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Are we really reaching ‘farmaggedon’?

13 April 2024 1:32 am

I happened to be walking in the Cambridgeshire fens this morning while listening to the latest instalment of ‘farmageddon’ –…

Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics

12 April 2024 11:45 pm

The great trans hoax is coming to an end. The idea of thousands of people being ‘trapped’ in the wrong…

The courts can’t solve climate change

12 April 2024 11:19 pm

It was always a racing certainty that this week’s ‘Swiss grannies’ climate change judgment in Strasbourg would spawn a new wave of…

Can Starmer be trusted with Trident?

12 April 2024 11:02 pm

Three weeks after the Prime Minister visited Barrow-in-Furness to pose with models of submarines, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer…

The Angela Rayner council house row deepens

12 April 2024 9:24 pm

The row over Angela Rayner’s tax affairs is becoming more serious. This morning, Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation into…

Scottish government spent £400,000 on promoting new hate crime law

12 April 2024 9:02 pm

Back to Scotland and Humza Yousaf’s controversial new hate law. The First Minister’s Hate Crime Act has left an already…

Police launch investigation into Rayner housing claims

12 April 2024 8:45 pm

Well, well, well. Less than 24 hours after Keir Starmer tried to brush off questions about Angela Rayner, it turns…

How did the BBC get the trans debate so wrong?

12 April 2024 8:17 pm

What must it feel like to realise you are part of an organisation that has placed so-called progressive values ahead…

Ukraine’s controversial new conscription law takes effect

12 April 2024 7:37 pm

The Ukrainian parliament has finally stopped delaying the inevitable and voted for a new law that tightens mobilisation processes, strengthens penalties for…

The UK leaves recession behind in 2023

12 April 2024 7:09 pm

The economy grew by 0.1 per cent in February: not much to celebrate on its own but the small uptick…

Israel is still committed to eliminating Hamas

12 April 2024 5:36 pm

On Wednesday, three sons of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed by an Israeli airstrike. The three were killed…

Have Scottish politicians read the Cass Review?

12 April 2024 6:14 am

The Cass Review may prove to be a tipping point in radical gender ideology’s march through mainstream politics, institutions and…

The irresponsibility of ‘two years to save the planet’

12 April 2024 3:21 am

Hurrah, we can all relax. We have been granted an extra two years to save the planet. So suggested Simon…

Watch: Tetchy Starmer wriggles over Rayner’s tax affairs

12 April 2024 2:37 am

Angela Rayner appears unable to shake off questions about her tax affairs — literally. And now in an interview with…

Don’t be scared of Iran

12 April 2024 2:31 am

Why are people so scared of ‘escalation’? The escalation paradigm is the outstanding relic of the Cold War. There is…

Has Iran saved Israel’s relationship with the US?

12 April 2024 1:36 am

Only a few days ago, President Biden was framing remarks about Israel in tones which were astoundingly critical for an…

Why Biden and Trump risk upsetting ‘the base’

12 April 2024 1:33 am

The Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld an abortion ban from 1864 had Democratic campaign managers practically breaking out their…

Reform apologises for not realising candidate had died

11 April 2024 11:15 pm

Uh oh. Reform UK has not had an easy ride with its general election candidates, to put it mildly. Richard…

Why no one is celebrating a small fall in NHS waiting lists

11 April 2024 11:02 pm

The NHS England waiting list has fallen for a fifth month in a row: to 7.54 million in February, down…

JK Rowling won’t forgive Harry Potter actors for trans stance

11 April 2024 9:30 pm

All is not well in the Harry Potter universe. Author of the hit wizarding novels and prominent women’s rights campaigner…

The EU’s migrant pact is worthless

11 April 2024 7:45 pm

It has been a bloody April in France. Last week a 13-year-old girl of Algerian origin was beaten unconscious, allegedly by her…

The real reason French spies aren’t caught in honeytraps

11 April 2024 7:02 pm

French spies are impossible to blackmail in honeytraps because their wives already know they’re having affairs. And if you believe this,…

Boris lashes out at Rishi’s ‘mad’ smoking ban

11 April 2024 6:57 pm

Oh dear. Having his leadership questioned is becoming an almost-daily occurrence for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. When he announced he…

Prize money doesn’t belong at the Olympics

11 April 2024 6:22 pm

Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics, has come up with the daft and damaging idea that athletes should be…

Watch: Canadian MPs sing God Save the King after constitutional motion defeat

11 April 2024 6:13 pm

Well, well, well. In a turn of events that is good news for Canada’s monarchists, a motion that would have…