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Soho’s Nimbys are the worst in Britain
I am aware that there is limited interest in my domestic arrangements, but there is a reason why I’m telling…
Ministers must get the Defence Investment Plan right
The speech by Pete Hegseth, the US Defense Secretary, to Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue was addressed to a Pacific audience. His…
Trump has Iran over a barrel
When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? When the person declaring it is Donald Trump. Opinions differ about the wisdom…
The exchange which proved the absurdity of Australia’s gender laws
Almost 150 years ago, the famed British jurist A. V. Dicey wrote that sovereign parliaments ‘can do everything but make…
The SNP are creating a housing disaster
Scotland faces a housing disaster. Rents are ballooning, especially in Edinburgh and Glasgow; incomes are stagnant; and while its house…
Should Europe mediate Russia-Ukraine talks?
The worst job in the world is to try negotiating with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine…
The uncomfortable truth about Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund
President Trump has faced relentless, extraordinary efforts to destroy him outside of heretofore normal political combat. The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago…
Put Orwell back on the syllabus!
It’s been an unrelenting dynamic of hyperliberalism that when it comes to the teaching of history and literature, it’s imperative…
Blair left Britain ‘run by HR’
In case you feared that the onslaught of political essays by wannabe (and current) prime ministers was beginning to dry…
Ukraine’s Jehovah’s Witnesses are refusing to go to war
Prison guards led Vitalii Kryschenko to an inhospitable, cramped cell. Inside, the prisoners were curious. They watched with great interest…
Don’t forget the evil of the Iranian regime
America’s war on Iran was supposed to give Iranians their freedom. But even in February, at the start of the conflict, the…
I’m sick of the Manc-splaining about Andy Burnham
Northerners love to chat, especially with complete strangers. Often it takes little more than a tin of tomatoes at a supermarket…
Belgium has a free speech problem
The conviction by a Belgian court of far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove has alarmed both the country’s right and left.…
Mark Carney’s Brexit blunder
Politicians often refer to examples in history to make a point about a particular idea, policy or event. It can…
Don’t bet on a blue wave in the US midterms
There are several reasons to think we won’t see a blue wave in this year’s US midterm elections. A basic…
No one wants to be honest about social care
It’s refreshing that social care has become a topic over which the putative Labour leadership contenders are prepared to scrap,…
Get ready for the rudest midterms ever
When someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level. No, our motto is: ‘When…
Zia Yusuf doesn’t hold back
The tragic murder of Henry Nowak has sparked fury across Britain. The 18-year-old was disgracefully arrested and handcuffed by police…
You don’t need AI to tell you if an asylum seeker is lying
How can you tell when an asylum seeker professing to be child is lying? Often, it’s because he has crow’s…
Britain is facing huge demographic change
This week, the ONS published data on births during 2025. According to their data, for the first time over 40…
Whitehall’s missing list
Standards in Whitehall have not exactly been high for quite some time. Whether it is working from the sofa, demanding…
Did ‘neoliberalism’ really wreck Britain?
Andy Burnham thinks Tony Blair is missing something, and he is being too polite to say it is a few…
Are Trump and Netanyahu heading for a showdown?
Depending on which day it is, the ongoing peace talks between the United States and Iran are either a few…
Restore, the Greens and the rise of Gen Z Jew hate
At first glance, the youth wings of Restore Britain and the Green party would appear to have little in common.…
Andy Burnham demands more state control
After being warned by Sir Tony Blair in a 5,600-word essay not to drag the country back to the 1970s,…
