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Prince Harry’s libel case humiliation
As flies are to wanton boys – and this particular boy is as wanton as it gets – so Prince…
The real reason Netanyahu is opposed to a Palestinian state
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Biden administration earlier this week that he objects to the establishment of…
The madness of the Port Talbot closures
Hurrah! The UK is just about to reduce its carbon emissions by a further 1.5 per cent. As for Wales,…
Prince Harry faces £750k libel bill
It seems the renegade royal has run away again. All of Fleet Street was eagerly anticipating the mother of all…
Does Sunak have a relatability problem?
Rishi Sunak has been caught on camera apparently walking away from a woman who has just started telling him about…
Agreeing to power-sharing now could ruin the DUP
Once upon a time, a young unionist politician marched out of a talks process. Recalling the incident later, he said: ‘I…
The curious case of Nicola Sturgeon’s missing WhatsApps
The saga of the Scottish Government’s WhatsApps continues to rumble on. The SNP regime has never been slow in condemning…
How Catalan separatists are taking control of immigration
In Spain’s general election last July, the right-wing Partido Popular and the even more right-wing Vox won 170 seats, just…
Jeremy Hunt has difficult decisions ahead of him on tax cuts
The Tory party’s plan to further cut taxes in the Spring Budget is not exactly a secret. Still, Jeremy Hunt’s…
Who is persecuting Ukraine’s journalists?
Investigative journalism has often been deadly for the careers of corrupt politicians in Ukraine, with stories leading to resignations and…
Is Emmanuel Macron secretly hoping for a Trump victory?
The great and the good of this world met in Davos this week to tell each other how wonderful they…
Can Europe match Russia’s remarkable rise in weapons production?
‘You need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support…
Missiles alone won’t solve the problem of the Houthis
Eventually then, enough was enough. After months of Houthi drone and missile attacks on Israel and vessels in the Red…
Javier Milei shocks Davos
Each year the World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos, Switzerland, draws the attention of conspiracy theorists. In truth, nothing is…
How Trump captured his party
Vintage news outlets, with lots of time to kill and space to fill, are desperately trying to say the Republican…
The course of the American empire
In the 1830s, the English-born American artist Thomas Cole painted an ambitious sequence of five large rectangular canvases delineating “The…
Javier Milei dismantles the Davos groupthink
Each year the World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos, Switzerland draws the attention of conspiracy theorists. In truth, nothing is…
Starmer flip-flops on his CPS record
He’s at it again. Like those unscrupulous bosses he professes to despise, Sir Keir Starmer enjoys taking the credit when…
Sergei Lavrov: War has had a ‘positive impact on life in Russia’
Just when you thought Putin’s regime couldn’t sink any lower, it somehow manages to. Like something out of George Orwell’s 1984,…
Now even Humza distances himself from the SNP
You know your brand is struggling when even the boss wants to ditch it. For it seems that hapless Humza…
Are the Saudis really ruining boxing?
There’s a new mantra in championship boxing. Try speaking to anyone from that world – a big-time promoter, trainer or…
Sunak goes on the offensive over Rwanda
Who is to blame if no flights with asylum seekers leave the UK for Rwanda ahead of the election? In…
Charles, Kate and the changing attitude to royal illness
It was a detail that most novelists or screenwriters would have rejected as being too much. Shortly after yesterday’s announcement…
The clash between Iran and Pakistan is spiralling out of control
Pakistan’s retaliatory military strike on suspected militant bases in Iran – in response to Iranian attacks in Pakistani territory – can…
In defence of Katharine Birbalsingh’s prayer ban
We won’t know for some time what the outcome of the claim that a London school has broken the law…
