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Macron has himself to thank for the rise of Jordan Bardella
The mood has taken a dark and intolerant turn in France since the National Rally’s (NR) victory in the first round…
Kamala prepares for power… with wince-inducing BET Awards skit
If you thought the Democrats couldn’t humiliate themselves any more, well, think again. In a cringeworthy pre-recorded skit played during…
Trump campaign lead blasts Labour meetings as ‘fake news’
Oh dear. As election campaigns draw to a close, Sir Keir Starmer has found himself under scrutiny at the eleventh…
Your guide for general election night 2024
After six weeks of campaigning, we are finally here. The bongs of Big Ben at 10 p.m. tomorrow mark the…
Boris and Gove give the perfect Tory requiem
The high point of the Tory rally last night were the superb speeches from Michael Gove and Boris Johnson. ‘Is…
Will the Tories manage to hold on to rural Scotland?
South of the border, a Labour majority is a foregone conclusion. Yet in Scotland, in almost all 57 seats, contests…
The Liberal Democrats should be more liberal
The Lib Dems have had a much more enjoyable campaign than their rivals. Sir Ed Davey has been splishing and splashing…
Why the Tories can’t count on the Hong Kong vote
On a high street in suburban London, a curious message appeared recently. Written on a stand-up whiteboard in traditional Chinese,…
How Trump and Starmer could form an unlikely alliance against Iran
The incoming Labour government has pledged a more robust Iran policy than the Conservative party has had over the last…
Boris swoops in late to help out Tories
Boris Johnson has tonight made a surprise appearance at a ‘stop the supermajority’ Conservative rally to warn of the dangers…
Slowly, then suddenly: the sad story of Joe Biden’s decline
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Those were Hemingway’s words in…
The Democratic lawmakers who are recognizing Biden’s decline
When it comes to President Joe Biden’s decline, some Democrats are in denial, or are at least pretending to be.…
How will Starmer handle reshuffles?
Will Keir Starmer keep David Lammy on as foreign secretary? That sort of question would not normally be at all…
Deepfake porn site targets female politicians
Just when you think the election campaign can’t get any madder, it does. Now it transpires that a ‘deepfake’ porn…
Will the IDF ever leave Gaza?
Israel has started another round of strikes in Khan Younis, having left the Gazan city in April. This isn’t the…
The BBC’s Miriam Cates hit job doesn’t add up
This morning we witnessed BBC cant at its finest. It came in the form of an exposé of the Tory…
Nigel Farage is not the future
Nigel Farage is the most misunderstood politician in Britain. Vilified by the liberal media as ‘far right’ and mistaken by…
Should the BBC be mocking Ronaldo’s tears?
Portugal squeezed through to the Euros quarter finals last night after a penalty shoot-out victory against plucky Slovenia. Or perhaps…
Labour will ‘destabilise’ Reform, Badenoch warns
Election day is just around the corner and politicians across the country are pulling out the stops. Now Kemi Badenoch…
Is it going wrong for Reform?
Has Reform peaked too soon? In the wake of Rishi Sunak’s D-Day debacle, the party was riding high in the…
Can Sinn Fein win the UK’s most marginal constituency again?
It’s Monday afternoon and I’m walking through the estate where I was born on the outskirts of Enniskillen in Northern…
Who cares what Keir Starmer does with his Friday nights?
As part of their vote-Tory-or-the-kitten-gets-it final push, the Conservatives have spent the past 12 hours pushing the idea that Keir…
The shame of Royal Mail’s postal vote delay
Britain’s creaking infrastructure and frequent paralysis of public services deserved to be a bigger factor in the election campaign than…
How Hungary’s presidency could shake up the EU
Life in the Berlaymont building, the Brussels headquarters of the European Union, just got a bit more surreal. A striking…
Georgia’s Euros run gave the nation some respite
If you had told me a month ago that Georgia would make it into the play-offs, defeating Portugal on the…
