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Does David Lammy really expect Donald Trump to forgive and forget?
David Lammy has never been much of a diplomat. The veteran Labour MP is fond of lashing out at his…
The UK leaves recession behind in 2023
This morning the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that the UK confined its technical recession to 2023. The economy grew by 0.6…
Is Dominic Cummings’ ‘start up party’ a non-starter?
We haven’t heard much from Dominic Cummings since he walked out of No. 10 Downing Street in November 2020. Now…
The special relationship between Israel and America is faltering
President Biden doesn’t give many sit-down television interviews, but when he does, he tends to make news. This week he…
France is waking up to the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood. Is Britain?
Donald Trump made headlines this month when he claimed that London and Paris are no longer recognisable because ‘they have…
Britain is right to stand up to the WHO’s vaccine power grab
The World Health Organisation (WHO) hardly distinguished itself during the Covid 19 pandemic. It was slow to declare an emergency,…
How Netflix tourists will ruin beautiful Atrani
Some time in the Noughties I sat next to a guy at work who told me he’d just had a…
Andrew Bailey paves the way for a summer interest rate cut
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted to hold interest rates for the sixth time in a row. Members of…
In Putin’s Russia, Victory Day is no longer about 1945
Stepping out onto Red Square for today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow, it was clear to see that Vladimir Putin…
Labour celebrate largest poll lead since Truss
Poor Rishi Sunak is not having a very good week. After a bruising set of local elections and two defections…
Labour MPs need to grow up
Westminster is full of clever people who spend a lot of time stupidly making simple things complicated. The story of…
Apple’s tone deaf advert shows the tech firm is losing its way
Apple has a reputation for advertising that not only sells their products effectively, but sets a standard few of their…
Why a disabled pedestrian had her cyclist manslaughter conviction quashed
A woman who shouted and waved at a cyclist, causing her to fall in front of a car, has had…
Inside the Labour backlash over Keir Starmer’s latest Tory recruit
Has Keir Starmer made a tactical mistake by recruiting the Tory MP Natalie Elphicke as his latest Starmtrooper? That’s the…
Why the Bank of England must cut interest rates
As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces its interest rate decision today it has the chance to…
The best and worst of the 2024 Met Gala
On Monday night, celebrities, designers and the highest edges of New York’s upper crust attended the biggest party of the…
Elphicke is wrong: the Tories haven’t abandoned the centre ground
It takes some brass neck to cross the floor, but to do it in the manner of Natalie Elphicke also…
Swinney-Forbes should get the basics right
John Swinney, Scotland’s new first minister, has appointed his inaugural cabinet – and it’s almost unaltered from the team headed by Humza Yousaf.…
Why Belgrade is cosying up to Beijing
Thousands of Serbs gathered outside the Palace of Serbia today to welcome the Chinese president Xi Jinping, chanting ‘China, Serbia’.…
Keir Starmer is ashamed of his party
Questions from backbenchers dominated PMQs. Sir Edward Leigh is keen to end unfettered immigration and he announced a way to…
Pro-Palestine campus protests have gone too far
The Prime Minister has summoned the vice chancellors of several universities to Downing Street to read them the riot act…
The vindication of Kate Forbes
So much for Scotland being the home of ‘radical’ progressive politics. After almost two decades of the Scottish National party…
There’s nothing noble about Natalie Elphicke’s defection
With the best will in the world, it is hard to see the defection of Natalie Elphicke MP to the…
Five times Natalie Elphicke criticised Starmer’s Labour
Another one bites the dust. The second Tory to defect to Labour in as many weeks is none other than…
Releasing prisoners early is a mistake
Some prisoners will be freed up to 70 days early to ease overcrowding in jails. This isn’t the first time…
