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What was the Clapham chemical attack suspect doing in Britain?
Here’s my question about Abdul Ezedi, the suspect in the Clapham chemical attack: what the hell was he doing in…
Viktor Orban has proved he’s a shrewd negotiator
All eyes were on Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at yesterday’s EU summit in Brussels. The issue at stake was simple but…
France’s farmers will be back on Paris’s doorstep before long
In a week full of symbolism in France, the most striking image was the sight of armoured cars blocking the…
Keir Starmer’s £28 billion problem
Another day, another story about Labour’s plans to ditch its pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green investment.…
Why have Germany’s spies opened a file on their old chief?
It’s not often that an ex-spymaster is spied upon by his former colleagues. But just that has happened in Germany,…
Is there such thing as a fair Trump trial?
I’m an unlikely defender of Donald Trump. Politically, he’s not my boy. Most of the former president’s hyperbolic rants make…
Biden should stop appeasing Venezuela, says Salazar
Venezuelan presidential hopeful María Corina Machado had filed a claim in December, arguing to the country’s highest court, that a…
Staffer filmed having gay sex in Senate office will not face charges
The Senate’s gay sex scandal started with a bang, but has ended with a whimper. This morning, the Capitol Police…
Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t the only one to politicise the pandemic
Nicola Sturgeon ‘could cry from one eye if she wanted to,’ Alister Jack told the UK Covid Inquiry this morning.…
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…
