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The Home Office must ignore Pakistan and deport Shabir Ahmed
Shabir Ahmed, the leader of the Rochdale rape gang, is for now a free man, living in the UK, having…
The MPs nominating Burnham are about to be disappointed
Journalists are split, the old joke says, about whether or not North London is the centre of the universe. Half…
Is the World Cup rigged for Argentina?
To be on the cusp of their nation’s greatest triumph and see it collapse in ten minutes was too much…
Why Prince Harry and Nigel Farage hate ‘the Establishment’
The poor old Establishment! In the 71 years since the expression was first coined in The Spectator, it’s never taken…
When did travelling on buses become so intolerable?
You frequently hear the charge today that the social contract in Britain has broken down. And there is much evidence…
The Chinese plot to destroy Musk’s Starlink satellites
Does China have a plan to destroy Starlink, the low-earth orbit satellite system which provides internet connectivity to tens of…
How long can Burnham’s kumbaya politics last?
Labour MPs today lined up to kiss the feet of their new king and Britain’s inevitable next prime minister, Andy…
Burnham’s social media push gets reeled in
Just been in to nominate myself… hopefully third time lucky ? pic.twitter.com/I6n7FS0JFr — Andy Burnham (@andyburnham) July 9, 2026 Andy…
Watch: Gary Stevenson’s wealth-tax dream gets a reality check
Oh man what a satisfying video, brutal stuff pic.twitter.com/GgU7JOkhqR — Adam Wren (@aswren) July 9, 2026 The left’s favourite ‘economist’,…
Israel’s plan for a new Iran war
Metaphorically speaking, champagne bottles were uncorked in the Jerusalem office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Donald Trump declared…
Fact check: Rupert Lowe on Joe Rogan
The American right has developed a morbid fascination with Britain over the past two years, particularly after Elon Musk began…
Graham Linehan laughs last after Met payout
Well, well, well. After disgracing Britain’s proud policing tradition by arresting Graham Linehan over his trans tweets, the Met Police…
The Smithsonian hates America
In the extensive coverage of this year’s July 4 celebrations in Washington, DC, it was often mentioned that 850,000 fireworks…
Starmer takes the puss with Chequers’ cat trips
The Tories today accused Sir Keir Starmer of ‘taking the puss’ after the Cabinet Office confirmed that the Government Car…
Both Iran and Trump need peace
The US military has launched a fresh round of strikes against Iran – the second in the past 48 hours…
Is the Sky-ITV deal good for British TV?
The proposed sale of ITV’s broadcasting arm to Sky has been greeted, for the most part, with a kind of…
Marine Le Pen’s return is a nightmare for French centrists
Marine Le Pen’s comeback has thrown France’s presidential election into disarray as rivals for the Élysée Palace scramble to revise…
Why Count Binface could beat Farage
It looks like it’s going to be a straight fight between Nigel Farage and Count Binface to be the next…
Mel Stride names his Price
The winds of change are blowing through Whitehall. With Andy Burnham on course for No. 10, officials are preparing for…
Farage isn’t the first MP to force a protest by-election
Reporting on the news that Nigel Farage is planning to resign his seat to force a by-election, Le Monde described the stunt as…
Why is Sunny Hostin scared of the American flag?
The View’s Sunny Hostin said Monday that when she walks into communities with American flags, she “suddenly feels unsafe.” After…
Put Paul Dacre in the Lords
For those us who dabble in journalism, it is a constant effort to make our prose as engaging, punchy, and…
The terminally mediocre were on full display at DPMQs
Sir Keir Starmer was away this week. Nothing new there of course; indeed, it seems the thing which will change…
Nigel Farage isn’t the one behaving badly in Clacton
So this is what people mean when they say “Uniparty”. They mean supposed rivals reading from the same corporate script.…
Trump has not forgotten about Greenland
If European leaders had a bingo card of all the fights Donald Trump could pick with them, at this week’s…
