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Should Europe ban American tourists?

25 January 2026 5:00 pm

As Donald Trump claims Nato forces stayed ‘a little off the front lines’ in Afghanistan, and the Great Greenland Crisis…

I’m sick of celebrities pining for Ireland

25 January 2026 5:00 pm

You know when you’re a kid and your parents finally get on your wick so much that you think, ‘that’s…

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The fight over the future of the Chagos Islands

25 January 2026 5:00 pm

Westminster, London Donald Trump might be determined to acquire more US land – here in Britain, however, our leaders are…

Can America persuade Putin to give up the Donbas?

25 January 2026 4:30 pm

Last week was one of realpolitik, Trump-style. Greenland was sorted, the ‘New Gaza’ unveiled, and all that was left was…

Yankification is putting the Great British pub at risk

25 January 2026 4:11 pm

In the dead of English winter, there are few things more precious than a quiet pint. An exploratory trudge of…

Lightning is killing too many South Africans

25 January 2026 4:00 pm

In Britain, lightning causes an average of two deaths a year; in South Africa, it can be well over 200.…

Brooklyn Beckham is so typical of his spoiled generation

25 January 2026 5:44 am

The misadventures and “mummy issues” of Brooklyn Beckham – articulated in a verbose Instagram post about how much he hates…

Andy Burnham confirms he wants to stand for parliament

25 January 2026 5:05 am

Andy Burnham has tonight confirmed that he wants to be a candidate in the forthcoming Gorton and Denton byelection. The…

Danes haven’t always taken a great interest in Greenland

24 January 2026 5:50 pm

After a week on high alert, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Donald Trump has pulled back on his…

Why are doctors pushing contraception onto new mothers?

24 January 2026 4:39 pm

Six weeks after the birth of my first son in England, my GP asked about my plans for contraception. When…

Does Davos calm the polycrisis, or make it worse?

24 January 2026 4:30 pm

A most unlikely proposition emerged this week in Davos. Larry Fink, interim co-head of the World Economic Forum, proposed moving…

The Chagos deal risks turning Britain into a vassal of China

24 January 2026 4:29 pm

If one is in any doubt as to Great Britain’s decline and fall, look no further than 20 January, when…

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Will the FBI burn through Kash?

24 January 2026 10:07 am

FBI Director Kash Patel popped up in several news stories on Friday. He does this periodically, like a skin or…

Starmer pauses Chagos deal

24 January 2026 7:51 am

Keir Starmer has tonight been forced to stall the Bill which would hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius. The…

Surrogacy isn’t something to celebrate

22 January 2026 8:16 pm

Pop star Meghan Trainor posted a photograph this week skin-to-skin with her newborn daughter, ‘Mikey Moon’, who was still slick with fluids…

Is Donald Trump making the Middle East more dangerous?

22 January 2026 5:56 pm

The Middle East has entered a phase where events no longer necessarily resolve into outcomes. They pause, harden, and then…

What do London’s overpaid deputy mayors actually do?

22 January 2026 5:25 pm

Walk through central London with your phone out, and it might not be yours for much longer. Theft in the…

Prince Harry couldn’t hide his anger during his court showdown

22 January 2026 7:49 am

When Prince Harry left the witness box at the UK High Court this afternoon, it was observed that he was…

Badenoch pledges to MPs to keep right

22 January 2026 7:05 am

To committee room 14, where many of the remaining 117 Tory MPs crammed in tonight to hear from their leader.…

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Call her Obama

22 January 2026 5:29 am

Michelle Obama is the latest guest on the Call Her Daddy podcast – the raunchy girlfest “Howard Stern for women”…

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Could military service become morally untenable for Catholics?

22 January 2026 5:12 am

During his lengthy interview with the New York Times, President Trump was asked if there was anything that could check his…

Where Britain should position itself in Trump’s new world order

22 January 2026 4:36 am

When Donald Trump stood up at Davos today and repeated his ambition to acquire Greenland, he did more than revive…

Europe got off lightly in Trump’s Davos speech

22 January 2026 4:20 am

A sigh of relief at this point may prove premature, but perhaps we can permit ourselves a modest expulsion of…

Keir Starmer’s PMQs performance was his most shameless yet

22 January 2026 4:15 am

One of the least successful operas in history received a revival at Westminster this week. ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’ –…

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Trump’s credible threat at Davos

22 January 2026 4:09 am

The headline from Trump’s Davos speech is clear: I won’t use military force to take Greenland. That’s what the President…