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This exit poll is truly devastating for the Tories
If Tories find some comfort in getting into three figures in the exit poll, they are kidding themselves. Not only…
The election result could kill Scottish independence for a generation
The exit poll puts the SNP on ten seats. That is very much at the low end of the spectrum…
Labour majority of 170, says exit poll
The polls have closed and the exit poll is in. The BBC exit poll projects that Labour will win a…
The plot to stop Marine Le Pen’s National Rally
This week France has drifted from surprise to confusion and panic as Sunday’s second round vote approaches. The bien-pensant centre-left weekly Nouvel Obs’…
This election is a pale imitation of democracy
Does anyone else feel like they’re living through a simulation of democracy? All the apparatus of democracy has been laid…
The Tories don’t deserve my vote – but they’ll still get it
Sometimes I feel like the only person in Britain who is intending to vote Conservative. I know this can’t be…
Why German carmakers don’t want EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
I recant. On a number of occasions I have asserted that the European Union is run by lobbyists acting on behalf…
The problem with outdated Commonwealth voting rights
It’s time to decolonise Britain. And no, I’m not talking about tearing down statues of Victorian imperialists, or running roughshod over the school…
Stanley Johnson and the trouble with Green Tories
I have a theory about intra-Johnson family politics. Some time in 2017 or 2018 Stanley agreed to shut up about…
What would a Labour landslide mean for parliament?
As Rishi Sunak faces electoral oblivion today, his final gambit before polling day is to threaten voters with the risk…
The Tories: a requiem
And now the end is near. Barring a polling error of galactic proportions, we are hours away from the final…
Captain Tom’s daughter disqualified from charity
Uh oh. Amid the longstanding inquiry into Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family, one rather damning conclusion has so far been…
The United States cannot afford a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. president
In 1927, Sigmund Freud published a book about religion called Die Zukunft einer Illusion (The Future of an Illusion). As a contribution to…
Last YouGov election poll points to Tory wipeout
The final polls are rolling in ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow. On Tuesday night, Survation published its…
The Sun backs Labour
Talk about an eleventh hour endorsement. This afternoon, one long-anticipated announcement dropped less than a day ahead of the general…
A tribute to Ismail Kadare, a writer who really deserved a Nobel Prize
Apart from Bob Dylan and Kazuo Ishiguro, it’s a fair bet that most people’s reaction to the Nobel prizewinners for…
There is no quick fix for Britain’s overcrowded prisons
Imagine the scene. It’s Friday morning and the new Secretary of State for Justice, Shabanna Mahmood, has just slipped into…
Do the Lib Dems have an intolerance problem?
Is the Liberal Democrat party really all that liberal? Mr S isn’t quite so sure – after speaking to an…
Labour heading for landslide, say Tories
Labour is ‘highly likely’ to win a landslide majority tomorrow of historic proportions, according to Rishi Sunak’s own candidates. During…
JK Rowling slams David Lammy over women’s rights
The Harry Potter author strikes again. After blasting Sir Keir in a recent Times column, this time prominent women’s rights…
What Labour gets wrong about inheritance tax
What is the primary purpose of a tax: to raise revenue to fund public services or as a tool to…
Israel can no longer avoid a clash with its ultra-Orthodox citizens
In the imagination of the world, there could be nobody more Jewish than the ultra-Orthodox. With their black hats, sidecurls…
Keir Starmer will be the perfect part-time PM
It is perhaps unsurprising that Sir Keir Starmer’s admission that he may soon be our first part-time prime minister has been seized…
The British Museum shouldn’t make foreigners pay
The interim director of the British Museum, Mark Jones, has broached the idea that our national museums should charge foreign…
The Tory candidate system is broken: I should know
A few weeks ago, if you’d asked me how I expected to spend my time on Thursday, I’d have answered…
