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What should we make of Russell Brand’s baptism?
Could Russell Brand, who has just been baptised, become a significant Christian figure? I suppose he could become a sort…
Sadiq Khan has failed London’s women
More than four million women and girls live in London. They represent over half (51 per cent) of the capital’s…
Does Scottish Labour really want an election?
Given the SNP’s abject disarray, it is no surprise to see Scottish Labour demanding a snap Holyrood election. After all,…
Banana skins from the UCLA encampment
Cockburn wasn’t sure how he would occupy his time after the season finale of The Bachelor aired last month. As it turns…
Tory MPs – not members – should elect the party’s next leader
Since first becoming Chairman of the 1922 Committee in 2010, Graham Brady has overseen the election of three Conservative leaders…
When will the Telegraph sale be concluded?
To the Commons, where Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer this afternoon gave a ministerial statement on the future of the Telegraph Media…
The reassuring return of King Charles
Illness, like death, is society’s greatest leveller, and so the news that the King had been affected by cancer led…
Brexit has not made food unaffordable
Imagine that for the past 30 years all food entering Britain from EU countries had been subject to stringent sanitary…
Why Sunak is not for turning in his fight with junior doctors
Those waiting for the local election results before they look for evidence of Rishi Sunak’s fightback are running late: the…
Is Javier Milei’s medicine working?
Javier Milei was taking too many risks. Argentina’s president didn’t have enough political support. And his radical version of free…
Ireland is furious about Britain’s immigration mess
‘We will not be used as a loophole in another country’s immigration challenges.’ Those were the angry words of Irish…
The trouble with the elite American campus
One of the key critiques of DEI — the identity-based preference system better known as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion —…
Whoever wins the SNP leadership race, the party loses
None of the candidates for the SNP leadership has declared yet, but it is shaping up to be a classic…
Why are police officers slow to respond to domestic abuse call-outs?
Popping out to buy milk the other night, I saw how women die. My nearest local shop in south-west London, the…
I was raised by dog breeders. Has the ASPCA got them all wrong?
I had the pleasure — my therapist says the misfortune — of growing up in a doggy dynasty. My grandpa…
Why Emmanuel Macron wants to give nukes to the EU
Emmanuel Macron is thinking and saying the unthinkable for a French President of the Republic. This weekend he suggested that…
The NHS has finally seen sense on biological sex
Sex is a biological fact, the NHS declared this morning. Seriously, if the health service was ever in any doubt…
Why Britain’s Rwanda Bill has rattled Emmanuel Macron
Britain’s Rwanda Bill has exposed the deep divisions in France between how the people and the political elite regard mass…
Watch: Deputy FM accidentally announces leadership bid
It’s a gaffe a day with the SNP. Even with hapless Humza stepping down, the Nats are still slipping up.…
The truth about Ireland’s £600 million Brexit ‘bonanza’
Ireland is reaping the benefits of a Brexit bonus to the tune of €700 million (£600 million). It is not…
One shark attack shouldn’t put you off Tobago
Last week, the tiny Caribbean island of Tobago was left reeling after a British tourist staying there was attacked by…
Fergus Ewing: How Kate Forbes can save the SNP
Following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister, a fresh leadership contest could soon be on the cards. His would-be successors…
The benefits bill won’t improve without an NHS turnaround
How much can Mel Stride really do to cut the benefits bill? In the Commons today, the Work and Pensions…
Did Nicola Sturgeon kill Humza Yousaf’s Alba deal?
After the tears, the recriminations. Just who scuppered the putative deal between Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan MSP that could…
Netanyahu is in a bind over invading Rafah
When Israel responded to Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack in a measured military fashion on 19 April, some believed…
