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Can Jeremy Hunt cut taxes in good conscience?
When the government announces a range of tax cuts tomorrow, it has pledged to do so in a ‘sustainable’ way.…
Patrick Vallance and the politicisation of Covid science
Throughout the Covid meetings, Sir Patrick Vallance was scribbling almost as much as Michael Gove, leading Boris Johnson to assume…
What could be announced at the Autumn Statement?
Jeremy Hunt will tomorrow present his second Autumn Statement to the House of Commons. The Office for Budget Responsibility is…
David Cameron and the triumph of fence-sitting politicians
David Cameron is the king of the wishy-washy compromise. Cameron has never looked happier than when he appeared in the…
What’s the truth about Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital?
Last week’s military operation in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital was mired in controversy. According to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the…
How to solve Rishi’s Rwanda dilemma
Rishi Sunak has promised to respond to the Supreme Court’s judgment that the Rwanda policy is unlawful by agreeing a new…
Was JFK any ‘good’ as a president?
How should we assess the value of a US president? In the case of John F. Kennedy, who died sixty…
Inside David Cameron’s meeting with Tory MPs
David Cameron addressed Tory MPs this evening at a meeting of the 1922 committee following his shock return to government…
Why have Sunak and Hunt suddenly decided they want tax cuts?
The government’s transition on taxes has taken place at lightning speed. We’ve gone from chancellor Jeremy Hunt hinting at tax…
In defence of Ofsted
When it comes to Ofsted, people often like to trot out the old adage that ‘you don’t grow a pig…
Was Eat Out to Help Out really behind the second wave?
Did Eat Out to Help Out increase Covid? It’s a conclusion the inquiry and lockdown’s cheerleaders seem keen to push.…
Firing Sam Altman has thrown the AI race back open
Until this week, OpenAI seemed like an unstoppable force. In the space of little more than a year, the San…
Why climate activists love to hate Israel
Climate activists have been busy since 7 October. The demands for ‘action now’ on global warming continue, but affairs in…
What France gets right about assimilation
Among the crimes of Suella Braverman, the now former Home Secretary, was a speech she gave in Washington at the…
Sunak makes more pledges – but what happened to his last five?
In his speech in north London his morning, the Prime Minister confirmed that tax cuts are coming this Wednesday, as…
Sunak changes his tune on tax cuts
Tax cuts are around the corner. That was the message from Rishi Sunak when he addressed hacks this morning in…
The Tories must get serious about welfare reform
You can’t fault Mel Stride for trying. Conscious that our current levels of worklessness are neither sustainable nor likely to…
Met police swell their social media army
Scarcely a week seems to go by without an incident involving one of the Metropolitan Police’s social media accounts. Recent…
Tory MPs want a sense of vision from the PM
The Autumn Statement marks the latest in Rishi Sunak’s series of (often contradictory) relaunches Jeremy Hunt has started the week…
A potential hostage deal shows the weakness of Hamas
Details are sketchy and the deal is far from done, but all the signs are pointing towards a hostage agreement…
Can the government be trusted with free speech?
This summer, horrified by the rising numbers of students no-platforming and harassing visiting speakers whose views they don’t like, the government…
The new chainsaw wielding leader of Argentina
The location was the same – the circumstances starkly different. Almost 12 months ago, hundreds of thousands of people gathered…
Can Israel go on like this?
All generals plan military operations based on the ten principles of war – rules if you like, which if adhered to…
What does Javier Milei’s win in Argentina mean to America?
Javier Milei, a messy-haired bombastic libertarian economist, won Argentina’s presidential elections against socialist minister of economics Sergio Massa this Sunday.…
Hamas and retaking higher education
Maybe there is something for which we have to thank Hamas after all. That savage terror group epitomizes the latest…
