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Can Keir Starmer stem the welfare rebellion?
Keir Starmer is gearing up for a showdown with his party as the Prime Minister prepares to unveil his welfare…
The problem with Starmer’s peacekeeping plan for Ukraine
Sir Keir Starmer has been tireless in his diplomatic efforts to construct a ‘coalition of the willing’ and send a…
How Friedrich Merz betrayed his voters
German politics has delivered yet another masterclass in how to betray your voters while maintaining a straight face. This time…
In defence of Ofsted’s Hamid Patel
We stand at a critical juncture. Over the past decade, England has ascended the global education rankings with remarkable momentum.…
Is ‘good enough’ all we want from TV?
For those people with a therapeutic bent of mind, the phrase ‘good enough’ has an almost magical power. It says:…
Britain has become a pioneer in Artificial Unintelligence
In some countries, the study and pursuit of Artificial Intelligence (AI) proceeds apace, while in this country the practice of…
Trump has elevated the Houthis as an opponent
So much for President Donald J. Trump’s serial vows to extricate America from the Middle East’s seemingly endless wars and…
Sunday shows round-up: Wes Streeting says the NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’
This week, Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced their plan to abolish NHS England, which Starmer has said…
Is Rachel Reeves tough enough to cut disability benefits?
There are, as Rachel Reeves keeps telling us, some tough choices to be made. Whether she is personally tough enough…
It’s been a poor five years from Andrew Bailey
The pound has not collapsed. You can still trade shares, bonds and currencies in the City of London. And inflation,…
The Falkland Islands have become surprisingly diverse
What springs to mind when you think of the Falklands? You might imagine the wild, windswept landscape, sparsely populated by…
Can Dale Vince make Labour go even greener?
Dale Vince has donated millions of pounds to Labour, but the green energy tycoon is only just getting started in politics. Having helped remove the…
My day talking about penis size on the TfL cable car
For me, one of the great pleasures of public transport is getting into a conversation with a stranger. But in…
Why Sweden needs the bomb
Imagine the Guardian newspaper fully committing to increasing Britain’s stockpile of nuclear warheads. It may sound fanciful, but that’s the closest…
What The Leopard is really about
Written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa at the end of his life in the late 1950s, it is a novel…
The crocodile casualties of the second world war
At the end of February, 1945 about 1,000 surviving Japanese soldiers based on Ramree Island off the coast of Arakan,…
Skype was a relic of happier times
Sometimes epics end with a whimper not a bang. This is the case for Skype, whose demise Microsoft has announced…
Did Blair persuade Carney to run for PM?
To Canada, where Mark Carney is settling into his first week in the top job. The former Bank of England…
Will Trump’s spending bill luck run out?
It isn’t just a weekend of warmer weather for the President, who took off for Mar-a-Lago yesterday evening. It is…
Starmer insists ceasefire coalition has momentum
Following Thursday’s big speech on public sector reform, Sir Keir Starmer has since turned his attention back to foreign affairs.…
Can Chuck Schumer hang on?
Are the Democrats on the verge of their own Tea Party? This question is dogging the Democratic Party, as Senate…
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t unprincipled
“He [Donald Trump] sees American leadership as merely a series of real estate transactions.” That was the verdict of the…
Reeves reignites freebies row over Sabrina Carpenter show
It’s shaping up to be a difficult year for Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is struggling to get many within her…
Reform are setting Labour’s agenda
No two politicians could be less alike than Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage. But it looks as though the…
Ramadan can be a time of suffering for those who dare break the rules
Ramadan, which this year runs until the end of March, is viewed by Muslims as a time of compassion and…
