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Interest rate cuts are on the horizon
The Bank of England (BoE) has held interest rates at 5.25 per cent for the fourth time in a row. This is…
The Northern Ireland Brexit deal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal is an end to any dreams of a UK that runs itself. Much of the…
Labour woos business with a corporation tax pledge
One of the big changes in the Labour party since Keir Starmer took over from Jeremy Corbyn is the approach…
Why is the civil service being given lessons on ‘microaggressions’?
Civil servants are being given lessons instructing them not to roll their eyes or look at their mobile phones while…
The post-Brexit crisis in Northern Ireland is finally over
Rishi Sunak, with almost daily input from Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist Party leader, has just delivered a deal…
Nothing will change after Mike Freer stands down
Nothing will change in the wake of Mike Freer’s decision to stand down. That a Member of Parliament says he…
Britain must help Burma win its freedom
Three years ago today, the military in Burma (or Myanmar, as the junta prefers to call it) plunged the country…
Spain and the mystery of Scotland’s Covid travel list
Nicola Sturgeon had a very rough time at the UK Covid-19 inquiry in Edinburgh yesterday. A sticky moment in particular…
What’s going on with Nicola Sturgeon’s memory?
Nicola Sturgeon’s memory is a fascinating and frustrating thing. At times, the former First Minister of Scotland’s powers of recall…
California’s next freedom to lose: speeding
There are perfectly practical reasons to study philosophy. That’s what I told my teenage daughter when she came to me…
Nicola Sturgeon’s torrid time at the Covid Inquiry
Nicola Sturgeon’s afternoon at the Covid Inquiry was pretty brutal. She was subjected to a difficult round of questioning on…
David Cameron is in a muddle over Palestine
The definition of madness, commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a…
Starmer and Sunak argue about a man called Phil
Keir Starmer opened PMQs by describing ‘the plight of the Member for Mid Norfolk’, whose mortgage had gone up by…
Martin Bashir continues to haunt the BBC
In the annals of those connected with the contemporary Royal Family, it is hard not to see the journalist and…
No, Brexit checks won’t push up food prices
It is one of those occasions when you don’t need to wait for tomorrow’s newspapers to know what will be…
Labour U-turns, yet again
Another day, another Labour U-turn. This morning it’s the turn of Rachel Reeves, who has done another copy and paste…
Jeremy Hunt should ignore the IMF’s tax cut warning
Government borrowing is lower than had been forecast. The economy needs some form of a boost. And perhaps most of…
Will expat voters really help the Tories at the next election?
With opinion polls predicting an oncoming electoral shellacking for the Conservatives, it is unsurprising that Rishi Sunak is hoping to…
Mass migration will make the housing crisis so much worse
We can have mass migration or we can have affordable housing. But it’s hard to see how we can possibly…
Is Taylor Swift a psyop?
In 2024, right-wingers are facing a doddery, often incoherent Democratic president, an even more incoherent VP (who doesn’t have the…
The surprising truth about ‘Nanny State’ Britain
This week, a Conservative Prime Minister announced he was banning something – disposable vapes. The reaction to that ban –…
Ilhan Omar and the battle of the Somali translators
Who knew there were so many fluent Somali speakers in Washington? Talking to a crowd of Somali émigrés in Minneapolis…
The West’s shameful silence on Imran Khan’s imprisonment
Donald Trump should spare a thought for Imran Khan. If the former US president feels overrun by lawsuits, he could…
France’s farmers’ revolt isn’t all it seems
The toll station on the A9 motorway near the French-Spanish border is closed with cones and guarded by the local…
Minister hints that Emirati bid for the Telegraph will be blocked
Few phrases are more likely to get the blood of ministers going than the words ‘Urgent Question’. Today it was…
