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Why Reform’s critics say they’re fascist
To smear your opponents as fascists or Nazis has always been the perennial temptation of those who seek to terminate…
It’s rich of Nicola Sturgeon to criticise flag-waving
The audacity of it! The hypocrisy! First, Nicola Sturgeon says yesterday in a TV interview that she’s ‘not that into…
The Scottish Greens don’t seem to care about saving the planet
Anyone continuing to labour under the misapprehension that the Scottish Green party is primarily concerned with matters environmental should stop…
Why Nepal’s Gen Z overthrew its government
Nepal’s prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned after nationwide demonstrations descended into bloodshed. At least 22 people have been killed and hundreds injured in…
I made the Epstein cookies
Is it wrong to bake cookies from a recipe addressed to a pedophile and sex trafficker? When I found the…
Victoria’s Aboriginal ‘Treaty’ will undermine its democracy
On Tuesday evening, my six-year old’s suburban Melbourne primary school staged a wonderful concert, an all-school celebration of contemporary song,…
Sébastien Lecornu is Macron’s last hope
Emmanuel Macron has named Sébastien Lecornu, a loyal confidant, as France’s new prime minister after François Bayrou’s resignation. At 39,…
Iryna Zarutska and the reality of American ‘two-tier’ justice
Under Trumpism the old certainties no longer hold and are starting to ebb away. Do illegal immigrants really have an…
The judiciary is still in thrall to DEI
Reports of the death of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) have been grossly exaggerated. DEI still threatens to undermine equality…
Trump is sending mixed messages about the Qatar attack
Oops. The White House is claiming that President Trump directed the ubiquitous Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar that Israel was…
Brits are fed up with overpriced coffee
We don’t lead the world in Artificial Intelligence. We can’t keep up with the Chinese in making electric vehicles, and…
Why the French fear the far-left
A caller to a French radio station on Monday morning said he supported Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. However, he…
Starmer must hold his nerve on Palestine Action
Keir Starmer is hardly famous for his grit. But the proscription of Palestine Action is one issue on which the…
Six questions the National must answer
Scottish daily the National is known for its inimitable approach to journalism. The mainstream media bombards SNP ministers with impertinent…
The only people who should watch Iryna Zarutska dying
There are precious few people who should watch the video released yesterday of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska slowly dying as…
When Labour’s best bet is Bridget Phillipson
It’s always nice when the muses of tragedy and comedy seem to be working in perfect sync: nowhere is this…
Israel is right to strike Hamas’s leaders in Qatar
When the government of Qatar condemned the Israeli airstrike in Doha as a ‘cowardly’ act, it revealed less about the…
Could Epstein’s birthday book trip up the British Ambassador?
In May, Sky News asked Lord Mandelson, Britain’s Ambassador to the United States of America, if it was true that he’d stayed at Epstein’s…
What Israel’s Qatar strike on Hamas reveals
‘We are ready to accept a deal (with Hamas) that would end this war, based on the cabinet decision,’ Israeli…
Can Peter Mandelson survive his association with Jeffrey Epstein?
What a difference 48 hours can make. On Saturday afternoon, Lord Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the United States, was…
Reform are clueless about the health of Britain’s countryside
When it was put to him that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, Richard Tice, Reform…
Farage is right, it is time to ban the Muslim Brotherhood
Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform party conference may have been, for the most part, heavy on spectacle and light…
Is it really ‘clear’ the Trump-Epstein birthday letter is fake?
The “bawdy” birthday letter from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, which the Wall Street Journal reported the existence of in July, has…
Why must the next Labour deputy leader be a woman?
Harriet Harman has declared that the next deputy leader of the Labour party “definitely needs to be a woman.” I…
The strike to save the future of horse racing
Horse racing is a notoriously factional sport. The interests of owners and trainers, for example, are quite different from those…
