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Trump: To help Ukraine, Europe must help itself first
Fresh off the back of a summit with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, the President of the United States…
Trump: UK encryption laws are like what you get in China
Keir Starmer may have survived his meeting with Donald Trump yesterday – with the President saying he was ‘inclined’ to support…
SNP face fresh exodus as thousands desert party
Dear oh dear. Just as positive polling had lifted the spirits of the Scottish Nats, news of their membership exodus…
Will Labour MPs scupper a US-UK trade deal?
A UK-US trade deal is on the table. On a surprisingly successful trip to Washington, US President Donald Trump made…
Trump: Joe or Hunter Biden left cocaine in the White House
Back in 2023, when Joe Biden was President of the United States, there was something of a drugs scandal in…
Spectator exclusive: Don’t ban the tush-push, says Trump
In a wide-ranging interview with The Spectator in the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald J. Trump weighed in on…
The Spectator’s interview with President Trump: full transcript
The following is an edited transcript of Ben Domenech’s exclusive sit-down with Donald Trump — the president’s first magazine interview…
Is the Kurdish PKK about to lay down its arms?
On Thursday, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) called on his organisation to lay down their arms…
Trump: I was surprised to get on well with Starmer
By most accounts, Keir Starmer seems to have done a good job keeping Donald Trump on side when the two…
Is Trump Putin’s useful idiot?
Those whose mouths have been left hanging open by Donald Trump’s pivot towards Russia in the past fortnight, and the…
Can Reform land a knockout blow in Hull?
It was to a packed-out auditorium that Nigel Farage announced his party’s mayoral candidate for Hull and East Yorkshire on…
The BBC can’t brush aside the Gaza documentary scandal
The BBC’s admission of serious editorial failures in its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone is not just a scandal – it…
The big mistake Starmer made with Donald Trump
Keir Starmer did almost everything right. He headed for lunch with the President, leaving the British Embassy’s Jaguars and Land…
Merz is caught in a defence spending trap of his own making
It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned…
President Trump: Biden blames Obama for losing the election
In a wide-ranging conversation at the White House yesterday evening, Donald Trump was in the mood to talk about everything…
The CofE is dealing with its safeguarding crisis badly
The John Smyth affair in the Church of England has already claimed the scalp of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby…
The rationale behind Trump’s second state visit
When Keir Starmer greeted President Trump on his visit to Washington, he held a piece of paper in his hand…
Trump presser could not have gone better for Starmer
Keir Starmer could not have dreamed of a better press conference with Donald Trump. Much of its success was not…
Trump plays the joker with Starmer
Donald Trump was in a jocular mood as he met with Keir Starmer, barely allowing the Prime Minister to get…
BBC apologises for ‘serious flaws’ in Gaza documentary
The Beeb is better at becoming the news than making it these days. The last fortnight has seen the corporation…
Reform announce Olympic gold medallist as mayoral candidate
As Prime Minister Keir Starmer is making headlines stateside after his big talk with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage is busy…
Starmer’s Trump charm offensive gets underway
The Trump charm offensive has begun. Keir Starmer has met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office as his first…
The true meaning of Trump’s AI Gaza video
Donald Trump’s AI-generated vision of Gaza – complete with golden statues of himself, bearded belly dancers, and a triumphant song…
Medical students are being let down
It’s allocation day for junior doctor jobs. Soon-to-be medical graduates across the UK find out what deanery they will work…
Chagos – the riviera of the Indian Ocean?
Keir Starmer seemed on unusually good form as he arrived in Washington last night. He cracked quite a good joke about the…