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Don’t write off Bitcoin yet
Bitcoin is crashing all over again, and it is taking the smaller crypto currencies down with it. It has fallen…
Britain will never clear its debts
It’s hard to think of a more shambolic budget than the one Rachel Reeves will deliver next week. His Majesty’s…
Shabana Mahmood’s reforms are still open to abuse
After the pandemic the Boris Johnson government took a fateful and disastrous decision to suppress rising inflation by massively expanding…
Violent settlers must be stopped
A crisis of authority now festers at the heart of Israel. A shrill, violent fringe of extremist settlers in the West…
We don’t need white saviours to rescue us from St George’s flags
Trends in society always come and go, but one that shows no signs of abating is the propensity among many…
Creasy’s opposition is the best advert for Mahmood’s migrant crackdown
One must say this for the Home Secretary, she is a Parliamentary Pugilist. While the general demeanour of the government…
Covid report: governments acted ‘too little, too late’
Back to the Covid inquiry, where chair Baroness Heather Hallett, has presented the findings of its report. The conclusions don’t…
Zelensky cannot agree to the Witkoff peace deal
With Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s political authority already under grave assault in the wake of a major corruption scandal, he…
How the BBC covered up the Bashir scandal
When, as a snivel-nosed provincial reporter, I arrived at the Sunday Pictorial (now the Sunday Mirror) the news editor gave me…
Ex-Labour MP joins Greens
Zack Polanski’s Green party has experienced a membership boom in recent months, after the new leader was elected at the…
The Ukraine peace proposal raises more questions than it answers
Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting US officials today for the first time since the news of a US-Russia peace plan for…
Home Secretary slams ‘car crash’ leadership bid briefings
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has dominated the headlines this week after she announced her plans to crackdown on asylum seekers…
Is our education system radicalizing young men?
My 11-year-old son joined the elementary school band, and so I went to the parents’ orientation night held at a…
Brace yourself for the next chapter of ‘Project Meghan’
A publisher acquaintance of mine has a long-standing bet that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will announce their separation…
Marjorie Taylor Greene: anti-Trump resistance hero?
It is always interesting to see who the American left claims are the leaders of the American right. There was…
Northern Ireland’s Christian RE crackdown should trouble us all
Schools in Northern Ireland which teach pupils that Christianity is true are breaking the law. That is the ruling of…
Burnham dodges questions on Westminster return
Well, well, well. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is back in the spotlight. Earlier this week, Norwich South MP Clive…
There’s no easy way to manage single-sex spaces
Transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they are perceived by other people according to the…
Why can’t Friedrich Merz just say sorry?
‘We live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world,’ began a seemingly innocuous speech by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz…
Spain’s post-Franco democracy is on the rocks
‘Fine weather in Malaga’ proclaimed the banner headline of a Spanish newspaper in 1974 – that was the day’s big…
Is Shabana Mahmood Labour’s Iron Lady?
Has the Labour party finally found its answer to Margaret Thatcher? Shabana Mahmood’s withering response to Lib Dem MP Max…
Can ‘Bazball’ help England finally triumph Down Under in the Ashes?
‘Bazball’ – England’s exhilarating and exasperating style of playing cricket – has reached its denouement. Starting tomorrow, England face Australia…
Stacey Plaskett avoids Epstein Files repercussions… for now
Anyone who hopes that the forthcoming Epstein Files will mean the end of Donald Trump’s political career is sure to experience extreme…
Give Stellan Skarsgård an Oscar for Sentimental Value
Recently, a friend of mine found himself having a bad day for a reason I now forget. I made a…
More Your Party splits as Sultana snubs Corbyn
Oh dear. As if there hadn’t been enough hiccups in the launch of new left wing group Your Party, it…
