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The Tories are governing for Westminster obsessives
You know the Tories are worried about their core vote when they start talking tough on the BBC licence fee.…
Eddie Izzard’s charm offensive backfires
If there’s one thing Eddie Izzard can’t be faulted on, it’s enthusiasm. The comedian and actor, who also self-identifies as…
Starmer has no vision. Is that a bad thing?
Keir Starmer seems to be most comfortable when he’s pointing out how badly the Tories are doing, rather than when…
Starmer offers a heavy dose of the big state
Keir Starmer wants to set expectations early. Speaking at the Resolution Foundation’s economy conference later today, the opposition leader used…
Sunak to unveil new measures on legal migration
Rishi Sunak has had a bad start to the week, with the latest ConservativeHome cabinet league table placing him at…
Opening a bottle with… chef Heros de Agostinis
“Stealth wealth” became A Thing in 2023. TikTok was awash with “get the look!” fashion videos; magazines full of think…
Vivek is right: America is devolving into tyranny
Many commentators (including yours truly) have pointed out that America is divided more now than it has been since the late…
Starmer risks a backlash with his Thatcher praise
Two Telegraph stories in successive days illustrate Labour’s dilemma. Today the paper gives a favourable write-up to the party’s Australian-style…
How China weaponises its cuddly giant pandas
So Yang Guang and Tian Tian are on their way back to China. Rather like a pair of high-profile celebrities,…
France isn’t buying Macron’s excuses after the Eiffel Tower terror attack
There was more bloodshed in Paris this weekend, this time involving a man who, prosecutors claim, had pledged allegiance to the…
Why the world loves Margaret Thatcher
There are many rituals surrounding the placement of a new Japanese Emperor on the Chrysanthemum Throne. Perhaps the most peculiar…
Why Starmer praised Thatcher
In an event that almost forms part of Britain’s unwritten constitution, if not quite as regular an occurrence as Big…
Why Israel is changing tactics in its war on Hamas
The conflict in Gaza is about to enter a crucial phase as Israel continues its military campaign to destroy Hamas.…
Newsnight’s fate is a bad omen for the BBC
Newsnight, we learned last week, is losing ten minutes off its running time, more than half its staff including its entire…
Sunak hits record low in Tory members’ poll
If things seem bad, they can always get worse. That’s the message for poor Rishi Sunak in the latest ConservativeHome…
Keir Starmer changes his tune on Mrs T
Has Starmer Chameleon gone too far this time? In his never-ending bid to be all things to all men, the…
The thinking behind Rishi Sunak’s common sense Net Zero approach
Rishi Sunak has a new approach to Net Zero, defining himself against ‘zealots’ and acknowledging the side effects of proposed…
How Hamas’s ceasefire gamble backfired
Hamas’s refusal to negotiate the return of the remaining women still in captivity and an early morning missile attack on…
Are people with Alzheimer’s being denied justice?
My mother, aged 75, has advanced Alzheimer’s. This is heart-breaking enough – she is now at a stage where she…
Can Hamas really be ‘eliminated’?
The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell offered a provocative insight into the nature of Hamas this week. Speaking at the…
Is opposition to Kim Jong Un growing in North Korea?
North Korea is hardly the first country that comes to mind when you think of elections. Yet since the inception…
In defence of a ‘British culture’
From time to time, a would-be edgy Tweeter or columnist will shock us all by stating or suggesting that the…
Putin’s ‘loyalty cards’ are a new low for his regime
Loyalty cards in the West are used by supermarket chains to influence our shopping habits. They are fortunately absent from…
Why the far left sides with Hamas
The great fault of the global left is not that it supports Hamas. For how could western left-wing movements or…
Henry Kissinger saw his world fall apart
The leading advocate of world order died at a time when it all appeared to be coming undone. Henry Kissinger…
