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Matt Gaetz catches the car
An admission of personal bias: I have little to no respect for academics or intellectuals who write about the Congress…
Sunak set to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester
Rishi Sunak will tomorrow confirm he is scrapping the HS2 link between Manchester and Birmingham, Coffee House understands. The prime…
Steve Barclay turns to AI to save the NHS
The NHS is struggling to cope with an ageing population. Disputes over pay have created a stand off between doctors…
Jeremy Hunt: we underestimated the impact of money-printing
Speaking at the Centre for Policy Studies fringe event at Conservative party conference this afternoon, Jeremy Hunt reiterated once again…
The great Tory dilemma: try to win or prepare for defeat?
What are the Conservatives putting the most effort into: winning the next election, or life after defeat? While Rishi Sunak…
We need trans-only wards
The Health Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to ban transwomen like me from female hospital wards today. Let’s be clear, the…
Does Germany want to bring down Giorgia Meloni?
Is there a plot afoot to oust Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister and replace her with someone more to the…
A school phone ban is long overdue
Around the time my eldest son started secondary school, I had a worrying glimpse into his private life. We’d put…
RFK goes rogue
A week from today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to make an announcement in Philadelphia that will almost certainly entail…
Tom Ford is back (without Tom Ford)
What happens to a fashion brand when the founder leaves? Or, to be more direct, what is Tom Ford without…
Why Dame Sharon White failed at John Lewis
There are lots of plausible explanations for Dame Sharon White’s failure at the department store and grocery chain John Lewis.…
What you won’t learn from Channel 4’s Partygate drama
Partygate has morphed from a half-forgotten scandal into a new drama-documentary which airs on Channel 4 tomorrow night. This rehash…
Is this year’s Tory conference slogan the worst ever?
Boris Johnson got plenty of things wrong as prime minister but he at least knew how to come up with…
Does Rishi Sunak hate dogs?
Every world leader these days needs to have a pet. Joe Biden has a pair of out-of-control German Shepherds that…
What went wrong with Billy Bragg?
An online ding-dong is like a full complement of condiments at lunch; you wouldn’t want to live off it, but…
Rishi outlines Keir Starmer’s five ‘pledges’ in 1922 speech
Rishi Sunak’s first Conservative party conference as prime minister is off to a roaring start. Never one to miss a…
Kemi Badenoch guns for Stonewall – and the charity sector
Kemi Badenoch’s war with Stonewall opened up on a new front this evening. Earlier this year, the business secretary incurred…
Bully XL owners team up with anti-Brexit Steve Bray outside Tory conference
It wouldn’t be a Tory party conference without hundreds of protesters lining the streets. Manchester has not disappointed. From trade…
How a pro-Russia party triumphed in Slovakia’s election
The staunchly pro-Russian Robert Fico is back in power for a third time in Slovakia. Fico’s Smer party clinched at least…
Is a path to victory opening up for Rishi Sunak?
A new Rishi Sunak is being launched at Tory conference and one I saw first hand being interviewed by Laura…
Sunak comes out fighting on net zero in tetchy Kuenssberg clash
Rishi Sunak is in Manchester for what could be the final party conference ahead of next year’s election – and,…
Why did the Observer bury a poll showing Starmer’s shrinking lead?
As Conservative conference kicks off, there is a crumb of comfort for the Prime Minister in the latest polling in…
How Britain fell in love with radioactive material
For most people today radioactivity is synonymous with bright yellow warning signs, explosions and poison. But there was a time…
The endless myth of British decline
The former governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently compared the British economy with that of Argentina. This…
Paris has become the city of love, rats and bugs
There are said to be six million rats in Paris. I met one last week when I was retrieving some…
