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The Iran war has exposed the world’s maritime chokepoint
The war with Iran is exposing a vulnerability at the heart of the global gas market: the extraordinary concentration of…
How the Islamic Republic tried – and failed – to destroy Iranian culture
The Islamic Republic in Iran is not only at war with the United States and Israel. For years, the country’s…
Will Iran scupper King Charles’s US state visit?
In April, King Charles is scheduled to visit the United States to mark 250 years since America achieved its independence.…
Keir Starmer has no interest in answering Kemi Badenoch’s questions
In the last 48 hours the government of Sir Keir Starmer has ended a link between the House of Lords…
Can Trump defeat Senate Republicans over the SAVE Act?
I know that the world is focused on Iran but here’s what President Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday about…
Replacing Churchill with wildlife on our banknotes is a mistake
The Bank of England has announced that pictures of wildlife will replace famous faces on our banknotes. A cute kitten,…
Starmer and Badenoch were like squabbling kids at PMQs
Prime Minister’s Questions today saw a leader under repeated attack for a ‘screeching U-turn’ and their suitability to be Prime…
Why shouldn’t Nigel Farage invest in crypto?
The nation is – apparently – in shock. After giving endless speeches about how much he loves cryptocurrencies, Reform UK…
Slavery reparations will be the next Chagos betrayal
Well, who would have guessed? Emboldened by Mauritius’s success in persuading Keir Starmer to surrender the Chagos Islands – which…
Trail hunting battle looms for rural lobby
Tally ho! That sound you can hear is Keir Starmer’s barmy army charging into the fray once more. Having waged…
The Al-Quds march should have been banned years ago
The government has approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to ban the annual Al-Quds day march in London, which was…
Revenge of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys
French President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating rose by six points last week. It will likely continue to climb following his…
Donald Trump is tarnishing Brand America
Donald Trump has become something of a sole man. His cabinet members and White House visitors report that the President has developed…
Trump has been caught flat-footed on Iran
Donald Trump has become something of a sole man. His cabinet members and White House visitors report that the president has developed…
Should Reform really have backed Trump’s Iran war?
As the opening salvos of a possible third world war were fired across the Middle East, Britain’s once peerless navy…
Why the state wants to clamp down on homeschooling
The government’s new cohesion strategy, ‘Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive and resilient United Kingdom’, has attracted attention…
Where is the new Supreme Leader of Iran?
Situation report Nearly four days after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as its next ‘Supreme Leader’, his whereabouts remain unknown. The…
Multicultural Britain is becoming harder to defend
‘Britain’s most precious asset is our diverse and cohesive democracy’, trilled the opening of a government social cohesion plan just…
Why the Venezuela model would be a disaster for Iran
What next for Iran? Donald Trump appears to have a plan: the Venezuela model. The US president has hinted that,…
The social media moral panic
There is rarely much to commend Keir Starmer for. But on Monday he blocked an amendment to the schools bill which would have required…
Why do Britain’s councils hate patriotism so much?
The war waged by those in authority on those who make overt displays of patriotism shows no sign of relenting.…
Will Alberta become the 51st state?
Albertans are very good at keeping things that damage their prosperity out of their province. Take rats, for instance. The…
The Iran war is just what Putin’s depleted coffers need
Of all the parties watching the chaos in the Middle East unfold, one should be rubbing its hands together with…
Why Alba failed
Farewell, then, Alba, the little party that tried to take on the Scottish political establishment and learned, as others had…
Should Reeves cut fuel duty?
With Donald Trump signalling that he does not want a long war in Iran, markets have started to settle down.…
