World
The great shame of Australia Day
Captain James Cook has fallen. Not on the shore of Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay on Valentine’s Day 1779, but in the…
Can Javier Milei win his fight against Argentina’s strikers?
An alliance with the trade union movements helped catapult Juan Peron, the icon of Argentine politics, to the presidency in…
Why are doctors being threatened for reporting late-term abortions?
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) this week threatened to use punitive measures against doctors who report late-term abortions…
NHS consultants have created another headache for the Tories
The government has just lost one of its bargaining chips in the long-running junior doctors’ strikes: hospital consultants have narrowly…
The Covid Inquiry is finally hearing some enlightening evidence
The Scottish leg of the Covid-19 inquiry has, like the hearings in London, become bogged down in matters such as…
Why Sunak’s critics won’t stop plotting
Simon Clarke’s call this week for Rishi Sunak to go didn’t exactly inspire others to follow. Instead, it’s had a…
Sturgeon’s foul-mouthed Boris-bashing revealed
If there’s one thing that both Covid Inquiries have reliably provided, it’s expletives. Use of foul-mouthed language was popular among…
Barbie’s Oscars snub isn’t sexist
Not for the first time, Hillary Clinton is outraged. Reacting to the news that Barbie star, Margot Robbie, and the…
Airstrikes won’t stop the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks
It was less than two weeks ago that the US and UK introduced a new element to the multi-faceted conflict…
The hubris of Harry and Meghan’s Jamaican photoshoot
What is it like to be Prince Harry? Spare gave us a peerless insight into the unhappy, loveless life of…
Is Saudi Arabia softening its booze ban?
Saudi Arabia, an Islamic nation where drinking alcohol is strictly forbidden, is to get its first official liquor store. There’s…
Downing Street aide defects to the dark side
So, who is the Conservative Britain Alliance? Westminster is virtually swamped these days with an alphabet-spaghetti-esque collection of different acronyms,…
A bad primary makes for a worse general election
The US primaries are over. Trump whacked Nikki Haley in New Hampshire; if she could win anywhere it was there,…
Simon Clarke breaks his silence
Well, that was quick. Less than 24 hours after Simon Clarke called for Rishi Sunak to resign and tweeted ‘I…
Replacing Sunak won’t rescue the Tories
Sir Simon Clarke’s call to replace Rishi Sunak leans heavily on Tory MPs being in denial about the scale of defeat that…
Sunak dodges Tory revolt on council cash crisis
Rishi Sunak sidestepped another Tory rebellion this afternoon with the announcement of an extra £500 million in funding for councils…
Has Rishi Sunak already given up?
Sir Keir’s spin doctors have been enjoying clips of Tony Blair’s performances as opposition leader. In the mid-1990s, Blair took…
Foreign Office blows £110k on KCL counter-terrorist courses
It was ten days ago that Mr S brought news of the latest controversy to embroil our ancient seats of…
Who shot down the plane carrying Ukrainian PoWs?
It will prove to be a terrible and tragic irony if it turns out that Kyiv shot down a Russian…
When will Starmer and Sunak get with the times at PMQs?
‘Another week with no ideas. Absolutely no ideas for this country and absolutely no plans.’ Either Rishi Sunak or Keir…
Hinkley C and the rising cost of net zero
Should we be bothered that Hinckley C nuclear power station has run even further over budget (the latest estimate is…
Prince Edward has ‘gone on a journey’
Say what you like about Prince Edward, but he has never usually been one for stepping into the limelight –…
Why is the British Transport Police launching a bursary for British Africans?
Some of Britain’s police chiefs are in a total pickle when it comes to race, not least as a result…
Simon Clarke isn’t the only Tory MP unhappy with Sunak
Simon Clarke’s detonation last night didn’t come as a huge surprise. The Tory whips had already pre-briefed a group of…
Clarke’s bid to oust Sunak has flopped – for now
It was ‘the knife of the long knight’, joked one social media wag about the bid by the unfeasibly tall…
