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Macron has been humiliated by Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen celebrated what she called ‘an ideological victory’ on Tuesday evening after Emmanuel Macron’s government finally had its…
Our culture of cheapness and vulgarity
There are many things in short supply these days, but cheapness and vulgarity are not among them. They’re everywhere right…
The left’s strangled language on Israel and Gaza
As a left-wing sympathizer to the Palestinian cause, I cringed when I heard reports that college students around the country,…
Why shouldn’t the British Museum take BP’s cash?
Three cheers for the British Museum, which has just announced a new £50 million sponsorship deal with the oil giant BP.…
Sunak gets tetchy during Rwanda and Israel grilling
If Rishi Sunak still doesn’t recognise the description of himself as ‘tetchy’, then he could do worse than to watch…
The looming Lenin comeback
The year 2024 marks the centenary of Vladimir Lenin’s death. In April of that year, the consummate communist, having blighted…
This transgender schools guidance leaves a lot to be desired
The government has finally published its transgender guidance for schools. Teachers have been waiting a long time. We were promised…
Liz Truss leads backlash to schools trans guidance
The government’s guidance for schools on transgender pupils was finally published this morning – prompting an immediate backlash which demonstrated…
The Ministry of Justice is engaged in historical vandalism
This week, the Ministry of Justice launched a consultation on its plan to digitise its vast archive of wills. The…
The Pope’s pursuit of relevance is embarrassingly outdated
The Pope is old and unwell. In whatever time he has left, he surveys his years as pontiff and counts…
The CofE’s same sex blessings stance is even more illogical than the Vatican’s
Traditionalists in the Church of England and the Catholic church don’t, of course, always see eye to eye. But on…
Bring back schmaltzy songs
Christmas pop song lyrics play by different rules. Children, food and family togetherness are never mentioned in pop songs from…
How Britain failed Jimmy Lai
There is something shameful about the government’s reluctance to publicly call for the release of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen…
Is identity politics to blame for the rise of anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is surging among the young. It is now positively hip to view Jews as ‘problematic’. Consider the recent Harvard/Harris…
A Trump presidency could be good for Britain
Donald Trump may be offensive in many ways. He may have defiled his office during his previous stint as president…
Michelle Mone hits back at Sunak
‘When you’re in a hole, stop digging.’ It’s a famous mantra known to all; everyone that is, except for Michelle…
The meaning of Javier Milei
Libertarian economist Javier Milei’s smashing landslide victory is the most radical thing to happen to Argentina in decades. But his…
Zucked up: private election funding’s new form
Greenwich, Connecticut, is a town of 63,000 people just twenty-eight miles away from New York City. It’s a wealthy community…
Nikki Haley’s popularity is probably because of media desperation
Nikki Haley is now the favourite ‘not Donald Trump’ candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.…
How much longer can Netanyahu resist a hostage deal?
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv following the killing of three young Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defence Forces…
Michelle Mone and the rise of the ‘fight back’ documentary
You can’t turn on the telly or fire up the internet these days without stumbling across some celebrity or other baring their…
Why is the French left so willing to excuse Hamas apologists?
One hopes that the arrest of seven suspected members of Hamas last Thursday by European police has embarrassed numerous politicians…
Eddie Izzard loses, yet again
Oh dear. Labour’s biggest loser has done it again. Poor old Eddie Izzard has a pretty poor track record when…
Baroness Mone ‘can’t see what we’ve done wrong’ over PPE pandemic profits
Baroness Mone: ‘I can’t see what we’ve done wrong’ Laura Kuenssberg’s show this morning was dominated by her interview with…
Javier Milei’s radical reforms could start to heal Argentina’s economy
Argentina has spent most of its 200-year history in deficit; no other country currently owes the International Monetary Fund a…
