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Treasury squabbles are harming Britain’s national security
The symphony of criticism aimed at the government for failing to live up to its promises of boosting Britain’s defences…
Epsom betrays the truth about Britain’s politicised police
Explain this to me. Why is it that a gathering of mostly white working-class men protesting about a rape is…
Europe must play the small boat people smugglers at their own game
Belgium is becoming the new point of departure for the gangs who traffic migrants across the Channel to England. It…
Why Trump’s attacks on the Pope are backfiring
They told us religion would fade. That as the 21st century matured – more educated, more technological, more ‘enlightened’ –…
Has the For Women Scotland judgement made any difference?
Here is a lesson in power. One year ago today, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in For Women…
What’s really behind Trump’s clash with the Pope?
Donald Trump’s latest clash with the Catholic Church stunned even the most hardened veterans of culture-war X. According to the…
Britain’s economy is growing – but not for long
It must be bittersweet being Rachel Reeves. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the economy…
Labour is turning a blind eye to China’s persecution of Uyghurs
Of all Labour’s U-turns, none is perhaps more egregious than their stance on China. In opposition, they were happy to…
The Scottish Greens want everything to be free
The Scottish Green party can usually be relied upon to provide some light relief at election time. But this year,…
Trump is making life increasingly hard for his allies
Here is a fun one: what do Giorgia Meloni, Pope Leo XIV, Ed Miliband and the Cato Institute all have…
Oh the joy of watching Keir Starmer descend into fury!
Handbags at noon! It’s always nice to watch Sir Keir Starmer descend into the sort of incandescent fury that living…
Does Mark Carney believe in democracy?
Mark Carney is swaggering about Canada with his new majority government, acting as if he’d just received a landslide mandate…
Starmer wants to ask, not answer, the questions at PMQs
Keir Starmer gave six responses to questions about Lord Robertson’s defence spending comments today, none of which addressed the criticism…
Rachel Reeves may regret goading President Trump
It is a ‘folly’ with ‘no clear exit plan’. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves certainly made little secret of her views…
The hateful posts of yet another Green party candidate
The extremism of some in the Green party is increasingly being compared to Labour in Jeremy Corbyn’s time. But there…
What’s the point of the Sussexes’ undignified Australia tour?
Not since the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay in 1788 has a visit to Australia been so eagerly awaited…
Our gay asylum policy makes no sense
This morning, the BBC of all places, is reporting it has unearthed a ‘shadow industry of law firms and advisers’…
The lesson of Orbán: Trump must tackle corruption
The landslide defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán carries lessons across the ocean for Donald Trump and both MAGA…
Sorry, but America still holds all the cards
“Negotiations.” Are you heartened or dismayed by that word? Those who remember or who have read up on the seemingly…
Why I still watch PMQs
Is Prime Minister’s Questions past it? We frequently ask this question in Westminster when the Wednesday lunchtime ding-dong between the…
Why didn’t the green lobby stand up for the Chagos islands?
The credit for defeating Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos surrender bill goes to its political opponents who waged a relentless and…
The dangerous lesson from Australia’s social media ban
The panic about children and social media rumbles on. The Labour government’s national consultation on banning under-16s from Instagram and…
Christopher Eccleston is right about young white men
It’s not often that actors talk sense or deviate from liberal-left orthodoxies when speaking on politics, so when they do…
Why young people like the Scottish Greens
The Scottish Greens’ manifesto for Holyrood 2026 proposes the most far-reaching overhaul of the economy north of the border. I’ve…
With Orbán’s loss, Russia has lost its European foothold
Péter Magyar’s landslide victory over Viktor Orbán is not just political earthquake for Hungary. It is Moscow’s worst result in…
