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How NatCon Brussels was saved from censorship
When I was first scheduled to speak at this year’s National Conservatism conference (NatCon) in Brussels, I expected it to…
What the Mark Menzies scandal means for the Tories
You’ve got to feel for Rishi Sunak. He spends his days slaving around the clock to shave half a percentage…
Humza Yousaf could never realise Sturgeon’s fantasy climate plans
It was Cop26 in Glasgow and Nicola Sturgeon was in her element, posing for selfies with Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough…
Prince Harry ditches UK as primary residence
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Queen of Privacy never manage to keep out of the news for too…
Labour should think twice before taxing pensioners
Labour, according to Rachel Reeves, is now the party of low taxes. She has said she won’t raise income tax,…
It’s no surprise the SNP’s climate change law has failed
When Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the SNP’s climate change pledge in 2019, the First Minister boasted that Scotland had the ‘most…
Europe’s coffee houses are in trouble
There’s bad news for coffee fans: the price of your favourite beverage – which has already rocketed in recent years…
We need more Kemi Badenochs
On Tuesday, parliament voted for the first time on legislation to begin the phasing out of smoking (not just cigarettes,…
The tragedy of Emma Raducanu
It is hard not to feel a teeny weeny bit sorry for Emma Raducanu, who was hailed as the next…
Time is ticking to save Vladimir Kara-Murza
A year ago today, the Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years – the longest sentence handed down…
The National Portrait Gallery’s bizarre obsession with slavery
We might have foreseen that the movement to radicalise the art and museum world would in time come back to…
Rishi gets witty at PMQs
Keir Starmer came to Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) with a spring in his step. He announced that he owned ‘a…
Sunak has no excuse to not proscribe the IRGC
Lord Renwick, the Labour peer and former Foreign Office mandarin, used to say that young diplomats of a certain breeding…
The Foreign Office is in trouble if David Lammy takes charge
The heart sinks at the latest thoughts espoused by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, on a future Labour government’s…
Watch: Sunak ridicules Starmer over Rayner
The curious case of Angela Rayner’s tax affairs continues to drag on and Rishi Sunak isn’t prepared to let Sir…
Truss bestseller sold out on Amazon
She’s produced a bestseller! Liz Truss’s new book has been out for less than 72 hours and it’s already sold…
Inflation is down again – but don’t expect interest rates to follow suit
Interest rate cuts are beginning to look like a mirage: the closer we seem to get to them the more…
Why is the mayor of Tehran welcome in Brussels but not Nigel Farage?
‘How do you think this looks to the rest of the world?’ asked Nigel Farage as police attempted to shut…
Police probe Rayner over multiple allegations
Another day, another development in the curious case of Angela Rayner’s tax affairs. Mr S last week reported that Rayner…
JK Rowling has exposed the weak spot in the SNP’s misogyny law
When will the Scottish government get on with the day job? Hot on the heels of his controversial Hate Crime…
Does the Department of Veterans Affairs have a ‘rampant’ culture of sexual harassment?
The Department of Veterans Affairs came close to banning the iconic photo of a sailor kissing a dental nurse following…
Only Biden wins when conservatives fight over abortion
Last week, Arizona joined fourteen other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy after the state’s Supreme…
Truss turns on foes at book bash
After the longest promotional tour in history, Liz Truss finally held her belated book launch party. Less than an hour…
Liberty is dying under the Tories
It seems political consensus isn’t dead. It’s simply been hibernating, waiting for a kind of crackdown on personal liberty that…
Parliament votes for smoking ban
In the past few minutes, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has passed its second reading by 383 votes to 67,…
