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Beeb investigated MasterChef star over alleged sexual remarks
These days, it seems the Beeb is better at being the news than making it. Now the co-host of BBC…
Kamala Harris’s ‘Joe Biden’ problem
As Hurricane Milton battered Florida last week, Kamala Harris did her best to look and sound presidential. The Vice President…
The fatal allure of Hitler’s favourite mountain
‘The hills are alive,’ warbled Julie Andrews as she strode through a verdant Alpine mountain meadow, ‘with the sound of…
The discovery of Irvine’s boot on Everest raises more questions than answers
Andrew Comyn ‘Sandy’ Irvine disappeared while attempting to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory. For a…
Even the BBC’s critics should want to protect the World Service
When Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, addresses the Future Resilience Forum in London this afternoon, he has a…
Who is slipping through Europe’s porous borders?
In the same week that over 1,000 migrants arrived in England, the head of MI5 admitted his agency had ‘one…
Lammy’s EU brag backfires
To Luxembourg, where David Lammy is making headlines yet again. The Foreign Secretary has today bragged about his attendance at…
Is Labour’s Britain really an investor’s paradise?
So, is it really time in invest in Britain, as the heads of fourteen banks and other financial institutions have…
Why isn’t Elon Musk at Starmer’s investment summit?
Happy summit day, one and all. Today is the new Labour government’s first big business bash, as proceedings kick off…
Can Lebanon ever be free of Hezbollah?
Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a seismic political shift, facing increasing pressure both from internal factions and external…
Hezbollah’s drone strike won’t deter Israel’s campaign
Last night, a single Hezbollah drone managed to inflict more damage on Israel than 200 Iranian ballistic missiles so far.…
Braverman’s Cambridge cancellation exposes the campus free speech crisis
Anti-fascism ain’t what it used to be. It used to mean signing up to go to fight Franco’s fascists in…
Labour were right to protect Taylor Swift
Still making headlines, it seems, is one of the more trivial scandals to have dogged the Labour government in its…
Javier Milei could be in trouble
President Javier Milei isn’t believed to have attended Sir Paul McCartney’s Buenos Aires concerts last weekend, but if he had,…
Will Labour break their tax pledge?
We are now just three weeks away from Labour’s first Budget and the mood music out of the Treasury is…
Jonathan Reynolds shoots down Transport Secretary’s P and O comments
Jonathan Reynolds: Transport Secretary’s comments on P&O Ferries ‘not the government’s position’ This week, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh described P&O…
Labour’s poll lead ends after 934 days
Happy 100 days of Labour being in power! To mark this auspicious occasion, the British electorate have decided to give…
The complex legacy of Alex Salmond
In reflecting on the life of Alex Salmond, I should begin by paraphrasing his successor as First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.…
Where does Lebanon go from here?
Israel’s overt ground intervention into Lebanon is now entering its third week. So far, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have…
We will never see the likes of Alex Salmond again
Of all the thousands of tributes paid to Alex Salmond since his untimely and premature death the one that best…
Only Ed Miliband would want to live next to an electricity pylon
Some find happiness through love, some through religion, others through their work or hobbies. But Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has…
Has Britain really entered its ‘first atheist age’?
Some sociology academics have, after a three-year research project called ‘Exploring Atheism’, unveiled a startling discovery: there are a lot…
The Tory leadership contest is Badenoch’s to lose
And then there were two. Either Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be the next Conservative leader. This is a…
Why India’s super-rich are snapping up Rolexes
Here’s a question: what do crazy rich Indians want more than anything? The answer appears to be luxury watches, and…
Salmond’s critics can’t ignore his lasting legacy
When he lost his Gordon seat in the 2017 general election, Alex Salmond told his count and those watching –…
