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Labour prepares to fire up its election machine
Could a snap election be around the corner? That’s the message Keir Starmer relayed to party staff in a conference…
More Britons than ever are out of work due to long-term sickness
Some nine million working-age people are out of work and are not looking for it either. Figures released by the…
Putin’s acolytes are boxing him in
As Russia continues to get routed in eastern Ukraine – losing territory, machinery and personnel to an emboldened Ukrainian counteroffensive…
Teachers need help in the transgender debate
Which toilet should a trans pupil be allowed to use? Teachers like me have enough on our plates with the day…
Liz Truss has a language problem
‘Grow the pie’. Somebody thought ‘grow the pie’ was The Thing, that ‘grow the pie’ was it. That this knockout…
Western leaders must share the blame for the energy crisis
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war and the sanctions it triggered, energy prices have skyrocketed. Liz Truss has warned…
The slumber of the Anglosphere
The countries we call Anglo-Saxon (Great Britain, the Commonwealth and the United States) have been known for centuries for their…
Morrissey is the rock’n’roll rebel we need
There was a truly electric moment at the Morrissey gig at the Palladium in London last night. Moz was introducing…
Who really blew up the Kerch Bridge?
Who blew up the Kerch bridge? One of President Zelensky’s most senior advisers, Mikhailo Podolyak, has suggested that the Russians…
Why is Liz Truss playing Emmanuel Macron’s game?
Is Emmanuel Macron a friend of the United Kingdom? Liz Truss said over the summer that she didn’t know, which…
Putin’s attack dog brings a terrible type of warfare to Ukraine
The Crimean Bridge bombing was an unwelcome gift to both Vladimir Putin – who had celebrated his 70th birthday the…
Russian terror bombing arrives in Ukraine
It depends on when you are reading this but it’s possible that as you do, Russian missiles are still falling…
A baby boom won’t solve Britain’s labour shortage
Quite the scoop in yesterday’s Sun. An anonymous cabinet minister has briefed the paper that to secure Britain’s economic future,…
Nicola Sturgeon and the politics of hatred
One of the problems with nationalism – of any stripe – is its uglier undercurrents. The Scottish National Party has…
Can Truss repair the damage of her first four weeks?
Soon after being elected Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith summed up a test that he was soon to fail. ‘At…
No one wants to be Meghan and Harry’s neighbours
Neighbours make or break home ownership. Getting home from a long day and collapsing onto the couch doesn’t have the…
Is Liz Truss going soft on China?
In her speech to the Conservative party conference, Liz Truss rightly pointed out that we did not stand up to…
The budget black comedy that foreshadowed the rise of Putin
‘The truth is with us,’ said Vladimir Putin in a speech after the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and…
The Kerch bridge attack is devastating for Putin
It’s hard to overstate the impact of the bombing of the Kerch bridge. Opened four years ago to great fanfare,…
A Boris Johnson comeback is ridiculous – but not impossible
It would obviously be ridiculous for the Conservatives to dump Liz Truss after just a few weeks and seek to re-install…
War of words: a history of Ukraine’s language debate
It’s not often that ex-KGB officers blame Lenin for anything. But in his speech of 21 February 2022, on the…
The Woman King’s flawed history lesson
As a general rule, it’s worth remembering that Hollywood is in the business of mythologising, rather than retelling history. The…
What Elon Musk doesn’t get about peace
The power one person can hold should never be underestimated. They can take people’s lives, as Vladimir Putin does, or…
Opec will regret taking on the US
Production will be cut. Supplies to the rest of the world will be curbed. And inflation will rise just a…
‘Real feminist’ Nicola Sturgeon hits back at JK Rowling
JK Rowling is a feminist idol for lots of women. After the break-up of her marriage, Rowling became a single…
