World
Is Trump becoming a lame-duck president?
American presidents face an inescapable dilemma as soon as they are reelected. Because they cannot run again, they find it…
Keir Starmer is not waving but drowning at PMQs
Benjamin Disraeli once observed that the difference between a misfortune and a calamity was that if Mr Gladstone fell in…
Badenoch still has a Herculean task ahead of her
Kemi Badenoch’s good form at Prime Minister’s Questions continues. The Tory leader visibly enjoyed herself again today as she feasted…
The celebrity ECHR letter is pious posturing
Would someone please think of the luvvies? While the rest of the nation is furious about our out-of-control borders and the heinous…
How an Iran-Egypt Pride match threw the World Cup into disarray
Fifa looks set to face its first major scandal of the 2026 World Cup – if you don’t count the…
Rachel Reeves: There were too many Budget leaks
There were ‘too many leaks’ ahead of the autumn Budget, Rachel Reeves admitted this morning as she faced MPs on…
Mahmood should not waste her chance to reform the police
The Home Secretary is feeling the collars of our 43 chief constables. Shabana Mahmood has let it be known that…
Pantone’s ‘colour of the year’ isn’t racist
For those of you dreaming of a white Christmas, here’s some advice: keep your thoughts to yourselves. Or at least…
Could Shabana Mahmood merge the police into 12 forces?
‘The 43-force structure is no longer fit for purpose. In the interests of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing it…
Reform support in Scotland rises again
Another day, another bad poll for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party. With less than six months until the Scottish parliament…
Keir Starmer’s call for ECHR reform is a risky gamble
Ahead of a Council of Europe summit in Strasbourg today to discuss the future scope of the European Convention on…
The special needs racket is out of control
We are, as vicars like to tell us, all special in our own way. But none so much as children…
Will Australia’s social media ban work?
It’s all too easy to get hooked by the online world, to fall headlong into it, to spend hour upon…
Bardella and Le Pen are closer to power than ever before
The 20 days that Nicolas Sarkozy recently spent behind bars have been turned into a book published today. The 70-year-old…
The Great British Railways trains are an abomination
The Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, has revealed new train designs for the nationalised Great British Railways. By next spring, a…
Europe’s kind words and bear hugs can’t save Zelensky
If bear hugs were army divisions and brave words cash euros, Volodymyr Zelensky would have ended his tour of European…
Harry Potter doesn’t need a trigger warning
Take my advice and steer clear of your local university. It is not just the flu that’s spreading on campus.…
Farage and Bardella’s small boats pact
What will European politics look like in 2029? Nigel Farage is hoping that it resembles something like the pictures he…
The billion-dollar fraud in a Democratic utopia
The real world has, once again, intruded on the utopia that progressives fancifully believe in. The Department of Justice alleges…
Stella Creasy’s bizarre job advert
Labour MP Stella Creasy is hiring for a senior campaigns manger, and the job specifications are quite something. The Walthamstow…
From grooming gangs to maternity safety: how the British state is failing
Is anyone happy with the latest maternity safety report, published by Baroness Amos today? The former UN diplomat says the…
The battle to stop US universities aiding Chinese repression
It goes by an innocuous name – “Integrated Joint Operations Platform” (IJOP) – but it’s one of the most sinister…
Is racism to blame for the NHS maternity crisis?
‘Nothing prepared me,’ said Baroness Amos as she released her ‘reflections and initial impressions’ about England’s maternity and neonatal services,…
Plaid and Welsh Labour strike Senedd deal
December is a time for spirits aplenty. But has the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come visited early this year?…
Badenoch takes aim at Britain’s youth
Christmas is nearly upon us – but there is no sign that Kemi Badenoch is ready to enjoy a rest. The Leader of…
