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What to expect from today’s elections
Americans head to the polls today, with gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey and mayoral elections in New York City and Minneapolis. The…
Trump’s nuclear weapons testing is a dangerous idea
It is often difficult to discern the exact meaning of President Trump’s public statements. He does not consider words carefully,…
Bridget Phillipson must not abandon special needs children
Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, has finally turned her attention back to her brief – and there is…
How Dick Cheney made Donald Trump
Former vice president Dick Cheney, who died on Monday at age 84, loathed Donald Trump. In a 2022 election campaign ad for…
Was Dick Cheney a hero or a villain?
Former US vice president Dick Cheney died last night aged 84. He arrived in Washington as a congressman for Wyoming,…
Badenoch has a new favourite word: work
After Nigel Farage’s address on Reform’s tax plans yesterday and Rachel Reeves’s effort to lay the groundwork for the Budget…
John Lewis’s Christmas advert might be its worst yet
John Lewis’s Christmas advert is back – and this year’s effort is even more mawkish, unfocused and wearying than ever.…
Can the last ‘working person’ in Britain please turn out the lights?
Early morning surprises can be lovely, but not when they involve Rachel Reeves. Probably the last thing anybody wants to…
The rise of anti-democratic human rights
Seventy-five years ago today the European Convention on Human Rights was signed in Rome by the 12 states, including Britain,…
Britain’s stingy state pension is good news
That Britain has the least generous state pension in the G7 should be recognised for what it is: good news.…
What does Rachel Reeves really mean that we must all ‘do our bit’?
It is three weeks until the Budget – and Rachel Reeves wants to get her narrative out there. The Chancellor…
Budget tax rises will mark the beginning of the long end for Labour
So just what was the point in dragging political journalists out of bed to be addressed by Rachel Reeves in…
Do black lives still matter?
It was an ethnic massacre so bad that it could be seen from space. Satellites picked up bloodied patches of…
The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is in danger of shattering
It’s been almost a year since Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that arguably held more power in Lebanon than…
Is it all over for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie?
There is a saying, variously attributed either to Euripides or Shakespeare, that is something along the lines of ‘the sins…
Can the European Convention on Human Rights survive?
Today is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. In spite of its longevity, the Convention faces…
Grade inflation is harming a generation of school children
The national Covid-19 inquiry rumbles slowly onwards. Module 8, examining the impact of the pandemic on children and young people,…
The return of Erik Prince
Erik Prince, the American mercenary, wants to sell you a phone. His Unplugged phone is aimed at stopping big tech…
Trump refuses to take 60 Minutes bait
“Have some of these raids gone too far?” Norah O’Donnell asked Donald Trump of ICE immigration arrests as he sat…
Jeffrey Epstein may yet wreak more havoc on Keir Starmer
Short of dressing the former Duke of York in a Carmen Miranda-style fruit headdress and attaching two Catherine wheels to…
Revealed: BBC doctored Trump January 6 speech
Fake news indeed! The British Daily Telegraph has reported that the BBC deceptively edited a speech by Donald Trump to make it…
Blow for Scottish Tories as Reform gain another councillor
To Ayrshire, where a former Tory councillor who quit the party in July has defected to Reform UK. North Ayrshire…
Don’t take away Andrew’s Falklands medal
The official response to growing public concern about Prince Andrew has been slow and hesitant. The King’s brother announced last month…
France is in the grip of a heist epidemic
The good news for the French police is that three of the four people suspected of carrying off the ‘heist…
Nigel Farage is right to abandon tax cuts
Nigel Farage has shelved massive tax cuts in favour of slashing public spending in a bid to balance the books.…
