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Is it only left-wing leaders who are allowed to be young?
There was a time when the French left turned its nose up at all things American. Too low-brow for them.…
Top Tory team suffer bad night
After a decent conference speech, there was some hope among the Tories that Kemi Badenoch had finally turned the corner.…
The SNP’s useless land revolution
Few would argue that Scotland’s present pattern of land tenure is ideal. Around half of private land is owned by…
The looming threat to Israel
In the aftermath of war, a new front opens. Not in the ruins of Gaza’s cities, but in the corridors…
Will the Supreme Court force Trump to repay tariffs?
The most important thing to know about the Trump administration’s defense of its hotly contested use of tariffs to bring…
Is it too soon to say the truth about Dick Cheney?
Long before Donald Trump arrived on the political scene to warp all international diplomacy and finance around him, there were…
The medical emergency in the Oval Office
The buzzword in politics, in the wake of the socialist takeover of New York City, is “affordability.” That was certainly…
Who will replace Pelosi in Republican demonology?
Nancy Pelosi’s career is ending as it began. She entered Congress in 1986 during the Reagan administration and is ending…
The real reason prisoners keep being accidentally released
You’d need a heart of stone not to feel sympathy for Alex Davies-Jones. Labour’s minister for victims was on human…
Is the British Army right to invest in new battle tanks?
It is a distinct career advantage in Sir Keir Starmer’s government for ambitious ministers to be able to shut unpalatable…
Is Germany ready for military service?
It’s finally crunch time for Boris Pistorius’s plan to reintroduce military service in Germany. Following a delay of several months…
The Bank of England blames Rachel Reeves for pushing up prices
The Bank of England has held interest rates at four per cent. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted five to…
Does Farage know the difference between populism and a plan?
Gathered beneath the marble columns of the old Banking Hall in the City of London, Nigel Farage did what he…
Who cares if the Huntingdon train hero is an immigrant?
When a maniac ran amok on a train near Huntingdon on Saturday, train steward Samir Zitouni put his life on…
Zohran Mamdani will not be a radical mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City has prompted triumphalism in his supporters and despondency among his detractors.…
Is Meghan Markle making a thespian comeback?
As the Royal Family attempts to maintain a ‘business as usual’ approach in the aftermath of the biggest scandal to…
The taxman is coming for your electric car
Sooner or later it is going to dawn on the drivers of electric cars that they have been benefitting from…
Labour has surrendered to the quangocracy
After 16 months of this Labour government, it’s easy to catalogue the litany of bad decisions made by ministers. The…
The John Lewis ad is terrible because it’s trying to be cool
Once upon a time, there were two kinds of people in two different kinds of office jobs. In Zone A,…
It’s time to legalise pepper spray
When faced with mortal peril, the average member of the British public might prefer to defend themselves with something more…
The tragedy of the Shein takeover of Paris
The most glamorous department store in Paris, the BHV Marais, a vast art deco landmark stretching along Rue de Rivoli…
Establishment Democrats win in Minneapolis
In the heartland of America, an inflection point has come to pass. Minneapolis was once immortalized in the 1970s television…
Calamity Lammy had no answers on the wandering Algerian
One of the things we ought to consider more in judging politicians is whether they add to the gaiety of…
The Bank of England won’t risk bailing Rachel Reeves out
After yet another dreadful week, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves must be praying the Bank of England helps her out by…
The Ile d’Oléron attack and Islamism’s ceaseless menace
A man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ drove his car into a crowd on France’s Ile d’Oléron this morning. At least ten…
