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The drop in language students has nothing to do with Brexit
The number of students studying modern languages is plummeting, The Sunday Times says today. ‘The number of pupils studying German…
The mystery of the Baltic god in Kent
One of the stranger events of the summer of 2023 is the sudden and unexplained appearance, one night in early…
What explains Taiwan’s warmth towards Imperial Japan?
The online TaiwanPlus news agency reported recently that a new memorial had been unveiled in southern Taiwan to commemorate the…
Do we need a nationwide DNA database for crime?
When a man has spent 17 years in prison for a crime that he didn’t commit, there are many urgent…
Lincoln’s Inn has fallen for the latest fad
The story of the out-of-touch 1960s High Court judge asking counsel ‘Who are the Beatles? Are they giving evidence in…
Should we be looking at geo-engineering the climate?
Has a well-meaning international effort to cut pollution from ships contributed to a sudden warming of the waters in the…
Aliens probably exist, but they haven’t visited us
The military types who recently testified before a congressional hearing about their close encounters with UFOs were not the usual suspects…
The FOI response that exposed the SNP’s EU delusion
Tony Blair famously regretted his government’s introduction of freedom of information laws. ‘You idiot. You naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop. There…
Brighton rock bottom: How the Greens nearly destroyed the city I love
When you’re short-sighted, everyone seems attractive; for this reason, I don’t often wear my glasses, as I think myopia has…
Joe Biden was right to withdraw from Afghanistan
‘Today was hard. I can’t imagine what it was like for the families of those we left behind.’ That was…
National service is a bad idea that won’t go away
My father did National Service and was lucky enough to end up in Trieste, which was probably the best posting…
The unbearable strangeness of the Ukraine war
As a journalist, I’ve been on the periphery of quite a few wars: for example, I went to Bosnia as…
Dominic Cummings slams Sunak and calls for new party
There was a time when Boris backers accused Rishi Sunak of being in cahoots with Dominic Cummings, as part of…
All migrants removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge
This week the government has been focusing its energies on small boats crossing the channel, with several new immigration announcements.…
The UK’s immigration impotence
We will never know precisely who Channel migrant number 100,000 was, but we do know he was one of around…
Angus MacNeil expelled from the SNP after bust up with chief whip
Uh oh. Following a rowdy bust up with the SNP’s chief whip Brendan O’Hara, the party establishment has now chosen…
Ecuador is becoming a narco-state
Few political assassinations will have been as predictable as Fernando Villavicencio’s, the Ecuadorian presidential candidate and anti-corruption firebrand gunned down…
What is the point of Lee Anderson?
Who is the most divisive figure in politics? Last year the Daily Mirror claimed Lee Anderson was ‘the worst man…
Listen: English doctors won’t accept a Scottish pay rise
Dear oh dear. Those pesky junior doctors strike again — literally. The fifth round of industrial action started this morning…
UK economy grows by 0.5% in June – defying expectations
So the economy has defied the predictions of doom once more. The latest figures released by the Office for National…
Europe’s migrant crisis is about to get much worse
The first time Mohamed Bazoum came to the attention of the European media was in the aftermath of the Great…
‘Get the boats done’ – could there be a referendum on the ECHR?
It’s ‘stop the boats’ week in 10 Downing Street as part of government plans to avoid a news vacuum over the…
Prince Harry could learn from the Japanese royals
Plain old Harry Windsor, as he is now, is in Japan for the International Sports Promotion Summit and a few…
Diane Abbott deletes foul-mouthed migrant tweet
Is Diane Abbott OK? A day after the independent MP hit out at Tory party deputy chairman Lee Anderson for…
Tory deputy chair: Tories have failed on migration
Oh dear. It’s ‘Stop the Boats’ week in 10 Downing Street as the government tries to set the news agenda…
