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Donald Trump has taken pity on Prince Harry
Say what you like about President Trump – and people very much do – but there is little doubt that,…
Does a ‘new golden age’ beckon for the US and Japan?
Perhaps the first thing on everyone’s minds was just how low Ishiba Shigeru, Japan’s Prime Minister (who prefers warships to…
Why does Labour loathe ordinary people?
The jaw-dropping contempt dripping from the reply suggested by Labour’s sacked health minister Andrew Gwynne to a 72-year-old lady in…
Labour is doomed under Keir Starmer
Voters simply haven’t taken to the party leader and that’s becoming impossible to ignore. Presenting the public at the next election…
I’m sick of fare dodgers on the tube
Go to any tube station at rush hour in London. Literally any. Then wait by the barriers and watch. Within…
The spectacular implosion of the Oscars’ first trans nominee
There are some Rude Awokening moments – when the whole damn #BeKind shebang collapses in on itself – that are…
Labour minister sacked for vile WhatsApps
Congratulations to Andrew Gwynne who wins the ministerial sack race of 2025. The Labour MP for Gorton & Denton was…
Keir Starmer’s flimsy excuse for the Chagos deal
The government has defended its controversial decision to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius with an excuse so…
Who is Katherine Long?
Marko Elez. If that name means anything, you might spend a little too much time on the internet. Elez is…
Ukraine’s security depends on Europe’s courage
If anything was going to make Donald Trump come around to supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, ‘rare earth…
Trump’s ICC sanctions will test an outdated institution
Once you get beyond trade and maritime borders, you will find that much of international law is, pace Clausewitz, the continuation of…
Keir Starmer is caught in a Trump trap
The mood of Keir Starmer’s foreign policy advisers was funereal as they contemplated the return of Donald Trump. The weeks…
Kemi Badenoch has a secret weapon in the fight against Nigel Farage
Things are currently looking choppy for Kemi Badenoch. Polls last weekend were bad enough, seven of them showing Reform leading…
Labour dodges scrutiny on efficiency savings
Well, well, well. Rachel Reeves has spent much of her seven months in power banging on about budget blackholes and…
Russia’s quest to woo Africa is paying off
The West may like to convince itself that it is, in the words of one American diplomat, ‘strangling the Russian…
Why Beckham’s wait for a knighthood goes on
The newspapers’ front page photograph of David and Victoria Beckham entering Buckingham Palace’s State Dining Room was a publicity triumph…
Starmer will need a miracle to boost his ‘AI growth zones’
The government has unveiled its new ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan’ – a ten-syllable, fifty-point proposal to grow the UK’s AI…
TikTok, J.D. Vance’s new sherpa assignment
Fresh off guiding a series of President Trump’s nominees through the high-wire act of the cabinet approval process in the…
The call that shames the pro-Palestine movement
Some of us switch off when we hear a ‘loony left’ story. We might cock an eyebrow at the latest…
Can a second Kursk offensive give Ukraine bargaining power?
In theory, the Kursk salient is one of the most militarily insignificant fronts of Putin’s war on Ukraine. However, war…
Can Ukraine stop the bombings at its draft offices?
On 1 February, a young man walked into a military enlistment office in Rivne with a bomb in his backpack.…
The lesson Starmer should take from Trump’s foreign policy
Donald Trump has this week shown that he cares more about economic interests over inherited commitments – even to allies. By…
Soap operas have lost the plot
Soap bombshells are nothing new, but the land of light TV entertainment was rocked by some real-life drama this week:…
Sturgeon passes SNP election vetting
To Scotland, where the SNP is hard at work vetting its candidates for the 2026 Holyrood poll. But in typical…
Trump’s sanctions will hit the ICC hard
Donald Trump’s decision to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) could sound the death knell of this important judicial…
