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SNP government finally accepts Cass review findings

4 September 2024 9:26 pm

Well, well, well. After all of the SNP’s sniping at Dr Hilary Cass’s review into UK gender clinics, it transpires…

Netanyahu faces an unenviable dilemma on Gaza

4 September 2024 9:17 pm

The murder of six Israeli hostages by Hamas in Gaza earlier this week led to an outpouring of grief and…

Keir Starmer’s honeymoon is unquestionably over

4 September 2024 8:49 pm

Keir Starmer is back at the despatch box for Prime Minister’s Questions today and his honeymoon period is unquestionably over.…

Stop trying to make ‘weird’ happen

4 September 2024 8:30 pm

Where American left-liberal rhetoric leads, British left-liberal rhetoric invariably follows. Hate speech, reparations, decolonisation, white fragility; there is no intellectual…

How long can Macron ignore French voters?

4 September 2024 6:02 pm

It was way back in the first week of July that the French went to the polls to elect a…

When will the Channel migrant horror end?

4 September 2024 3:57 pm

Twelve migrants, including six children and a pregnant woman, have died after their overcrowded dinghy capsized while they were trying…

Want to see RNC chair Lara Trump’s new music video?

4 September 2024 8:58 am

The video begins with sirens, a firetruck and vivid kinetic typography spelling the words “hero.” Then, soulful piano music. Sigh.…

On the ground at Flagstock, the rager for the UNC frat bros who defended the American flag from protesters

4 September 2024 7:42 am

Chapel Hill, North Carolina What kind of party can you throw with more than $500,000? For months, the organizers of…

Inside the 1922 hustings for Tory leader

4 September 2024 6:09 am

This evening Tory MPs filed into parliament’s Committee Room 14 to hear from the six hopefuls aspiring to lead their…

MPs hail benefits of ‘Swiftonomics’

4 September 2024 3:30 am

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour took the country by storm and it seems Swiftmania has also taken a firm hold of…

Dyson makes headphones again… and they don’t suck

4 September 2024 2:19 am

Dyson isn’t the first brand that comes to mind when you’re thinking about buying a pair of Bluetooth headphones. You…

Labour’s flirtation with price fixing won’t end well

4 September 2024 12:13 am

Almost everyone is aware of the concept of peak hours pricing. If you buy a train ticket to travel during…

Tom Tugendhat’s pitch: I’m a proper conservative, honest guv

3 September 2024 11:06 pm

Tom Tugendhat finally launched his leadership campaign today with a big speech in Whitehall – the third he has made…

Britain’s arms crackdown on Israel could end up pleasing no one

3 September 2024 10:54 pm

Is the UK still a ‘staunch ally’ of Israel? Defence Secretary John Healey insisted so on the broadcast round this…

Why is it so hard to buy a petrol car?

3 September 2024 10:42 pm

Is it really any surprise that car manufacturers have started refusing to sell us petrol cars? According to Robert Forrester,…

Robert Jenrick is wrong about the culture wars

3 September 2024 10:26 pm

To some people, the culture wars don’t matter. They are an irrelevance, an indulgence. A distraction from the material, bread-and-butter…

Lib Dem MP’s bizarre motion on the Wiggles

3 September 2024 10:08 pm

One might expect politics to showcase quality over quantity but this isn’t always necessarily the case. Take the curious example…

Prince Harry isn’t coming back any time soon

3 September 2024 10:04 pm

The Duke of Wellington famously suggested that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. To…

Von der Leyen’s quest for gender parity is a pointless distraction

3 September 2024 9:14 pm

The EU’s three largest economies are stuck in a deep structural slump. The budget is a mess, with money running…

Boris blasts Lammy for ‘abandoning’ Israel

3 September 2024 8:42 pm

It’s certainly not been a quiet return to parliament. On Monday afternoon, Labour’s David Lammy announced that Britain would be…

Britain’s arms crackdown on Israel has come at a dreadful time

3 September 2024 8:37 pm

The Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is a moderate man and chooses his words carefully. So his statement about David Lammy’s…

What is the point of David Lammy’s partial arms embargo on Israel?

3 September 2024 8:22 pm

The government has suspended 30 (out of around 350) arms export licences to Israel. The Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, acknowledged that the ban…

Why Neil O’Brien’s support for Robert Jenrick matters

3 September 2024 8:19 pm

What is the most significant development in the Tory leadership contest in the past week? The race is heating up…

The truth about Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Independent Alliance’

3 September 2024 4:59 pm

Jeremy Corbyn has teamed up with four other MPs elected as independents at the general election to form an ‘Independent…

Why are a record number of Brits applying to change their gender?

3 September 2024 4:13 pm

The number of people applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) has reached a new record. Government figures revealed that…