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Foreign Office struggles to mind its Mandarin
The Foreign Office was once described as a ‘palace of dreams’, yet these days it seems increasingly like a graveyard…
Did Starmer breach Covid rules?
Oh dear. It seems No. 10 aren’t keen to go anywhere near suggestions that Sir Keir Starmer might have broken…
Bridget Phillipson tries to rebrand her education reforms
Education has been in the spotlight in recent weeks, as the government’s Schools Bill makes it way through parliament. So…
The BBC always knew that Russell Brand was a lout
Several women who worked with Russell Brand at the BBC have revealed that they were too scared to make official…
Will Britain get dragged into Trump’s trade war?
North America is now engaged in a full-blown trade war. Markets are reacting. Japan’s Nikkei was the first to indicate…
SNP mull ban on household cats
Here’s one to make you paws for thought: SNP ministers are considering a ban on pet cats, in a bid…
Even the Green party is shunning Stonewall
Not one major UK government department is still signed up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Programme. At long last, Stonewall’s toxic influence…
Europe can’t win a trade war against the US
It will hit back immediately. It will target the industries that will hurt the most. And it won’t be bullied…
The AI industry has been given a taste of its own medicine
Life comes at you fast, eh? Only a few weeks ago I was grumbling in this very slot about the way in…
Starmer is falling into the EU’s trap
No doubt Keir Starmer wants us to think he is being ‘grown up’ in accepting an invitation to dinner at…
Starmer’s Brussels charm offensive is a risky business
How far will the Labour government’s European reset go? This is the question being asked in Westminster as Keir Starmer…
Europe is feeling the strain of mass immigration
Britain can’t cope, that was the response of Nigel Farage to last week’s disclosure by the Office for National Statistics that…
Did Keir Starmer’s voice coach really count as a Covid ‘key worker’?
Who knew that being a voice coach qualified for ‘key worker’ status during the pandemic lockdowns? It has been revealed…
Why Donald Trump should care about Georgia
President Trump hasn’t just inherited the problem of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Somewhere in the handover is a memo on…
Why are we obsessed with Japanese fiction?
Imagine you come across a small café in a back alley of Tokyo where you can travel back in time…
Yvette Cooper: ‘We’re not returning to the EU. We need to move on’
Ahead of Keir Starmer’s meeting with European leaders tomorrow, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper joined Sky News and reiterated Labour’s ‘red…
Should the West be worried about DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’?
My late mother proudly possessed a curious object: a tea cosy decorated with the image of a Sputnik. In 1957,…
Donald Trump kicks off the tariff wars
He did it, Joe! Following on from the $79 billion worth of tariffs he implemented in his first term –…
Kim Jong Un’s North Korean culture war
If there’s one thing that a despot wants, it is to stay in power. North Korea’s totalitarian Supreme Leader, Kim…
Why can’t Germany kick its addiction to Russian energy?
Despite imposing economic sanctions on Russia, the European Union has been importing record amounts of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a…
What Luis Rubiales’s trial will reveal
The trial of Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, starts in Madrid on Monday. After Spain…
Immigrants won’t fix Britain’s baby crisis
The fertility rate of foreign-born women is almost a third higher than that of UK-born women, according to new analysis. And yet, even the foreign-born…
Are Syria’s Christians safe?
On a street corner in the old town of Damascus, rugged men with rifles stare sharply at passers-by. Despite their…
Liz Kendall’s benefits crusade could make or break Labour’s fortunes
Could Liz Kendall turn out to be the most significant figure of Keir Starmer’s government, and a Chancellor in the…
Iran’s Donald Trump dilemma
To talk or not to talk? This is the slogan that’s doing the rounds among the Islamic Republic of Iran’s…
