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The Ceuta chaos could make Marine Le Pen president
European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency video conference on Tuesday to discuss last week’s events in Spain’s North…
Why I’m ignoring the hosepipe ban – and you should too
I returned from holiday to find parched lawns and a deliciously cool babbling brook where the road had been. Up…
Do liberal Londoners know how much they are detested?
For decades now Trevor Phillips has been one of the most astute and unusually self-aware members of the liberal establishment,…
Europe should not learn the wrong lessons from Ceuta
Europe risks learning precisely the wrong lessons from the latest crisis in Ceuta.What unfolded on Spain’s North African border was…
Rewilding is the best defence against wildfires
An enormous fire near Dovestone Reservoir in Oldham has been burning since 11 July, one of many this summer. Billowing…
Inside France’s war against radical mosques
Another mosque in France has been shut down, this one in a bleak north Paris suburb that usually makes headlines…
Watch: Lowe offers an alliance with Farage
The Greater Manchester result showed what Restore Britain can deliver. The next step is how we maximise the chances of…
Healey shouldn’t repeat the ‘price gouging’ dog whistle
Our supermarkets are showing remarkable restraint. The previous Chancellor and now the new one can’t resist slandering them. In an article for The…
Can seven million households really not afford a toothbrush?
What if I told you that seven million households in this country ‘can’t afford a toothbrush’? It wouldn’t pass the…
The middle classes have a radicalisation problem
Last week on the Irish border, gardaí intercepted a car carrying a viable explosive device containing military-grade explosives, a detonator…
We need a crackdown on crackpot charities
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been given by the Scottish government, the NHS and local councils to a charity…
Can Reform survive without Nigel Farage?
Mere months ago, the suggestion that Nigel Farage could step down as the leader of Reform would have felt absurd.…
Gen Z is going back to physical media
One of my friends has never made her own playlist. “I just get on Spotify and use what the algorithm has…
The Manchester by-election proves Farage is floundering
Labour’s decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral election is a bad result for Reform UK and the Green Party.…
Ceuta should be a wake-up call for Europe
The scenes at Ceuta are eerily reminiscent of aspects of the infamous anti-immigration French novel, The Camp of the Saints…
Why Putin is using North Korean soldiers as Ukraine cannon fodder
When an estimated 10,000 North Korean troops were deployed to Russia’s Kursk region in October 2024, it was a reality…
The EU has failed to get a grip on Europe’s wildfires
Europe is burning. From France to Spain, from Portugal to Greece, and even in Britain, the continent has been engulfed by…
Does Russia’s exiled opposition want what’s best for Europe?
The European Union has just imposed a visa ban on serving and former Russian soldiers. Implementation will not be easy…
Keep the robots out of the classroom
When it comes to technology in schools, we seem to be less in Uncanny Valley than some sort of nightmare…
What the Odyssey means to America
In 1899 Jack London, beginning his career as a writer, sold a story to Atlantic Monthly for $120. Drawing on his experiences during the Klondike gold…
Spain has limited options for deporting Moroccan migrants
We in Britain should be very worried indeed about the wholesale violation of Spain’s immigration law that has just taken place,…
We should call the Ceuta border breach an invasion
Spain was invaded yesterday. There is no other way to put it. Close to 50,000 foreigners, mostly men, swarmed into…
Dr. Fauci’s damning silence
Dr. Fauci won’t see you now. The man who served as America’s top medical adviser during Covid had to be…
Will Hamas really disarm?
No one imagined that Hamas would voluntarily hand over its weapons and turn to politics and peace in the Gaza…
Watch: Haigh pleads for a second chance
“I hope they will give me a second chance to serve in government.” First Secretary of State Louise Haigh addresses…
