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Frank Field: a very English saint
Lord Glasman delivered a speech at the inaugural Frank Field Memorial lecture last week. Here is an edited transcript of…
Is OCD hip?
About half-way through the one-woman show Unstuck, the American comic Olivia Levine admits that it’s “hip” to talk about one’s obsessive-compulsive…
Introducing: Reality Check
I’m delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast and newsletter Reality Check. In each episode I’ll cut through…
It’s time for Jess Phillips to resign
Should Jess Phillips resign? That’s the demand made by four survivors of the ‘grooming gangs’ in a public letter to…
How Catherine Connolly could change Ireland
‘How could you possibly say the EU is good as it stands?’ the woman says. Brexit, she continues, is a…
Strictly won’t survive without Claudia (or Tess)
Put down the glitterball. Mop up the sequins. The news – oh, the unthinkable news – has arrived: Tess Daly…
Will Jess Phillips resign?
The grooming gang inquiry is becoming more chaotic by the day as people continue to step away from the process.…
Trump is getting serious about punishing Putin
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again threats to sanction Russia for its intransigence over peace talks in Ukraine solidified today into concrete…
Why is Britain trying to make our nuclear reactors ‘woke’?
Sit on a roundtable of small businesses – as I have on many occasions – and it won’t be long…
The Will Stancil Show is art
If you know who Will Stancil is, it’s probably as the first man to be raped by an AI large…
Could Marwan Barghouti be Palestine’s Mandela?
Calls to release Marwan Barghouti – the leader of Fatah’s armed wing, who is currently serving multiple life sentences in…
The best books to read in prison
Like Nicolas Sarkozy, I knew I would be a disgraced former president going to prison. Okay, as the once co-president…
‘One in, one out’ is dead
France is not a safe country. That was the excuse given by an Iranian man who returned to Britain last…
Boomer New York’s last bellow
New Yorkers received visits from two ghosts of Christmas past and one ghost of Christmas present at its last 2025…
So much for Trump’s peace push
Here we go again. Now that Russian president Vladimir Putin has resumed his bombardment of Ukraine, President Donald Trump is responding by…
Is Jeremy Strong our John Cazale?
If you’re a big Bruce Springsteen fan, then this weekend’s new release, Deliver Me from Nowhere, will be one of…
Big Ange just can’t say sorry
When John Profumo had to resign due to scandalous behaviour, he famously went to clean lavatories. Angela Rayner, by contrast,…
Tories launch new crime attack ads
There is a spring in the step of some Tories these days. After the recent downfall of Angela Rayner and…
Will Ivory Coast’s old guard ever let go?
Next time you bite into a bar of chocolate, spare a thought for Ivory Coast. As the world’s largest supplier…
It won’t be long before pensioners are out-earning workers
Oh, the horrid injustice of it all! By the skin of their teeth, pensioners on the state pension and with…
Watch: Starmer backs Prince Andrew probe
To the Commons, where Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) has just wrapped up. The focus on Prince Andrew continues – and…
Robert Jenrick is right about a burqa ban
Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, has expressed his support for Britain banning the burqa. ‘I probably would ban the…
Farage to upstage PMQs with gallery stunt
It’s been a funny old time for Nigel Farage in parliament. Elected to the House of Commons at his eighth…
Keir Starmer can’t blame the cabinet secretary for his own failures
There have been 14 cabinet secretaries since the post was established in 1916. The first, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey,…
Starmer won’t stop Putin exploiting Europe’s migrant crisis
Another week, another migration scandal. On Monday, the Times reported that Russian spies have been working with international human rights…
