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Watch: Sunak fumes over betting scandal
‘Betgate’ might be giving us some laughs but there’s one person who clearly isn’t cracking jokes. A notably vexed Rishi…
Who will Russia blame for the Dagestan shootings?
Twenty people have been killed – including 15 police officers and a priest – following two coordinated gun attacks in the southern Russian…
Let’s hope Princess Anne makes a swift recovery
This year has been one of the worst imaginable for the Royals. The King and the Princess of Wales are…
Farage goes on the attack after Ukraine criticism
Foreign policy hasn’t featured much in this election – until now. Over the weekend, Nigel Farage’s suggestion that the West…
The Greens’ heat pump plan won’t work
‘I’m literally in the process of getting quotes’ may well make it into the pantheon of feeble political excuses alongside…
The trouble with the Gandhis
What passes for democratic politics in India is something of a strange beast. Take, for example, the announcement in recent…
The myth and memory of Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, when his Wagner mercenaries seized the city of Rostov-on-Don and sent…
Who can blame the Greens’ co-leader for not getting a heat pump?
Far be it from me to give advice to the Green Party. From their insistence that ordinary people put up…
Voting Reform will strengthen the Nats, Sunak warns Scots
Back to Scotland, where Rishi Sunak is attending the Scottish Conservatives’ manifesto launch in Edinburgh. Leaving the ongoing betting scandal…
Marine Le Pen’s plan for France is a recipe for stagnation
Big business will be brought onside. The bond markets will be mollified. And there will be plenty of reassuring words…
Scotland’s women face a choice on self-ID in this election
Women in Scotland have a difficult choice to make in this election. Those whoomen, that is, who are concerned about…
Badenoch blasts Alastair Campbell over Brexit
Uh oh. In the latest election drama, Tory candidate for North West Essex and business secretary Kemi Badenoch has taken…
England’s witless footballers could learn a lot from the Scots
Scotland 0 Hungary 1: The Guardian called the game ‘a grim slog’, presumably preferring the fare offered by the twinkle-toed…
Let’s take no lectures from Emma Thompson on the climate
The actors are out in force again, speaking politics. Only days after Brian Cox appeared on the BBC bemoaning that…
Michael Gove is right to compare the betting scandal to partygate
Poor old Rishi Sunak. You would have to have the proverbial heart of stone not to feel, at least, a…
Labour’s dreadful gender recognition reforms
Is Keir Starmer trying to snatch an unlikely defeat from the jaws of victory, or is he so confident of…
Benjamin Netanyahu must decide what to do about Hezbollah
Tensions on Israel’s northern border are currently at their highest point since the outbreak of hostilities in October last year.…
Green leader’s heat pump hypocrisy
Oh dear. In the latest election campaign blip, it’s the Green Party in the spotlight. It has now transpired that…
Jeremy Clarkson turns his guns on the Starmer army
With ten days to go until polling day, all signs point to a Conservative wipeout. In such tough times, celebrity…
The betting scandal spells trouble for Sunak
Is the Tory campaign cursed? After Rishi Sunak battled through the pouring rain when he called the election, suffered the…
J.K. Rowling’s glorious refusal to be kind
‘Spread happiness, peace and calm.’ That’s the slogan on a T-shirt you can buy at M&S. It’s pink, has frilly…
Boris savages Farage over Zelensky spat
What is Nigel Farage up to? The Reform leader has doubled down over the weekend on his claim that the…
The most important metric for judging the Tories
‘Handouts from the state do not nurture the same sense of self-reliant dignity as a fair wage,’ says Keir Starmer…
Sunday shows round-up: Cleverly says cabinet not involved in gambling controversy
A betting scandal surrounding the election date has led to more controversy for Rishi Sunak this week, with multiple Conservatives…
Is Israel ready for war with Hezbollah?
Whenever the great Shakespearean actor Sir Donald Wolfit had to exit the stage during a performance, he would always take…
