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Sunak has no excuse for immigration being this high
Of all the essential tasks facing Rishi Sunak when he became Prime Minister, bringing down the level of legal immigration…
Was the Black Death racist?
Even the Black Death of the mid-fourteenth century, we are now being told, practised racial discrimination as it raged through…
Is Javier Milei already defying his critics?
Critics of Argentina’s president Javier Milei have already made up their minds: he is a lunatic and his plans will…
Net migration hits 672,000 – with 2022 figures revised up
Has migration to the UK peaked? Net migration in the year to June hit 672,000, down from 745,000 in 2022.…
Did Israel-Palestine protests push Geert Wilders’s election victory?
Geert Wilders’s victory is another slap-in-the-face moment for the European Union. The complexities of Dutch democracy may mean that he…
Has Hunt opened the door to a spring election?
Rishi Sunak wakes up to the most positive front pages his government has had in months. The decision to use…
Is India attempting assassinations on foreign soil?
Is the Indian government guilty of conducting a covert policy of targeted assassinations of political opponents on foreign soil? The…
Removing Hamas will not solve everything
Ever since Hamas invaded Israel, massacred 1,200 of its citizens and kidnapped 240 as hostages, there has been an effort…
Why won’t the Tories ban pupils from transitioning?
Finally, after months of argument and expectation, media briefings and leaked drafts, it seems the government just might be ready…
Don’t mock Big Tech around Rishi Sunak
PMQs began with Sir Keir Starmer’s favourite trick. He read out a sob-story intended to humiliate the government. Having outlined…
Joe Scarborough, harbinger of Trump doom
I’m old enough to remember when Joe Scarborough spent most of his show kissing Donald Trump’s ass. Those were the…
The truth about Hunt’s ‘tax cutting’ Autumn Statement
Jeremy Hunt’s March Budget was an exercise in Big State Toryism. It lacked meaningful tax cuts, was full of new spending promises,…
Why is the public sector so unproductive?
The government has achieved its promise to halve inflation from last December’s level, borrowing has come in at little under…
Hunt’s Autumn Statement was surprisingly upbeat
Jeremy Hunt has just finished the most upbeat economic statement we’ve heard in a good while – certainly since the…
A ceasefire leaves Israel in a dangerous position
A four-day pause and the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners. Seen from London or New York, this seems like a…
Why Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire deal
Following days of speculation, the Israeli cabinet last night approved a deal with Hamas for the release of 50 Israeli…
Is Russia trying to flood Finland with migrants?
Against the background of the war in Ukraine, a diplomatic row is brewing between Russia and Finland. Last week, Finland…
Israel and Hamas strike hostage deal: what we know so far
After weeks of negotiations, a hostage deal has been struck between Israel and Hamas. Under the terms of the deal,…
‘OpenAI is likely to fail now’: writer and scientist Gary Marcus on the sacking of Sam Altman
This morning, OpenAI – the firm behind ChatGPT – rehired its chief executive, Sam Altman, after it fired him on…
Go ahead, fight a little on the holidays
While most Americans kick off the holiday season with warm cider and festive sweaters, denizens of the commentariat have a…
Will the Tories’ ‘carrot and stick’ benefits plan work?
Rishi Sunak wants to frame a benefits crackdown in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement in compassionate terms, with ministers saying people with…
David Cameron charms the Lords
To the rarified surroundings of the Upper House, where the newest member of the government took his place on the…
Will Zarah Sultana quit Labour if it is ‘institutionally racist’?
Anyone who’s ever had a conversation with a Corbynista will know it’s impossible to talk to these people about anti-Semitism.…
Scotland doesn’t need a ‘non-binary action plan’
Scotland’s government has plenty of things on its to-do list: tackling inflation, dealing with unemployment and cleaning up the mess…
Bailey pours cold water on hopes of inflation falling quickly
Should we bother taking any notice of what Andrew Bailey says about inflation, given that he and his colleagues on…
