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Trump is coming for Europe on defence
Hundreds of millions of Americans will have a new president tomorrow. Depending on where you land on America’s increasingly hyper-partisan…
What’s behind Reform’s surge in Scotland?
Five years ago, Reform UK had no presence in Scotland. Its Facebook and Twitter pages emerged during the latter half…
True-blue New Yorkers are bracing themselves for Trump’s return
Fleeing the United States ahead of a ‘fascist takeover’ by Donald Trump on 20 January has been the talk of liberal…
How France’s Jimmy Savile also got away with his evil
This week nine more charges of sexual abuse were levelled against Abbé Pierre, the late French Roman Catholic priest who…
The UK still hasn’t come to terms with the Muslim Brotherhood
Earlier this month, the UAE announced it was sanctioning 11 individuals and eight rather obscure organisations for alleged connections to…
How assisted dying changed my mind on religion
A couple of weeks ago, a friend voiced a sentiment that I wasn’t expecting. ‘I think your values are quite…
Will MAGA push out Mandelson?
They do say you shouldn’t take anything for granted and it seems Peter Mandelson is beginning to realise that too.…
How Unity Mitford seduced Hitler
The Daily Mail has got a world exclusive on its hands. In great excitement it is publishing the secret diary…
Trump’s plan for day one
Washington, DC On your marks, get set, executive orders. Donald Trump will be sworn back into office on Monday, from…
The truth about a Tory-Reform pact
It’s been a mixed week for Kemi Badenoch. The Tory leader can – alongside Elon Musk and Nigel Farage –…
The dilemma facing Scottish Labour MPs
For Scottish Labour’s significant crop of new MPs, the heady summer of electoral triumph is already a distant memory. In…
What Brewdog’s James Watt gets wrong about work-shy Britain
What’s the greatest divide in life? Is it between the dumb and the clever, the rich and the poor, the…
Lockerbie and the forgiveness fallacy
It’s clear who was to blame for the Lockerbie terrorist bombing: Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi paid over a billion dollars to…
Spain’s expat tax won’t last long
‘There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the haves and the…
Why are so many BBC broadcasters going native?
Of the many characters created by the peerless Victoria Wood, one creation in particular lingers in the mind: namely the…
What made David Lynch cool
When one of your favourite filmmakers dies, it is hard not to feel a deeply personal sense of loss; the…
Britain’s unending fascination with the Cambridge spies
Will we ever tire of the Cambridge spies? Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Burgess and Maclean – and to a lesser…
Husted and Moody to replace Vance and Rubio in the Senate
Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted of Ohio will replace Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate, with Florida attorney general Ashley…
Will TikTok have a second life?
TikTok is hoping that 2025 can be its year – but what comes next for the social media company is truly…
Biden opens the jailhouse door
Joe Biden is not going gently into that dark night, politically or cognitively. He is going down with large, bold…
Why Netanyahu won’t let the Gaza hostage deal fall through
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to claim his first major foreign policy achievement just days before his inauguration on Monday.…
Will the SNP come to its senses on North Sea oil?
Drill, baby drill. The mood on Net Zero is changing in the Scottish parliament where a majority of MSPs have…
Will the IMF regret its backing for Labour’s Budget?
International investors may be jittery about the UK’s future, but the International Monetary Fund appears to be more optimistic. The…
Trudeau’s assassin could be Canada’s next leader
Less than 24 hours after Mark Carney’s launch, Chrystia Freeland announced her bid to be the next Liberal party leader…
Empty pledges won’t solve the knife crime epidemic
On 23 September last year at 6.30 p.m. in the evening in a street in Woolwich, London, Daejaun Campbell cried…
