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Louise Haigh’s LTN policy is doomed to fail
The Labour party is in a bind over cars. Its instincts – collectivist, green, managerialist – strongly favour anti-car measures…
Kamala Harris’s DNC speech was surprisingly good
Chicago The Democratic National Convention this week has been all razzle, dazzle and repetition. Endless platitudes about freedom, values, love,…
J.K. Rowling deserves a break from social media
Let’s give Rowling a break. For four years, she has spoken up consistently and courageously in defence of women’s rights…
Trump holds first outdoor rally since assassination attempt
In his first outdoor rally since his July 13 near assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump spoke to a crowd in…
Will Israel and Hamas sign a peace deal?
The omens for a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Israel and Hamas are looking alarmingly bleak following the latest shuttle…
Andrea Jenkyns hits out at ‘classless’ Labour successor
Oh dear. It seems that all is not well in Leeds. Former Tory MP for Leeds South West and Morley,…
Award Taylor Swift for boosting London economy, insist Lib Dems
Just when you think the stunts pulled by Sir Ed Davey’s liberal lot can’t get any stranger, they do. Now…
The cracks are appearing in Putin’s relationship with China
Relations between China and Russia are going from strength to strength – or so they say. In reality, the strain…
GCSE grade inflation is finally over
Today’s GSCE results show essentially unchanged performance compared with last year, with 21.7 per cent of pupils achieving grade 7…
If Ford can’t crack electric cars, no one can
It had the history, the manufacturing muscle, the capital, and the brand to make it work. When Ford announced plans…
Yvette Cooper has her work cut out on illegal migration
Happy immigration stats day, one and all. The Home Office has this morning released a raft of data on visa…
Now more Scottish Tory leadership candidates drop out
Back to Scotland, where the ongoing leadership contest for the next leader is heating up. Nominations for candidates close today,…
Does the UK really need an immigration deal with the EU?
There is talk, yet again, of the UK and EU agreeing some kind of youth mobility scheme, increasing the opportunities…
SNP membership numbers plummet further
Oh dear. It’s not a good time to be an SNP politician, what with the recent electoral wipeout, the party’s…
DNC attempts to sanitize Walz’s false statements
Chicago You get freedom, you get freedom, we all get freedom! At least that was the pitch from Oprah Winfrey…
The problem with compulsory GCSE resits
This morning, students up and down across the country will anxiously open up their GCSE results, with local papers publishing…
French politics has become an absurdist farce
It’s the rentrée politique this week in France, the start of the political year, a bit earlier than normal. It promises to be…
Moscow is blaming Britain for the Kursk attack
Is the sinking of the super-yacht Bayesian and likely death of Mike Lynch a bigger story than Ukraine’s Kursk incursion? The Russian…
Does it matter who wins the Scottish Tory leadership race?
Nominations for candidates wanting to stand in the Scottish Tory leadership contest close today. One candidate has already voluntarily dropped…
Why the kids are manifesting a Kamala presidency
Chicago “Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn’t it?” Michelle Obama told the DNC Tuesday night. “America, hope is…
How RFK Jr.’s looming exit could rain on Kamala’s parade
There are multiple reports, still unconfirmed at the moment but from reliable sources, that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will end his independent…
Putin is biding his time to seek revenge for Kursk
Vladimir Putin, it seems, is procrastinating. Just when the war in Ukraine was going his way and the Russian army…
Ukraine’s drone attack on Moscow piles the pressure on Putin
In the early hours of this morning, Ukraine hit Moscow with ‘one of the largest’ drone attacks against the Russian…
Labour is losing fiscal credibility
Just how much longer will the government be able to sustain its assertion that the Conservatives left behind a £22…
Tories demand Treasury impartiality probe
Whitehall has received a lot of attention of late, what with interesting civil service appointments prompting claims of cronyism. And now…
