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What rewilders don’t understand about the British countryside
It comes without warning. A black shape shearing out of the sky, a clap of wings like a sail breaking. The…
Starmer recognises Palestine. Where next?
Sir Keir Starmer will recognise Palestine as a country despite objections from both the US and Israel. Yet when it…
The mullahs’ grip on Iran is failing
Mahsa Amini was killed by Iran’s morality police on 16 September 2022. Her only ‘crime’ was wearing ‘improper hijab’. The…
Crimes that aren’t crimes in New York
There were lots of shocked people when state terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione – the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare…
Meet Britain’s new RoboCops
‘Small but mighty,’ is how Baroness Casey described Bedfordshire Police when she released her report on grooming gangs over the summer. She…
London must break its temporary housing cycle
London is often held up as the jewel in Britain’s crown. Yet beneath the city’s gleaming skyline lies a less…
Andy Burnham isn’t the answer to Labour’s woes
There was a palpable feeling of euphoria across my home city of Manchester when the Gallagher brothers finally buried years…
Deploying the military won’t stop illegal migration
There was a grain or two of truth in what Donald Trump said last week about migration. A polity is…
Lib Dems have an answer for why their party isn’t doing better
Whatever the weather, there will be sandals and socks aplenty in Bournemouth this weekend, as the Lib Dems descend on…
Lazy Polish stereotypes are spoiling British films
Netflix’s film of The Thursday Murder Club has all the makings of a British export hit: a cosy crime plot, a cast…
Doha attack was a blast from the past
Israel’s audacious strike against the leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization in Qatar exemplifies the Jewish state’s new security doctrine…
Robert Munsch’s license to die
Once upon a time, there was a hugely successful children’s author named Robert Munsch. His books (more than 70!) sold…
What the Tories should learn from Trump
Robert Jenrick has warned that he is ‘absolutely terrified’ Britain is heading for a debt crisis ‘unless Rachel Reeves changes…
This peer’s Assisted Suicide speech was truly bonkers
We’re back again in the House of Peers this week as they once again give a leaden beating to Leadbeater’s…
Oxford’s decline and fall is no surprise
What’s the quickest way to make the two most famous universities in the world go wrong? Make it easier to…
Kyiv is running out of money
In all the speculation about when Russia might run out of money to fund its war in Ukraine, one fact…
How the Princess of Wales bonded with Melania Trump
President Trump arrives back in the United States today, and Keir Starmer will have returned to 10 Downing Street breathing…
Nish Kumar has been cancelled – but not for the reason he thinks
Nish Kumar isn’t the first television comedian to throw himself into activist politics in recent times. Another former panellist on…
Julie Burchill, Gareth Roberts and Madeline Grant on what makes Britain great
This month, GQ Magazine asked some celebs what they love about Britain. Names such as Emma Thompson, Anthony Joshua and…
Is Kash Patel up to the job?
The morning after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, FBI Director Kash Patel stood in a Utah conference room, the state’s Governor Spencer…
Borrowing is spiralling out of control
There really is no good news for Rachel Reeves as she prepares her second Budget. This morning’s borrowing figures are not…
Has France become ungovernable?
One million people protested in France yesterday. That was according to the trade unions, who organised the day of industrial…
Will Britain ever join the EU’s defence loan scheme?
Nick Thomas-Symonds holds the venerable position of His Majesty’s Paymaster General, which, ironically as we shall see, was once in…
We need Brian Sewell more than ever
‘Rouse tempers, goad and lacerate, raise whirlwinds’ were the words theatre critic Kenneth Tynan had pinned above his desk. Perhaps no writer…
Why is the Assisted Dying Bill being rushed through the Lords?
One may hardly be surprised that the battle over life and death in Parliament, focused on Kim Leadbeater’s controversial assisted…
