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Why JD Vance ‘created’ the pet-eating immigrants
Last week, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance appeared on CNN’s State of the Union where he was interviewed by Dana Bash. During…
Mick Lynch mocks Labour’s outfit freebies
Poor Keir Starmer. One of the first things he did after becoming prime minister was to stuff the unions’ mouths…
Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t believe I broke any rules… in fact I think I was overly transparent’
Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t believe I broke any rules… in fact I think I was overly transparent’ The Labour conference…
Richard Burgon fails to draw a crowd at Labour conference
Oh for the days of ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’. It only seems like yesterday that the likes of John McDonnell and…
Starmer approval rating hits record low
Sir Keir Starmer is having a tough time of it, what with his ongoing freebie fiasco, the cronyism row and…
Keir Starmer’s problems are of his own making
That nobody in Keir Starmer’s inner circle worked out that trashing his personal reputation for a hundred grand’s worth of…
The truth about Led By Donkeys
Love them or loathe them, it’s hard not to have noticed Led By Donkeys. The protest group – made up,…
The Myanmar junta’s desperate campaign of terror
It was about 9:15pm on 5 September when the roaring sound of a warplane began to hum across the hills.…
Calm down, most cows aren’t ‘killers’
There must be carnage in the countryside. That’s the only explanation for a stampede of anxious headlines about the danger…
Now Rayner’s register of interests is under scrutiny
This weekend Labour hosts its party conference in power for the first time in 15 years. The great and the…
Can Keir Starmer reverse his fortunes at Labour conference?
What is Keir Starmer wearing, how much is it worth and who paid for it? That’s normally a question only…
Best events at Labour conference 2024
This weekend Labour ministers, MPs and delegates will arrive in Liverpool for their first conference in office since 2009. Following…
How much trouble is Keir Starmer in?
To Liverpool for Labour’s first party conference since Keir Starmer triumphed in the general election. On paper, this ought to…
Starmer’s freebies and the truth about Labour’s double-standards
The Labour government’s u-turn on freebies, its disclosure last night that it will no longer accept donations for clothes, is…
Abbott: Starmer is in the ‘pocket of millionaires’
As if Sir Keir Starmer didn’t have enough on his plate what with his freebie scandal, Sue Gray inquiry and…
No, Rich Lowry didn’t say the N-word
Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review, is being cancelled for calling Haitian immigrants the N-word. One problem: he didn’t. Lowry…
Why isn’t Gary Oldman playing Smiley again?
Following the huge success of the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – from the book of the same name…
Is Israel ready for a ‘new phase’ of war?
The toll wreaked from the events of 17 and 18 September has been extensive. According to the best estimates, more…
Ed Davey’s Lib Dems need to grow up
In a wetsuit and atop a jet ski, Sir Ed Davey hurtled towards the Brighton shore, descending on the Liberal…
Marine Le Pen looks unstoppable
Overlook for the moment the shenanigans surrounding French prime minister Michel Barnier’s attempt to cobble together a new government. One…
University isn’t sexy anymore
Freshers’ Week. It sounds so appealing, even to an uneducated counter-jumper like me who finds the word ‘uni’ so repellent…
Smart meters aren’t so clever
Smart meters were meant to make our lives easier. They were designed to help us reduce energy consumption and cut…
Morrissey’s martyrdom knows no bounds
Say what you like about Steven Patrick Morrissey – lead singer of The Smiths, the Mancunian miserabilist, ‘the Pope of…
No. 10 change tack on ‘wardrobe-gate’
A week is a long time in politics. Keir Starmer began the week sending out his senior ministers to defend…
Farage plots his next US trip
It’s his sworn ambition to become Prime Minister of the UK by 2029. But is Nigel Farage perhaps spending a…
