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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…
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow and the commodification of surrogacy
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, is the man responsible for normalising gay male couples having babies via surrogacy. He is very keen…
What Putin’s Victory Day says about war-time Russia
For the first time in 18 years, Russia’s Victory Day parade will have no tanks. There will be no missile…
Putin’s paranoia was plain to see at Moscow’s Victory Day parade
Thanks to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin could enjoy his Victory Day parade in Moscow safe in the knowledge that no…
What will the Green party do with its new racist councillors?
Saiqa Ali, the woman who allegedly said that Donald Trump is ‘owned by Jews’, became a Lambeth councillor yesterday, elected under the…
The simple truth at the heart of Reform UK’s success
As the scale of Reform’s success in the British local elections became clear, the Reform Member of Parliament Danny Kruger…
Will Labour ever admit that Scottish devolution was a mistake?
If you believe as I do that political stupidity deserves to be punished, you might take satisfaction from the election…
Why is Piers Morgan Uncensored giving conspiracy theories airtime?
After the fourth invitation from Piers Morgan’s team to appear on his Uncensored show, I finally decided it might be time to…
