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The Tory crackdown addiction
If there’s one thing this government is addicted to, it’s crackdowns. Rishi Sunak loves to talk tough on how he…
Keir Starmer is in no danger of losing the ‘Muslim vote’
Unless something extraordinary happens, Sir Keir Starmer will be the next prime minister. All the polls show Labour on course…
Is Sunak right to say the Palestine march is ‘disrespectful’?
What does Rishi Sunak mean when he says Saturday’s pro-Palestine march in London is ‘disrespectful’? The Prime Minister was responding…
Just Stop Oil involved in ambulance blockage
Just Stop Oil has been out of the news lately. But this week, its members are back and more annoying than…
Tax pledge Tories turn to spirits
The watering holes of SW1 were full last night, with MPs dissecting the day’s King’s Speech. But as attention turns…
TikTok teens have an anti-Semitism blind spot
How could anyone hate Lily Ebert? The 99-year-old from Golders Green dedicates her life to teaching younger generations about the…
A ban on laughing gas is long overdue
The recreational use of laughing gas has been banned in the UK from today. We are only the second country…
‘The party of abortion’ is winning
Not so long ago, Republicans called Democrats the ‘party of abortion’ as an insult, or a pre-election attack line. Now,…
When will those ‘marching for Palestine’ do the right thing?
Those of us who believe in freedom of expression have felt mighty lonely this week. We have watched as, one…
The frightening bigotry of the French left
France’s most infamous antisemite is back in the headlines. At the weekend, the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella,…
To destroy Hamas, Israel must continue bombing Gaza
Israel has no other choice but to carry on bombing Gaza if it wants to destroy Hamas. Its campaign of…
Do churches and cricket clubs really need anti-terrorism training?
One problem clearly emerged after an Islamist fanatic blew himself up at a major pop concert in the Manchester Arena…
Spaniards are horrified by an amnesty for separatists
When has a government ever offered an amnesty to fugitives from justice in order to stay in office? That’s what’s…
Will Germany’s ‘Rwanda-style’ migrant plan ever materialise?
Germany’s chancellor is cracking down on asylum seekers – but he is not doing so willingly. The country’s federal government…
All Sunak wants to do is attack Labour
Rishi Sunak wants voters to see the Conservatives as taking difficult, ambitious choices, including on net zero and transport. He…
After 13 years of Tory rule, is this it?
There were no big surprises in the King’s Speech today. That’s a shame. Rishi Sunak and his ministers like to…
Charles’s debut King’s Speech was a triumph
The King’s speech was a damp squib – but for that we should blame Rishi Sunak rather than Charles III.…
Why Scunthorpe steelworks needs saving
Scunthorpe is an industrial garden town, or so the signs welcoming you to the town say. It’s written beneath the…
The King’s Speech was all about the next election
‘My ministers’ focus is on increasing economic growth and safeguarding the health and security of the British people for generations…
Why isn’t Canada cracking down on this Indian student visa scam?
Canada’s rift with India continues. It’s been almost two months since Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau accused ‘agents of the…
Sunak is right to push ahead with new North Sea oil licenses
The green lobby has found another way of attacking the government for giving the go-ahead for new oil and gas…
The Covid Inquiry is exposing lockdown’s dodgy models
Did we lock down on a false premise? Yesterday was Ben Warner’s turn at the Covid Inquiry. He was an…
Not even America’s legal system can stop Trump
‘I beseech you to control him if you can,’ Justice Arthur Engoron. told Donald Trump’s lawyer in court yesterday. To which the…
What did we really learn from Dominic Cummings’s leaked WhatsApps?
It’ll be years before the Covid inquiry reports back on what we can learn from the pandemic, but already there…
Rishi Sunak’s Oliver Dowden problem
Margaret Thatcher was said to have once remarked that every prime minister needed a Willie. Given that humour was not…
