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Is it too early to tell Rachel Reeves ‘I told you so’?
‘I told you so’ – the most irritating four words in the English language, dripping with self-satisfaction and schadenfreude. So,…
Why Trump wants Blair to run Gaza
Tony Blair is a man for all seasons, a political operator who knows precisely on which side his bread is…
Reform has changed the conversation on immigration
Last week, Reform UK announced the most radical proposal on overhauling immigration by a mainstream political party in a generation.…
No, Keir Starmer: Reform’s migrant plans aren’t racist
Keir Starmer’s behaviour, demeanour and language has taken a rapid and strange turn of recent. Unable to do anything meaningful…
Will Labour MPs stand for Rachel Reeves’ benefits crackdown?
When the Chancellor speaks at Labour party conference later today she has a tough message to deliver. Rachel Reeves will…
Starmer’s ‘racist’ Reform remark is his ‘deplorables’ moment
Reform’s migration policy of scrapping indefinite leave to remain is racist, according to Keir Starmer. ‘I do think it’s a…
How ID cards destroy freedom
Those who make the case in favour of national ID cards invariably do so on pragmatic grounds. As they have…
Britain’s free speech crisis could get a whole lot worse
If you think Britain’s free speech crisis is bad now, if Ofcom gets its way it could get a whole…
Why the left wants you to be weak
For much of my life, fitness wasn’t optional. I was held to very specific standards and tested to confirm that…
The Christian school revival
In Texas, empty church classrooms might just become new schools. On September 1, the state enacted the most expansive school…
Andrew Cuomo is the lesser of two evils
New York City politics has rarely offered voters a clean choice. This year, with Eric Adams out of the mayor’s…
Scottish Labour goes for Andy Burnham
Well, well, well. The atmosphere is more than a little tense as Labour conference kicks off in Liverpool. In recent…
Keir’s cabinet of rotters are a comedy gift
Day one of the Labour conference – oh frabjous day! The annual gathering of people who hate each other just…
Watch: Housing Secretary flails on house building
A glorious exchange on GB News this morning. Steve Reed, the new Housing Secretary, has been making a big song…
Sarwar: Scotland will reject ‘poisonous’ Farage
To Liverpool, where politicians and delegates are gathering for Labour’s annual party conference. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has just…
Is Anas Sarwar destined to be another failed Scottish Labour leader?
The first clue that Scottish Labour might not be dead in the water came with a soundtrack by Mark Ronson…
Keir Starmer: Reform’s migration policy is ‘racist’
Labour conference has begun this weekend in Liverpool under something of a cloud. The run-up to the five-day shindig has…
Starmer officially most unpopular PM ever
Oh dear. It seems that Keir Starmer’s great big conference reset is beginning well. A blizzard of new polls have…
Harry and Charles’s ‘reunion’ will never be free from sabotage
There has been a recurring theme when it comes to meetings between the Duke of Sussex and his now estranged…
Is Georgia still willing to fight for its democracy?
On 4 October, voters in Georgia will be called to the polls to vote in the country’s municipal elections and…
St George’s flags and the myth of ‘Scouse not English’
Operation Raise the Colours, a grassroots movement to adorn our towns and cities with England flags, has swept across the…
The Netherlands has a wolf problem
Bram and Hubertus are marked for death. Camouflage-clad government marksmen – licensed but anonymous, for security reasons – are hunting them…
What is Putin’s game?
What happens when you boil a frog? It doesn’t notice the warming water until it is too late. According to…
The Hack is proof Jack Thorne needs a break
When ITV executives commissioned The Hack, the new drama series dealing with the News International phone hacking scandal, they surely…
Are central bankers too powerful?
Donald Trump’s political and legal assault on the Federal Reserve has provoked concern and indignation from the defenders of central…
