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BBC Verify’s greatest hits
BBC Verify is in retreat. Last June the Beeb launched the ‘Verify Live blog’ as part of its push for…
How dangerous is the cruise ship hantavirus?
Virologists, the imaginative bunch that we are, often name new viruses after the places they were first found. Zika virus…
Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ was just more slop
I wish I’d invested in lecterns back in the day. They have become a fixture of British politics of late,…
Labour’s Catherine West moves against Starmer
Labour MP Catherine West today accelerated her campaign to move out of the ‘random backbencher’ club and towards becoming a…
The trouble with Gordon Brown
When Keir Starmer needed advice about clinging to power in Downing Street, there was only one person to call. Gordon…
The irony of the woke war on GCSE French
Not content to degrade and mangle the English language in their mission to make it conform to their progressive ideology,…
It’s all too late for Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer’s big survival speech could never be big enough to save him as Prime Minister. Whether he ends up…
The disturbing truth about Britain’s Islamopopulism movement
One of the under-reported stories of the local elections is the steady growth of Muslim independents. Including Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire…
The crass anti-politics of the Lib Dems
At Prime Minister’s Questions the other week, Ed Davey mildly chided Sir Keir for whipping his MPs on a privileges committee vote,…
Polanski exaggerates his CV (again)
While all eyes today rest squarely on Sir Keir Starmer and the will-he-won’t-he question of surviving a leadership coup, Mr…
Lewisham shows why Labour is doomed
One of the biggest shocks of the local elections was the result of the Lewisham mayoral race and council elections,…
Badenoch is the perfect Tory leader
Plenty of narratives can be pulled out of last Thursday’s elections. Labour’s shattered hold over its Northern and Welsh heartlands;…
Starmer’s big speech can’t save him now
Even those who dislike Keir Starmer might feel a smidgen of pity – on a human level – for his…
Why the question ‘Can women have a penis?’ really matters
What’s weirder: asking if a woman can have a penis or being so flummoxed by such a simple query that…
TV doesn’t ruin childhood, but phones might
When I was a nipper, a staple of children’s television was a show called Why Don’t You? The full title,…
Taking my cat on holiday is like a military campaign
The recent news that the EU was tightening up its rules on UK residents travelling with their animals is just…
Live: The Labour MPs calling for Sir Keir Starmer to go
A devastating set of local elections has left Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership on the brink. Calls for the prime minister…
China’s theft of American AI tech is becoming more brazen
Despite the hype surrounding China’s artificial intelligence capabilities, progress remains heavily dependent on theft and smuggling. The Chinese Communist party…
Sunday shows round-up: Phillipson says Catherine West is ‘completely wrong’
Bridget Phillipson: ‘She’s got this completely wrong’ Thursday’s local election results were dismal for the government, and have plunged Labour…
Did antisemitism cost the Greens at the local elections?
Did the Greens’ racist candidates cost them a majority in one of their top targets? The London borough of Lambeth…
Starmer is shedding support across Labour
By inclination, tradition and design, the Labour Party is much less prone to toppling leaders than their Conservative counterparts. There…
The plague of bad behaviour in primary schools is getting worse
In 2023, I wrote an article about the epidemic of bad behaviour plaguing British schools, blaming screen-obsessed kids and tuned-out…
How the Ring doorbell is killing journalism
It has been one of the core activities of the jobbing reporter since newspapers came into being. The most direct means…
Brexit Britain has deserted the Tories
Conservative spokespersons put a brave face on the outcome of the English local elections on Thursday. While acknowledging the party…
Labour MP: I’ll challenge Starmer for leader
In the aftermath of Thursday’s shellacking, a steady stream of Labour MPs have been coming out and calling on Keir…
