most of us associate Wuthering Heights with high school English classes or Kate Bush caterwauling over the moors while exhibiting…
Don’t give up on gold just yet
Anyone who thought that gold, the world’s oldest form of money, was a safe asset that they could tuck away…
David Cameron is right: spiteful Labour is wrecking our schools
Agreeing with David Cameron was not on my bingo card, but politics in 2026 is a funny old game, and…
The British countryside isn’t racist
In the fevered imagination of those obsessed with implementing ever greater ‘diversity’, there is seemingly no object or aspect of…
How to remove Peter Mandelson from the Lords
There was considerable pressure on Sir Keir Starmer this morning to indicate what action might be taken against his former…
A radio licence won’t save the BBC
According to the Times, the BBC – strapped for cash as millions more stop paying the TV licence, and struggling to…
Cricket has banned naughty jokes
English cricket, in its joyless pursuit of moral purity, has banned naughty jokes. There can be no other explanation for…
Colombia can’t give Trump the cocaine crackdown he wants
When US president Donald Trump hurled abuse at Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro last month, branding him a ‘sick man who…
Watch: Starmer’s legal record called out
It’s been a pretty terrible start to the week for the government. Amid mounting revelations from the Epstein files, the…
Does Keir Starmer know how preposterous he sounds?
It’s Groundhog Day, the theme of the film where Bill Murray is destined to repeat the same day over and…
Teachers are bringing ICE into the classroom
A wave of school protests sweeping the US in response to the fatal shooting of two anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota…
Democrats must ignore the witterings of Billie Eilish
Awarded Song of the Year at Sunday night’s Grammys, ‘Wildflower’ singer Billie Eilish forwent the customary shout-outs to manager, agent…
When will celebrities stop moralising?
When hosting the Golden Globes in 2020, Ricky Gervais delivered a delicious demolition of Hollywood’s political pretensions, telling his A-list…
Why Erdogan wants to help Iran
The Iranian regime remains firmly in the crosshairs of American bombers. As President Trump mulls whether to strike, Turkey is…
Why is Starmer so desperate to tap into Europe’s defence fund?
Keir Starmer has been seized by a dogged determination he does not always exhibit and has announced that he is…
Woke language obviously doesn’t change the way we think
It’s been a cherished belief of progressives over the decades that you change the way we think, and in turn…
Why won’t the Green party use the word ‘Jews’?
Imagine talking about the Holocaust and not mentioning the Jews. It would be like holding forth on the transatlantic slave…
Peter Mandelson quits Labour
It is one of the staple headlines of British politics: Peter Mandelson has resigned. The ‘Prince of Darkness’ was sacked…
Watch: Zack Polanski’s 45-second U-turn
Oh dear. It seems that Zack Polanski is not quite the smooth-talking mega-mind that some on the left thought he…
There’s no way back for Peter Mandelson
When historians write the definitive biography of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the character of Peter Mandelson will prove…
Don’t bet on Elon Musk’s failure
Tesla’s last quarterly report revealed that deliveries had declined for the second year running and, for the first time, annual…
Lucy Letby’s parents have a point
The parents of Lucy Letby, the nurse currently serving a sentence after being convicted of child murder, have complained to Netflix after seeing…
