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Why the Tories can’t count on the Hong Kong vote
On a high street in suburban London, a curious message appeared recently. Written on a stand-up whiteboard in traditional Chinese,…
How Trump and Starmer could form an unlikely alliance against Iran
The incoming Labour government has pledged a more robust Iran policy than the Conservative party has had over the last…
Boris swoops in late to help out Tories
Boris Johnson has tonight made a surprise appearance at a ‘stop the supermajority’ Conservative rally to warn of the dangers…
Slowly, then suddenly: the sad story of Joe Biden’s decline
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Those were Hemingway’s words in…
The Democratic lawmakers who are recognizing Biden’s decline
When it comes to President Joe Biden’s decline, some Democrats are in denial, or are at least pretending to be.…
How will Starmer handle reshuffles?
Will Keir Starmer keep David Lammy on as foreign secretary? That sort of question would not normally be at all…
Deepfake porn site targets female politicians
Just when you think the election campaign can’t get any madder, it does. Now it transpires that a ‘deepfake’ porn…
Will the IDF ever leave Gaza?
Israel has started another round of strikes in Khan Younis, having left the Gazan city in April. This isn’t the…
The BBC’s Miriam Cates hit job doesn’t add up
This morning we witnessed BBC cant at its finest. It came in the form of an exposé of the Tory…
Nigel Farage is not the future
Nigel Farage is the most misunderstood politician in Britain. Vilified by the liberal media as ‘far right’ and mistaken by…
Should the BBC be mocking Ronaldo’s tears?
Portugal squeezed through to the Euros quarter finals last night after a penalty shoot-out victory against plucky Slovenia. Or perhaps…
Labour will ‘destabilise’ Reform, Badenoch warns
Election day is just around the corner and politicians across the country are pulling out the stops. Now Kemi Badenoch…
Is it going wrong for Reform?
Has Reform peaked too soon? In the wake of Rishi Sunak’s D-Day debacle, the party was riding high in the…
Can Sinn Fein win the UK’s most marginal constituency again?
It’s Monday afternoon and I’m walking through the estate where I was born on the outskirts of Enniskillen in Northern…
Who cares what Keir Starmer does with his Friday nights?
As part of their vote-Tory-or-the-kitten-gets-it final push, the Conservatives have spent the past 12 hours pushing the idea that Keir…
The shame of Royal Mail’s postal vote delay
Britain’s creaking infrastructure and frequent paralysis of public services deserved to be a bigger factor in the election campaign than…
How Hungary’s presidency could shake up the EU
Life in the Berlaymont building, the Brussels headquarters of the European Union, just got a bit more surreal. A striking…
Georgia’s Euros run gave the nation some respite
If you had told me a month ago that Georgia would make it into the play-offs, defeating Portugal on the…
Will there be an election upset on Thursday?
In just two days, voters will head to the polling booth to cast their vote in the 2024 general election.…
Scottish independence could be the biggest loser on election day
As the hours tick down to polling day, Scottish nationalists are beginning to assess the damage this election campaign has…
Giorgia Meloni will enjoy taking revenge on Macron
The German government has expressed its ‘concern’ at the prospect of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally forming the next government…
Reform candidate targeted JK Rowling and Sturgeon in online rants
Oh dear. Just two days to go until polling day and Reform is once again in the limelight after yet…
What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Donald Trump
Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions, I noted that the court would probably issue its final opinion of the season, on…
Why does Japan want to build a 300-mile conveyor belt?
In a move that sounds like something out of the new Francis Ford Coppola film Megalopolis, the Japanese government has announced…
Why Labour keeps floundering on the trans toilet question
Labour politicians who cannot give straight answers on sex and gender will need to get their thinking caps on, assuming…
