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This is probably not the end for Viktor Orbán
On election night in Budapest yesterday, I was soundly crushed in an underground carriage, crammed in with Tisza supporters raucously…
Keir Starmer is plotting to bind Britain to Brussels
When Labour came to power, it assured us that Brexit was safe. It never promised, however, to refrain from efforts…
Reform aim to weaponise the ‘Boriswave’
With three weeks to go until the local elections, Reform are back campaigning on their favourite subject: migration. Having talked…
Is Britain falling out of love with the NHS?
Why is Wes Streeting launching a report that argues the NHS doesn’t need to change its funding model? The Health…
‘Purdah’ purged from Whitehall
Purdah is one of those words familiar to anyone covering the world of Westminster. It refers to the ‘pre-election period…
Primrose Hill has always had a dark side
For nearly all my adult life, I’ve lived within walking distance of Primrose Hill. Indeed, for the last two decades,…
Starmer’s hypocrisy on ‘Henry VIII’ powers
In his never-ending mission to reboot his premiership, Keir Starmer has found a great new cause: Europe. The Prime Minister’s…
How the Pope should retaliate against Donald Trump
Imagine that Martin Luther had scrawled his 95 Theses on the back of a Denny’s menu and nailed it to…
Why even Ferrari drivers are stealing petrol
It’s a long-standing and cherished belief of left-liberals that most theft is caused by poverty and desperation, and that a…
Britain’s forgotten space pioneer
With the safe return of Artemis II, we are a step closer to humans landing on the moon for the…
Orbán’s defeat spells trouble for Trump
The path ahead for Hungary’s new government – set to be formed in the coming days by Péter Magyar’s Tisza…
London hasn’t fallen
“London Has Fallen.” Little did I imagine, when I sat on the sofa with my friend Tanya gorging on Quality Street and enjoying…
Samuel Beckett’s bleak humour lives gleefully on
Samuel Beckett, with his quizzically peering gaze and handsome, hawk-like appearance, has long been the academic’s pin-up. Endless PhD dissertations…
Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded election victory in Hungary after 16 years in power, with the opposition on course…
Liz Truss’s husband to stand for Tories
With almost 5,000 wards up for grabs, it’s all hands to the pump at these local elections. And in their…
What will happen to Iran now?
What now after the collapse in peace talks between America and Iran in Pakistan? The gap between the two sides…
We must never ban the Grand National
This is not the piece about the Grand National that I expected to write. I had planned to write one…
Sunday shows round-up: Streeting’s Iran disappointment
Wes Streeting: ‘Trump has said some outrageous things’ J.D. Vance has left Pakistan after high level negotiations between the US…
Of course these peace talks would fail
The US and Iran have failed to reach an agreement after 21 hours of peace talks in Pakistan. I can’t…
Washington and Tehran are locked in a jungle fight
‘Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!’ So tweeted Donald Trump in 2020. Like the man himself,…
The trouble with the Green party’s Ifhat Shaheen
The Green party’s embrace of extremists is gathering pace. Let me introduce you to Ifhat Shaheen (also known as Ifhat…
On the road with a Myanmar revolutionary leader
When Khu Reedu first joined the resistance following the 2021 Myanmar coup, it was like a prophecy had been fulfilled.…
Is this how the ad industry dies?
A few nights ago, I sat down to watch a movie on Amazon Prime. At the beginning, it said, ‘This…
What I learned from complaining to the BBC
Back in October, the comedian Stewart Lee and the Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci hosted an episode of Strong Message…
The curious case of the £10 toilet
In May’s local elections, most of the attention will fall on the larger contests: the devolved elections in Scotland and…
