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Farage doused in drink during Clacton trip
Reform’s new leader Nigel Farage has been busy wooing crowds in Clacton as he launched his election campaign in the…
Egypt has questions to answer over Rafah
Why have all eyes been on Rafah? We have been led to believe that the intense focus on a town…
The logic behind Labour’s foie gras ban
It was never very impressed by the opportunity to strike trade deals across the fast-growing Pacific. It didn’t much like…
Cracking down on the ECHR won’t save Sunak
Rishi Sunak’s unequivocal statement this week about sex and the Equality Act was a clever piece of electioneering. Subsequent reports…
Why are the Tories playing Farage’s game?
How should Rishi Sunak respond to the unwelcome insertion of Nigel Farage into the election campaign? The Prime Minister called…
Clacton goes wild for Nigel Farage
Farage-mania has come to Clacton-on-Sea this lunchtime. Hundreds of locals gathered around the Essex seaside town’s pier to hear Nigel…
BBC in bother as pundit accused of antisemitism
Back to the blundering BBC, whose latest mishap involves one of the broadcaster’s cricket pundits. Qasim Sheikh, formerly a Scotland…
Was Farage inspired by the rise of Le Pen?
The last time Nigel Farage stood for parliament was in 2015. He wasn’t elected, and it was his seventh failure…
Keegan’s campaign launch confusion
Another day, another Conservative campaign gaffe. This time it involves Education Secretary Gillian Keegan who has enthusiastically thrown her support…
The problem with Sunak’s migrant cap
It is perhaps no accident that Rishi Sunak has rushed out his proposal for a cap on migrant workers and…
The Tories aren’t serious about protecting biological sex
Kemi Badenoch has announced that sex is biological – yes, and rain is wet, and the election is soon. So…
What will Tory leadership hopefuls do about Farage?
What comes next? That is what many Tories are asking as they stare down the barrel of defeat. Even before…
Farage’s return is Rishi Sunak’s worst nightmare
From the moment the Conservatives called this summer election they seemed doomed: Sunak had failed to deliver on his five…
The glorious downfall of Lloyd Russell-Moyle
It’s always handy for parents to have someone they can use to put their children off any particular profession. ‘Don’t…
The significance of J.K. Rowling’s defence of Kemi Badenoch
The opinion polls might be projecting a massive Labour majority, but there is a dynamic to this election that could yet derail…
What Farage gets about politics and entertainment
Towards the end of last year, Nigel Farage set tongues wagging as he entered the jungle for I’m a Celebrity… Get…
The Scottish leaders debate won’t have changed voters’ minds
When Alex Salmond was leader of the SNP he used to complain bitterly to the broadcasters that it was unfair…
Are the Tories telling the truth? A look at the data
A quirk of the UK system is that the requirement to tell the truth in adverts does not apply to…
Tiananmen Square remade the modern world
Thirty-five years ago today, China’s leaders ordered tanks into Tiananmen Square to disperse a student encampment. The death toll was…
Even Nigel Farage will struggle to make this election exciting
Unlike Brenda from Bristol, I usually love elections – but not this one. Theresa May’s self-destruction in 2017 was one…
Labour comes out of Scottish debate on top
There is a truism in British politics that things would be much more civil if there were more women in…
Nigel Farage knows the Tories are there for the taking
The one thing that had gone right for Rishi Sunak in the election campaign to date has now gone wrong.…
Rishi’s nightmare: YouGov MRP predicts Labour super majority
It never rains but it pours for Rishi Sunak. Less than an hour after Nigel Farage performed a shock U-turn,…
Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal could sink Benjamin Netanyahu
Joe Biden’s introduction of the three-stage deal to end the war in Gaza was a clever rout to bypass Benjamin…
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s new president?
Mexico has elected its first female president, with preliminary results showing former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum victorious. According to Quick Count,…
