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What do Jeremy Hunt’s welfare reforms add up to?
In his Budget speech, Jeremy Hunt made a great play on how Conservatives value work. Tories love talking about this…
The biggest Budget surprise wasn’t one of Jeremy Hunt’s announcements
The biggest surprise from today’s Budget was not an announcement, but the forecasts that gave Jeremy Hunt room for manoeuvre.…
Why Biden will never let Silicon Valley fail
After a bank run on Silicon Valley Bank left the institution in ruins, the Federal Reserve announced it would make…
Will Credit Suisse trigger a global banking crisis?
When your largest single shareholder decides that enough is enough, that it is no longer prepared to throw good money…
What Biden gets wrong about women’s rights
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the past few years you will almost certainly have met the ‘woke…
Budget 2023: the main takeaways
Jeremy Hunt is today unveiling his first Budget. He has told the Commons that his Budget will help deliver on…
Will the BBC own up to its Covid impartiality failings?
As Gary Lineker resumes his duties as the BBC’s highest-paid employee, it is worth appreciating that one of the Corporation’s…
Paris is stinking
They say Spring is a magical time to visit Paris but perhaps not this year. It’s not so much love…
Six key announcements in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Jeremy Hunt got the job as Chancellor because he is very different from his predecessor. If Kwasi Kwarteng was rash…
Why did a Russian jet and a US drone collide?
This morning, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone over the Black Sea. The…
Rishi Sunak has a scrutiny problem
Rishi Sunak is in a hurry to fulfil his ‘five priorities’, especially on small boats. He’s in a hurry because…
Rishi’s Richmond flourish in No. 10
During Boris Johnson’s tenure, No 10. Downing Street seemed to anthropomorphise into being political actors itself. From partygate to wallpapergate,…
Will Rishi invite Biden to his California pad?
When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister last October, Joe Biden phoned him to reaffirm the ‘special relationship’. But when the two leaders…
Fiona Bruce shouldn’t be punished for her Stanley Johnson comments
It is not the first time Fiona Bruce has been slated on social media. She has long been accused of…
Is Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse a turning point for the markets?
What is it about March? October, the month of the 1929 Wall Street crash and the crash of 1987, is…
Britain’s cooling labour market could spell trouble for Hunt
Is the UK’s labour market cooling down? While unemployment remains unchanged at 3.7 per cent, according to today’s update from the Office…
Jeremy Hunt’s sober Budget briefing
How times change: seven months ago we were eagerly awaiting the Tiggerish Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal event, replete…
Who are the polls predicting will be the next leader of Scotland?
Voting for the next SNP leader has begun. But who will emerge as the winner is far from clear. Nearly…
How Albania’s mafia took control of Europe’s trafficking network
America must get tough against the Mexican drug cartels, former US Attorney General, William Barr, declared earlier this month. Likening them…
Could Donald Trump tank Aukus?
There are few surprises in the Aukus nuclear-powered submarine programmed announced by Rishi Sunak, his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, and…
Aukus is a gamechanger
Aukus is one of the most significant security pacts in modern history. It marks a bold new era in how…
Gary Lineker has exposed the truth about television
The Gary Lineker debacle has exposed the breathtaking historical and political ignorance of the supposedly educated. Lineker’s suspension – and…
Can Aukus really counter China?
Rishi Sunak has announced in California the details of the UK-US pact to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Aukus was…
Small boats bill sails through parliament
When No. 10 first planned the illegal migration bill – to stop those who enter the UK illegally from claiming…
Is Georgia seeing a ‘colour revolution’?
On the face of it, the protests that rocked the Georgian capital of Tbilisi last week looked a lot like…
