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How green is the government’s car service?
The government’s green credentials are in the firing line – and not for the first time. In office, Keir Starmer…
I’m worried about what Labour might do to our schools
In my first lesson teaching Year 8 in inner-city Birmingham, one boy, seeing the opening slide of my ‘Introduction to…
The unstoppable rise of Christianity in football
Christianity is thriving on the football pitch. Despite the declining number of Christians in the UK, Instagram, X, and other…
Syria’s Christians face an uncertain future
When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham…
Where Wales went wrong
There is no land more lovely than Wales. I have walked through a magical forest to splash in the shallow,…
Give Trump’s realism a chance
In one place at least, the reaction to Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal has…
Keir Starmer wants to redefine crime and punishment
How far should a government go to stamp out people smuggling? This month, the Home Office is set to introduce powers that…
Ex-Labour MP arrested – days after attacking ‘unacceptable’ Elon
It was just six days ago that the Ivor Caplin, the former Labour MP for Hove, emerged from obscurity to…
Morrisons turns on Rachel Reeves
Poor old Rachel Reeves. Whether it’s being besieged by the bond markets or savaged by the Sinosceptics, it has not…
It’s unlikely Rachel Reeves is going anywhere
Rachel Reeves, who is now fighting for her political life, was instrumental in helping Labour secure a landslide majority at…
Trump has a point about Greenland
As the second Trump term looms in the near distance, it’s become a bit of a cliché to say that…
What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg owe to the mainstream media
Censorship and the silencing of dissenting voices has been a defining feature of the 21st century. It’s curious, because it wasn’t…
Will Palestinians give peace a chance?
Time and time again, people look to those outside of the Middle East to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After decades…
France’s problem is Algeria – not Elon Musk
Emmanuel Macron has a problem and its name is not Elon Musk. It is interference of an altogether more dangerous…
The solution to Spain’s problems
It’s not often that a country can solve a serious, endemic problem quickly, easily and at no expense at all.…
The LA dream has burnt out
Last year, I wrote here about the dark side of LA, after the Friends actor Matthew Perry was found dead in the…
Why Paddy Mayne shouldn’t get a Victoria Cross
The quietly spoken, thoughtful, brilliant Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, four times winner of the Distinguished Service Order and co-founder of…
What does Labour have against state school Latin students like me?
What type of person studies Latin in 2024? As a result of Labour’s decision to axe the £4 million Latin…
Scottish Labour admin slip-up sees party lines sent across Holyrood
Well, well, well. It’s not been a great start to the year for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party in Westminster…
How Jean-Marie Le Pen lives on
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died aged 96 on 7 January, was the personification of the travails and excesses of post-war…
Reform faces councillor exodus as 12 set to quit over Farage
Uh oh. There’s trouble in paradise this evening as it has emerged that 12 Reform UK councillors are set to…
Does Britain need China?
As Rachel Reeves, flies to Beijing , she will have plenty of support from those who claim that the UK…
Why Labour is cosying up to China
It used to be said that parties were Eurosceptic in opposition but Europhile in government. The same might be true…
Why German politicians fear Musk’s AfD interview
Over 200,000 listeners tuned into Elon Musk’s online conversation with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD),…
The Chagos Islands deal is uniquely terrible
Last year, a Mauritian politician raised eyebrows in Britain when he told a political rally that ‘England has agreed to…
