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Starmer’s grooming gang stance might not last the weekend
From the start of Elon Musk’s onslaught, Sir Keir Starmer’s position in refusing a new national inquiry into the grooming…
Does the UK have more mandarins than communist China?
Mr Steerpike was interested to read over the Christmas break that young people are currently flocking to join China’s civil…
China hawks prepare fresh headache for Labour
It used to be said that parties were Eurosceptic in opposition but Europhile in government. The same might be true…
In defence of prejudice
There’s always something that seems clinically compelling about a claim that we need yet more equality laws. Mary Prior KC,…
Could Elon Musk really oust Keir Starmer?
Another day, another story that risks further exacerbating tensions between the world’s richest man and the prime minister. The Mirror…
Will Rachel Reeves have to go back on her word?
Elon Musk may have moved political focus in the UK to the grooming gangs scandal, but there is another issue…
Why we should admire Mick Lynch
Rail union leader Mick Lynch has announced his retirement. No doubt there will be plenty who will breathe a sigh…
Grooming gang victims are still being ignored
The horror of organised child sexual abuse and pimping – euphemistically called ‘grooming gangs’ – is back in the news. But unfortunately…
When will Britain wake up to the Islamist threat?
A poll this week in France found that 78 per cent of respondents are in favour of proscribing the wearing of Muslim…
How I was punished for breaking the conspiracy of silence on grooming gangs
The renewed interest in the disproportionate involvement of men of Pakistani origin in historic group child sexual abuse has led…
The weird and wonderful presidential interactions at the Carter funeral
Past, present and president-elect presidents, along with their wives — and current and former veeps — put on brave faces…
Venezuela prepares for clashing inaugurations
A new presidential term is set to begin officially in Venezuela on January 10. Despite the electoral commission’s failure to…
Mick Lynch’s top five lowlights
Well, well, well. Mick Lynch, RMT’s infamous general secretary, has today announced he will be stepping down from the top…
Andy Burnham demands grooming gangs inquiry
Following the defeat of the Tory amendment in parliament last night, No. 10 might have hoped that calls for a…
What is the point of Rachel Reeves’s visit to Beijing?
The Chinese communist party claims to know a thing or two about humiliation – the ‘century of humiliation’ at the…
BBC presenter loses job after releasing anti-Starmer song
Back to the Beeb, which continues to get better at being the focus of news headlines rather than, er, producing…
Is Reform about to top the polls?
Is Reform about to become the most popular political party in Britain, overtaking both Labour and the Tories in national…
The curious predicament of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Eleanor Roosevelt said that the role of the First Lady was not a job but rather a circumstance. For Sophie…
Watch: Scottish Tory leader mocks FM over Musk comments
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been the talk of London town this week and north of the border things are…
Watch: Steve Reed heckled by farmers
Who was the least popular man in Oxford this morning? Environment Secretary Steve Reed was certainly up there. The Labour…
Liz Truss’s legal threat against Keir Starmer is a mistake
In politics as in everyday life it is possible to be right at the same time as being terribly, terribly…
Where is Rachel Reeves?
Bond yields are soaring to their highest levels in almost 30 years and sterling is sliding. The government’s economic strategy…
SNP government could boycott Twitter, FM warns
Elon Musk has kept the British media busy in recent days, after persistently posting criticism of UK politicians over the…
The astounding absence and silence of the LA mayor as her city burns
I’m not sure that there was ever a good time for Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to be on a presidential diplomatic…
Beach turf wars are dividing Australia
At a time when Donald Trump threatens to annex Greenland and the Panama Canal, China is flexing its military and…
