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It’s time for Humza Yousaf to end this gender bill farce
The first minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, has a painful choice following his latest defeat in the Court of Session…
What Joey Barton gets wrong – and right – about female football pundits
Joey Barton, the ex-Manchester City, Newcastle and QPR player, is in hot water again – this time over a series…
Is terrorism really a mental health problem?
When news first broke of the terrorist attack last Saturday in Paris, the French government rushed out a statement describing…
Prince Harry loses (again)
Good old Prince Harry has done it once again. In spite of all his strenuous efforts to avoid press intrusion,…
Hunter’s latest indictment is bad news for Joe Biden
Surprise! Surprise! Hunter Biden faced new charges on Thursday, after the Department of Justice accused him of failing to pay…
The disgraceful, ducking, diving, dodging college presidents
It was a clarifying moment, wasn’t it? The presidents of MIT, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania testifying for the House…
Boris defends partygate yet again
What does Boris Johnson want to come out of the Covid Inquiry? At the end of his second day of…
Sunak’s Rwanda Bill looks doomed
Rishi Sunak is pinning his hopes on emergency legislation, the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, to ‘Stop the Boats’. But…
Russia’s curious reaction to Britain’s hacking allegations
That Russia’s security services have been targeting British politicians and other high-profile figures won’t come as a surprise. But the…
Barbara Rymell deserved dignity
There is no getting around the death of Barbara Rymell. When I read the Telegraph’s story about this 91-year-old who died while care home staff…
The EU has become paralysed by its own bad decisions
In 2019, France’s president Emmanuel Macron famously called Nato ‘braindead’. Think what you will about the health of the defence…
The Rwanda Bill is going to be hugely contentious
On Wednesday, the government finally published its promised ‘emergency legislation’, after the Supreme Court ruled in November that the Rwanda…
KFC is right to take on the public health zealots
There was some good news for the people of Sunderland last month when local councillors managed to stop a small…
Jenrick’s resignation is a turning point for the Tory party
When he found out that a career-minded MP called Rishi Sunak had come out in favour of leaving the EU,…
Why Robert Jenrick was wrong to resign
Robert Jenrick resigned as immigration minister this evening over the government’s plan to amend the Rwanda scheme. Here is the…
What Jenrick’s resignation means for Sunak’s premiership
Rishi Sunak used his appearance before the 1922 committee this evening to tell MPs – once again – that the…
Why I resigned as immigration minister
This evening, Robert Jenrick resigned as immigration minister after disagreeing with the government’s plans to amend the Rwanda scheme. Here…
Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration minister
In the past few minutes, James Cleverly has confirmed that Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister. He was asked…
Inside Sunak’s meeting with MPs on his Rwanda ‘Plan B’
Rishi Sunak made an impromptu appearance at the 1922 committee tonight as he sought to sell his ‘Plan B’ on…
Boris argues that Covid mistakes were inevitable. Is he right?
Boris Johnson had clearly come to the Covid Inquiry intending to be magnanimous about everyone, even advisers like Dominic Cummings…
Sunak unveils his ‘emergency legislation’ on Rwanda
Three weeks after the Prime Minister’s ‘emergency legislation’ to make the Rwandan scheme viable, tonight it is finally here. The…
Suella Braverman’s deadly warning for the PM
While it would be unfair to suggest that Tory MPs only care about holding onto their seats at the next…
Boris is right about the Covid WhatsApps
It is hard to feel much in the way of sympathy for Boris Johnson, whose questionable leadership during the pandemic…
Badenoch overhauls gender recognition list
Ahead of Suella Braverman’s big statement this afternoon, it was the turn of another Brexiteer to face the Commons. Kemi…
Behind the anger of the young American Hamas apologists
“Goddess, sing of the cataclysmic wrath,” opens Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Iliad. The goddess Homer summoned isn’t named,…
