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Does Prince Harry regret his ‘Mr. Mischief’ messages?
Prince Harry used to be fun. It is easy to forget this given the Meghan-Montecito-highly litigious incarnation of the Duke…
Trump has already checked out of NATO
Donald Trump, who will deliver an address from the Oval Office tonight, isn’t giving up on his aims for his…
Prevent has become a dumping ground for troubled young men
Prevent was created in 2003 as part of Britain’s national strategy for countering violent extremism; its purpose is to spot…
War and fishing in the Strait of Hormuz
On February 28, I jumped on a fishing charter with some friends and headed out into the Strait of Hormuz.…
The age of the aircraft carrier is over
Ever since World War Two, America’s aircraft carrier fleets have served as imposing instruments of imperial power, roaming the oceans…
Is it time to scrap the NHS?
Nigel Lawson said the NHS was the closest we had to a religion. What’s needed today is someone willing to…
What the Japanese can teach England about football
The Japanese national team put England to the samurai sword last night with a 1-0 victory at Wembley stadium. I…
The pros and cons of a Free Speech Bill
Preston Byrne, the radical American lawyer, says his new Freedom of Speech Bill, which the Adam Smith Institute publishes today,…
Europe is finally standing up to Trump
The longer the war in Iran churns on, the more hot-tempered and unhinged President Trump becomes. On Tuesday, Trump was…
Labour is creating a tidal wave of bureaucracy
Labour’s record in government may have been a litany of U-turns and broken promises, but there’s one cause on which…
Anas Sarwar stands by his call for Starmer to go
As we head towards the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, one party leader has a particularly unenviable job: step forward…
Can this millennial rapper save Nepal?
Balendra Shah does not look like your typical Nepali prime minister, and in many ways, this is precisely the point.…
Trump’s presidential library is predictably crass
Maybe a tad prematurely for a term that ends only in 2029, the Trump Organisation has released a short video…
The Chagos deal is unraveling
We don’t know what the end of the Chagos affair will be, but it is rapidly spinning into farce. The…
Should Britain go it alone on nukes?
On 5 February, 2026, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the United States. and Russia expired. It was built…
The absurdity at the heart of the junior doctors’ strikes
Immediately after the Easter weekend, junior doctors are planning a six-day strike. Unless they call it off, Starmer has said…
Children aren’t there to make parents happy
Does being a parent make people happy? Not according to a recent BBC investigation into ‘the women who regret being…
Have Beatrice and Eugenie been cast out into the cold?
The news that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will not be attending the royal family’s Easter service at St George’s chapel…
Canada wants to make quoting the Bible illegal
Easter is almost here – and Canada’s Liberal government has chosen this sacred season to display its utter contempt for Christianity. It…
How Ed Miliband could actually profit from the energy crisis
According to Ed Miliband and Bridget Phillipson, motorists are paying more than they need to at the pumps because of…
Emily Thornberry said the quiet part out loud on immigration
There was once a time when we were told that migration would make us rich, ensure our pensions were paid…
The remarkable blandness of Scott Mills
Yesterday’s news that Scott Mills had been dismissed as the host of BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show – with immediate…
The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump
Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has come up with a bewildering series of “solutions” to the global oil…
Israel needs to rethink its relationship with Christians
Sometimes it’s a wonder Israel can stand with all the self-inflicted gunshot wounds in its feet. Israeli police placed their…
AI didn’t write my book
It’s been a rather unusual month. In the last four weeks, I’ve gone from being renamed ‘Matt Badloss’, after finishing…
