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Will Ukrainian drones spoil Putin’s Victory Day parade?
Vladimir Putin’s subordinates are bending over backwards to ensure Saturday’s Victory Day parade in Moscow goes ahead smoothly. Mobile internet…
Starmer’s TikTok backfires (again)
Sir Keir Starmer’s desperation to get down with the kids hit new lows in the run up to the local…
Britain’s Potemkin asylum system
The British asylum system is fake. It’s fake because there’s a ‘shadow industry of law firms and advisers… charging thousands…
Trump is clinging to a mirage in the Middle East
Well, well, well. For all the head-scratching that it initially occasioned, President Trump’s hasty abandonment of ‘Project Freedom’ – his…
Kemi savages David Gauke’s knightood
Happy polling day one and all. While the political parties knock up doors, the Financial Times has brought some merriment…
The special relationship between Muslims and Labour is over
Labour is facing a collapse in support among British Muslim voters in this week’s local elections. The votes of many…
Meloni is being haunted by the ghost of Berlusconi
The late Silvio Berlusconi has come back from the dead – momentarily, it is hoped – to torment Italian Prime…
Mockery is the best way to engage with Zack Polanski
Oh dear, it’s all looking a bit glum for Zack Polanski. A string of headlines about both him and his…
Burnham’s Green flirtation angers Labour MP
Andy Burnham has once again sent Labour’s Blairite backbenches into a storm. The wannabe Prime Minister has a knack for…
MAGA isn’t finished. It’s just getting started
What’s the one thing that every pundit and certified member of the Fourth Estate knows? Why, it’s that MAGA is finished.…
Polanski grovels over Golders Green (again)
With a day to go before voters head to the polls, Zack Polanski is determined to go out with a…
Friedrich Merz is driving his coalition to breaking point
‘Whoever has visions should see a doctor.’ Dubiously credited to the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, this bon mot has…
What today’s Iran headlines don’t reveal about ‘Project Freedom’
“Operation Epic Fury is concluded,” declared Marco Rubio, holding his first White House press conference yesterday. The US Secretary of…
A banking windfall tax would be a terrible idea
Most people might think that the ability of Britain’s major banks to come through the turbulence of the last decade…
Don’t feel sorry for the business leaders who backed Labour
Just what were business leaders expecting when so many of them sucked up to Labour before the 2024 general election?…
Football is a sport for right-wingers
There were howls of disbelief when the former captain of Chelsea FC, John Terry, replied “100% yes” to a social…
This Green candidate thinks the UK is a ‘terrorist state’
A Green candidate at tomorrow’s election has called the UK a ‘terrorist state,’ blamed Jeremy Corbyn’s demise on the ‘web…
Polanski squirms on Red Cross claims
Zack Polanski is no stranger to reinventing himself. He’s been an actor, a hypnotherapist capable of enlarging breasts, a nightclub…
Kemi Badenoch: ‘I’m the one holding Labour to account’
It is 11:26 a.m. and Kemi Badenoch is on her second drink of the day. The Tory leader is out…
How the Venice Biennale imploded over Israel
The who’s who of the international art world meet every two years at the Venice Biennale to hobnob, clink champagne…
Trump’s missile cut has left Germany exposed
It has been a choppy 12 months for transatlantic relations since Friedrich Merz was sworn in as chancellor of Germany…
The slow death of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
For the past few years, woke has been on life support. Back in 2020, police officers knelt for Black Lives…
Russia is losing its grip on Africa
Russia’s military reputation in Africa was built in Kidal, Northern Mali. Late last month, it was buried in the same…
Will Arts Council England finally stop funding hate?
It took the stabbing of two Jews in Golders Green to bring Arts Council England’s decade of funding hate to…
Starmer to 2024 intake: back me or else
With two days to go before voters take to the ballot box, leadership manoeuvring, that perennial Westminster pastime, has slipped…
