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Has King Charles finally run out of patience with Prince Andrew?
While the nation basks in the good news about the Princess of Wales in her battle with cancer, the Royals’…
The Spectator’s new owner – and new era
After a year-long auction drama that involved sheikhs and moguls and even ended up changing the law, The Spectator has a new owner.…
Women will pay the price for Labour’s early release prison scheme
For women trying to escape domestic abuse, the government’s early prison release scheme spells further misery. Around 1,700 prisoners will…
Starmer’s social contract with the unions won’t work
There may be a few warnings about pay, and the inevitable references to the ‘black hole’ that has mysteriously appeared…
We’re being ruled by a 1980s left-wing student elite
We are now governed by people who were left-wing students in the 1980s and early 90s. This is one of…
The sinister call to make barristers advance diversity and inclusion
As a barrister my professional duty is to provide the best legal advice outside of court and to represent my…
Probation officers won’t be able to cope with 5,500 prisoner releases
Today the government is releasing an estimated 1,700 prisoners early, under the scheme (SDS40) in which most inmates will only…
The truth about Jeremy Kyle
The inquest into the death of Steve Dymond, the unfortunate man who was found dead a week after his appearance…
Hot springs have doomed Japan’s net zero ambitions
Most people know that Japan is a country cursed with considerable seismic activity; frequent, and very occasionally devastating, earthquakes and…
The Harris campaign’s ‘out of time’ ploy
The Harris-Walz campaign is depending on Americans feeling so rushed this election that they don’t pay attention to the vice…
What Rachel Reeves told Labour MPs
Who was Rachel Reeves more worried about tonight when she addressed the Parliamentary Labour party? The Labour MPs who will…
How to score the Trump-Harris debate
This Tuesday’s debate is the most consequential moment of the “second” campaign, just as Trump’s debate with Biden was the…
Watch: Andrew Neil and Piers Morgan ask – has Trump lost his mojo?
It’s less than 60 days to go until polling day in America and the race could not be closer. Donald…
Kate’s message of hope is wonderful news for the Royals
The Royal Family has not had much to celebrate lately, so the relief that the world will feel with the…
How fake news thrived in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings
It has fallen to Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation, to say the obvious in pointing…
The Treasury holds the key to fixing the NHS
The most interesting thing about Lord Ara Darzi’s report on the health service, expected to be published this Thursday, is…
Why does Scholz want to speed up peace talks for Ukraine?
Is German chancellor Olaf Scholz giving in to pressure to reduce support for Ukraine and improve relations with Russia? Scholz…
Kamala has more to lose in the debate than Trump
The Kamala Harris campaign team apparently based their debate strategy assuming that ABC News would prove as pliable and willing…
MPs swap booze for soft drinks
Whither the future of parliament’s pubs? It was less than three months ago that Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue…
Labour is in denial about our bad universities
Our universities are in a mess. Too many degrees lack intellectual quality and utility, and leave those doing them with…
Michel Barnier puts the French left to shame
The French left took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the appointment of Michel Barnier as prime minister.…
Will Rachel Reeves hold her nerve over the winter fuel cut?
Will Rachel Reeves hold her nerve over the winter fuel payment? That’s the suggestion inside government ahead of a Commons…
This could be far worse than axing the winter fuel payment
You won’t find me mounting the barricades in defence of the winter fuel payment, though I’ll miss the pleasant surprise…
Thousands of prisoners are about to be released early. Is probation ready?
I met Anthony by the gates of Thameside prison in south-east London. A skinny, gaunt-looking man in his 40s, he’d…
Could Britain learn from Switzerland’s tough migrant policies?
The UK is currently struggling with balancing migrant rights and public safety. Record numbers of foreign national offenders are currently…
