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Britain’s banks never cared about net zero
Several weeks ago, just in advance of Donald Trump’s second presidency, there was a mass withdrawal of US financial institutions…
New Zealand’s cringeworthy new tourism slogan
‘Everyone must go!’ New Zealand’s new tourism declares, but so far almost everyone seems to be cringing. The prime minister…
‘Net zero is a complete and utter disaster’: Nigel Farage and Jordan Peterson in conversation
This is an edited transcript of a conversation between Jordan Peterson and Nigel Farage at the 2025 Arc Conference. Jordan…
Meghan relaunches lifestyle brand after trademark trouble
11 months ago, the Duchess of Sussex promised big things with the launch of her new lifestyle brand. Last March…
Reeves in fresh mistaken identity row
Another day, another Rachel Reeves-related drama. The Chancellor is facing fresh claims that she has exaggerated her CV – with…
Europe has much to learn from Georgia Meloni
Giorgia Meloni was nearly an hour late for Monday’s European crisis summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris. According to…
Will Austria’s asylum seeker surveillance plan backfire?
Austria’s interior minister has announced plans for mass surveillance of Syrian and Afghan asylum seekers in response to a terrorist…
Poll: Reform voters least likely to return to Tories
It’s more than three months now since Kemi Badenoch took over as Tory leader. She has set out her vision…
Is Trump’s hostile takeover of Ukraine a trap?
That Donald Trump’s vision of the presidency is less statesman and more CEO of USA Inc. is evident in the…
Strong pay growth will alarm the Bank of England
Britain’s workers have experienced strong pay increases for the third month in a row. Figures on the jobs market, just…
The truth about Britain’s overcrowded prisons
Former justice secretary David Gauke’s Independent Sentencing Review (ISR), running since October, was not due to report until the spring.…
Why the Germans don’t do it better
Germany, not so very long ago, was the example of how to do it. Shiningly spotless and effortlessly efficient –…
The doomed union of Stormzy and Jeremy Corbyn
It’s been a lovely month so far for us free-thinkers, with the wokescreen tumbling down big-time. First the predicted winner…
Europe and the death of Pax Americana
If you are still reeling from the shock and awe created by Donald Trump’s foreign policy since taking office, ‘You…
Islamic homophobia and the death of the ‘first openly gay imam’
Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, was shot dead in Bethelsdorp, South Africa, on Saturday. While the police…
Thousands splurged on government diversity training in 2024
President Trump has been hard at work scrapping diversity courses stateside and international companies have followed suit – with Goldman…
Why do Australian doctors want to kill Israeli patients?
Imagine the uproar if a white Christian doctor refused to treat a Muslim Arab patient – or worse, boasted of…
British troops won’t help Ukraine
Sir Keir Starmer’s proposal to put British troops on the ground as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine is…
Masters of corruption
I am reliably informed that the flow of water in the Potomac River is approximately 11,500 cubic feet per second.…
Psychiatrist shortage could derail assisted dying bill
Uh oh. Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill appears to have hit another bump in the road as it now transpires…
Should burning the Quran be against the law?
There are worrying signs in Britain that a blasphemy law – abolished in 2008 – might be sneaking in through…
The Mar-a-Lago face-off
In all the post election danger-to-democracy commentary, one unexpected new peril has emerged: the “nationwide surge of Mar-a-Lago face”. Best…
Parliament is embarrassing itself
Sidney Low said that ‘government in England is government by amateurs’, and parliament seems to be doing its level best…
Kemi Badenoch is more interested in liberalism than conservatism
Kemi Badenoch made a speech today which mentioned the terms ‘liberal’ or ‘liberalism’ seven times before the word ‘conservative’ got…
Read: Kemi Badenoch’s full speech at the Arc Conference
Western civilisation is in crisis. Our ideas and our culture have dominated the world for well over two centuries. This…
