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Khan: Trump is racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic
Ding ding ding! US President Donald Trump hit out at London mayor Sadiq Khan at the UN general assembly yesterday…
Kim Jong-un must not be rewarded for his bad behaviour
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, once again declared earlier this wek that he would only welcome peace talks with the…
Royal Parks debunk Farage’s swan eating claim
To Reform UK, which is continuing to lead Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party in the polls. Nigel Farage has led…
Are airports safe?
Stansted airport is in trouble. First, its operators say, there was a small fire in one of the lounges. This…
You won’t believe the latest ruse to make the case for digital ID
‘The British public is running out of patience with a state that does not work, where interactions with public services…
Trump has called Europe and Ukraine’s bluff
Has Donald Trump just announced the most consequential foreign policy reversal of his presidency? If so, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Burnham fires warning shot at Starmer
Labour conference begins on Sunday. Keir Starmer is under fire, besieged by all sides. The party’s left think he is…
Ireland’s presidential election is a farce
The Irish presidential election was already an anti-democratic farce even before the combined left candidate lobbed an incendiary device into…
Kimmel makes the case for free speech
After a few days in politically-induced time out that felt like a decade, Jimmy Kimmel made a triumphant return to…
No, Trump has not changed course on Ukraine
President Trump has once again played the global foreign-policy commentariat for fools. They have taken a startling statement from Trump’s…
Why kids won’t learn languages
The English have always had a terrible reputation when it comes to learning languages. Think of the stereotype of the…
McSweeney under fire over £700k donations
Well, well, well. The spotlight is back on Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney – and not in…
Keir Starmer’s Palestine doesn’t exist
King Cnut is misremembered as a deluded fool who tried to subdue the sea. In fact, he was a wise…
Trump has bought Milei some time
As he stared up from the bottom of an increasingly deep economic hole, Javier Milei has been offered a ladder…
The decline of the UN
As the world’s leaders and foreign ministers meet in New York for the UN General Assembly this week, recognition of…
Trump takes a pass on brokering peace in Ukraine
Has Donald Trump just announced the most consequential foreign policy reversal of his presidency? If so, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Ed Davey is the perfect Lib Dem leader
Ed Davey’s speech at the Lib Dem conference began with a darkened stage on which you could just about make…
Trump admonishes the United Nations
Was there a plot against President Trump at the United Nations? Upon his arrival, the escalator apparently stopped working. Next…
Trump: Khan wants to put London under sharia law
Donald Trump’s trip to the UK has finished and it appears his love-in with London has ended too. In a…
Ed Davey savages Nigel Farage in his Lib Dem conference speech
Liberal Democrats have been looking forward all summer to Sir Ed Davey’s party conference speech. For months, Nigel Farage’s Cheshire…
Holyrood’s bizarre seagull obsession
After weeks of suspense, the big day has finally arrived. The Scottish government has arranged a meeting in Inverness with…
The problem with Jess’s Rule
NHS England has today introduced Jess’s Rule, asking doctors to take a ‘three strikes and rethink approach’. The rule is…
Britain’s inflation woes aren’t going away
The OECD expects the UK economy to outperform the eurozone and grow by 1.4 per cent over the year. But…
Duchess of York’s Epstein email spurred by ‘chilling’ call
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and former wife of Prince Andrew, has come under scrutiny this week after an…
Why Trump shouldn’t bail out Milei
At the OECD, the IMF, and at Davos, there will probably be a few wry smiles, and a sense of…
