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Is Airbnb to blame for rising crime in London?
Does Airbnb drive up crime in London? That’s the question posed of the world’s most successful short-term rental service in…
Could there be a Tory leadership upset?
The end is finally in sight. In a week’s time, the winner of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced.…
The real problem with Rachel Reeves’s Budget fiddle
Remember Gordon Brown’s ‘golden rule’ – that over the course of the economic cycle the only net borrowing he would…
Farage blasts ambassador picks for Trump 2.0
It’s the question all of Westminster is asking. If Donald Trump wins, who will be our next man in Washington?…
The very necessary asexual awareness week
In the annual queer calendar, which appears to operate at full capacity 365 days of the year, nothing is more…
King Charles’s carefully worded reparations speech
For his first formal address as head of the Commonwealth, King Charles would probably have preferred to veer away from…
It’s obvious why crime is up in Britain
Yesterday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its annual report on crime in England and Wales. This combines data on crimes…
Justin Welby has made a huge shift on homosexuality
Forget Nixon in China. That phrase needs renaming: Welby on sexuality. For it is now at last clear that he…
The EU knows all about destabilising democracy
Moldovans have voted ‘yes’ by a wafer-thin majority to joining the European Union in a referendum that was held amid ‘unprecedented interference’…
Can Kamala Harris answer a single question?
It’s official. Donald Trump is “like Hitler” and Kamala Harris — even though she does “pray everyday, sometimes twice a…
The recriminations that follow a Kamala defeat will be delicious
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is in trouble, which means we may be in for one hell of a post-election…
Reeves’s Budget needs to win over the market
Rachel Reeves confirmed on her trip to Washington DC that she will be changing the government’s self-imposed fiscal rules, allowing…
Who does Justin Welby speak for?
Archbishop Justin Welby’s appearance on The Rest is Politics has caused quite a stir in Anglican circles. For the most part, the…
Osborne takes a pop at Jenrick’s ECHR plan
With just over a week until the victor of the Tory leadership race is announced, the contest is ramping up…
Starmer can’t afford to lose the argument on slavery reparations
The Commonwealth – whose 56 nations are meeting in the Pacific island nation of Samoa – looks set to defy…
Sir Keir rated worse than predecessors at same point as PM
When it rains for Sir Keir, it pours. It now transpires that the Labour leader has achieved a worse rating…
Chris Kaba and the danger of inquests
The firearms officer Martyn Blake was cleared of murdering Chris Kaba this week. Kaba was a serious wrong ‘un: a…
MoJ protestors blast ‘ridiculous’ Labour prison scheme
To Westminster, where outside the Ministry of Justice more than 300 protestors have held a silent vigil this afternoon. Activists…
Sustainable splendor: skiing the Italian Alps
“Wow.” My younger brother stopped still on the runway as we disembarked our plane at Innsbruck. In every direction, snow-capped…
Populism will win the 2024 election
The election is less than two weeks away and early voting has begun, but we already know the winner. It’s…
Tory councillor defects to Reform after Farage plea
Well, well, well. Less than 24 hours after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage wrote to Conservative councillors in a bid…
Why the call for slavery reparations is a scam
It would be a shame if Britain were forced to leave the Commonwealth, given the great work it has done…
Why is this New Zealand airport clamping down on hugs?
‘Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world,’ Hugh Grant famously offered in the heartwarming opening scene of Love,…
Wes Streeting is right – palliative care isn’t good enough
Wes Streeting informed backbenchers this week that he is voting against the assisted dying Bill on 29 November, saying that…
Austria’s far right is shut out of power, again
Austria’s mainstream politicians are combining to ensure that the winners of last month’s general elections, the far right Freedom party…
