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Are the chips down for AI thanks to Iran?
While Americans anxiously watch the price of gasoline tick higher as the war in the Middle East squeezes the global…
When Mandelson could bring down Starmer
Another day, another set of embarrassing revelations about Peter Mandelson. A photo has now emerged of Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and…
What Signalgate tells us about Iran
Remember Signalgate? It was quite the story, and worth revisiting now in light of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing crisis…
Don’t force Catholics to abide by assisted dying
The Scottish Parliament is on the brink of passing a bill that would see Catholic hospitals and care homes shut…
Did Hannah Spencer’s outfit distract from her maiden speech?
Hannah Spencer’s maiden speech in the Commons – a cheerful and upbeat performance – was pegged to International Women’s Day. We…
Transport could be Reform’s new battleground
Tuesday was a good day to drive in Derbyshire. While the rest of the country was asking itself whether events…
Glasgow needs protecting
A corner of Glasgow’s historic Central Station was destroyed by fire last Sunday in scenes that resembled the 1970s disaster…
The Mandy files have shown the grubby side of the British state
It is one thing to glimpse the inner workings of government during extraordinary times. But it is another, and many…
The inconvenient truth about Britain’s ‘nuclear renaissance’
The Red Queen warned Alice, ‘Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in…
The problem with Thomas Massie
Thomas Massie’s predicament, as he fends off a Trump-backed challenger – and Trump himself – in the Republican primary for…
Net zero is destroying Britain’s car industry
Could there be any greater vindication for the government’s policy of pushing us to buy electric vehicles than the crisis…
Brace yourselves for a painful year ahead
Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the economy ground to a halt in January, with…
Can Israel help the people of Iran rise up?
The new supreme leader of Iran has still not been seen in public. Instead, the country’s state television broadcast what…
Is Keir Starmer really, truly sorry about Peter Mandelson?
Sir Keir Starmer wants everyone to know how sorry, really sorry, he is for giving Lord Mandelson the job of…
Was Starmer ever serious about shrinking the British state?
A year ago today, the Prime Minister gave a speech on the ‘fundamental reform of the British state’. ‘We don’t…
War on Iran was not ‘unprovoked’
I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase ‘unprovoked war’. It’s been rolling off leftist tongues since the explosion of…
Revealed: Lib Dems’ plan for ‘Operation Epsom Fury’
Is any party having a ‘good war’ on Iran? After Donald Trump’s first strikes, I suggested that the Prime Minister…
The right’s Israel fracture
As the joint American-Israeli military campaign in Iran continues, President Trump’s coalition is starting to exhibit some cracks. The war…
‘Blasphemous’ drawings and the myth of tolerance
It’s often assumed and frequently stated that the biggest threat to British society these days comes from cultures which are…
The strange cult of Shabana Mahmood
Is Shabana Mahmood ‘one of the best Conservative Home Secretaries we have ever had’? Tory MP Edward Leigh thinks so.…
Reform’s retreat isn’t what I want
An addendum to my piece in the mag this week, partly for clarification and partly to reinforce the point, for…
The glaring problem with the RAF’s new helicopters
It was good news, albeit good news of the your-house-hasn’t-burned-down variety. Last week, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that…
Petrol is still (relatively) very cheap
On Tuesday, Reform UK held a press conference in a petrol forecourt near the spa town of Buxton. The party…
The EU’s honours list is a sham
The European Union now has its very own honours list, grandly named the European Order of Merit – with gongs…
Suicide drones hit Tehran as instability mounts inside Iran
Overnight on Wednesday, around 100 Basij soldiers were killed across Tehran by dozens to hundreds of suicide drones in a…
