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Andrew Bailey paves the way for a summer interest rate cut
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted to hold interest rates for the sixth time in a row. Members of…
In Putin’s Russia, Victory Day is no longer about 1945
Stepping out onto Red Square for today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow, it was clear to see that Vladimir Putin…
Labour celebrate largest poll lead since Truss
Poor Rishi Sunak is not having a very good week. After a bruising set of local elections and two defections…
Labour MPs need to grow up
Westminster is full of clever people who spend a lot of time stupidly making simple things complicated. The story of…
Apple’s tone deaf advert shows the tech firm is losing its way
Apple has a reputation for advertising that not only sells their products effectively, but sets a standard few of their…
Why a disabled pedestrian had her cyclist manslaughter conviction quashed
A woman who shouted and waved at a cyclist, causing her to fall in front of a car, has had…
Inside the Labour backlash over Keir Starmer’s latest Tory recruit
Has Keir Starmer made a tactical mistake by recruiting the Tory MP Natalie Elphicke as his latest Starmtrooper? That’s the…
Why the Bank of England must cut interest rates
As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces its interest rate decision today it has the chance to…
The best and worst of the 2024 Met Gala
On Monday night, celebrities, designers and the highest edges of New York’s upper crust attended the biggest party of the…
Elphicke is wrong: the Tories haven’t abandoned the centre ground
It takes some brass neck to cross the floor, but to do it in the manner of Natalie Elphicke also…
Swinney-Forbes should get the basics right
John Swinney, Scotland’s new first minister, has appointed his inaugural cabinet – and it’s almost unaltered from the team headed by Humza Yousaf.…
Why Belgrade is cosying up to Beijing
Thousands of Serbs gathered outside the Palace of Serbia today to welcome the Chinese president Xi Jinping, chanting ‘China, Serbia’.…
Keir Starmer is ashamed of his party
Questions from backbenchers dominated PMQs. Sir Edward Leigh is keen to end unfettered immigration and he announced a way to…
Pro-Palestine campus protests have gone too far
The Prime Minister has summoned the vice chancellors of several universities to Downing Street to read them the riot act…
The vindication of Kate Forbes
So much for Scotland being the home of ‘radical’ progressive politics. After almost two decades of the Scottish National party…
There’s nothing noble about Natalie Elphicke’s defection
With the best will in the world, it is hard to see the defection of Natalie Elphicke MP to the…
Five times Natalie Elphicke criticised Starmer’s Labour
Another one bites the dust. The second Tory to defect to Labour in as many weeks is none other than…
Releasing prisoners early is a mistake
Some prisoners will be freed up to 70 days early to ease overcrowding in jails. This isn’t the first time…
Sunak’s ex-ministers demand Home Office overhaul
Eight months ago, Robert Jenrick and Neil O’Brien were serving ministers under Rishi Sunak. But both are now out of…
Elphicke defection baffles Tories at PMQs
If Natalie Elphicke’s defection had much of an effect on the mood of Tory MPs at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions,…
Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour
Shortly before Prime Minister’s Questions today, Labour dropped a bombshell. Natalie Elphicke, one of the most hawkish Tory MPs on…
Second Green councillor investigated for ‘inflammatory’ comments
The Green party has no problem getting attention these days – but it’s for all the wrong reasons. A second…
Why is the UK not blaming China for the MoD hack?
The personal details of members of the UK’s armed forces appear to have been the latest target of China’s prolific…
Passport e-gate outages are an embarrassment to Britain
Queues that stretch for hours. Technology that doesn’t work. And a system so poorly designed that this isn’t the first…
Trump’s trial has nothing to do with Stormy Daniels
Why did Stormy Daniels testify in court yesterday about her allegedly sexual encounter with Donald Trump? Anybody who has followed…
