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Can Starmer reverse the horror of Hartlepool?
The Tory victory in Hartlepool, with a swing of 16 per cent and the biggest increase in a governing party’s…
How much trouble is Starmer in?
Keir Starmer is facing a rocky few days as the party’s results from the local elections start to come in.…
Why do journalists keep repeating the same mistake?
A single mistake in journalism can be forgiven. Perhaps the story was based on faulty information from a bad source…
Who likes Kamala Harris?
Vice President Kamala Harris is not historically very popular. Her approval rating rarely topped 40 percent during her campaign in…
Don’t worry, the Central Intersectional Agency is watching you
A regular column by an anonymous whistle-blower operating deep within heart of the Social Justice Movement. To protect their identity,…
Why the Hartlepool election result doesn’t really matter
Ah, Hartlepool. The by-election there brings back memories: I am old enough to have reported on the last one, back…
The Chauvin team’s attempts for a retrial are going nowhere
The trial of Derek Chauvin continues to generate headlines — weeks after the former Minneapolis police officer’s April 20 conviction…
The ‘Covid deaths’ which are not caused by Covid
Registered Covid deaths fell to just one on Monday, leading many to comment that the epidemic in Britain is effectively…
Scottish nationalism is no better than any other kind
Even the Americans are noticing Nicola Sturgeon now and if you are – like many nationalists – the kind of…
Facebook keeps Trump on the naughty step…for now
The Facebook Oversight Board has reached a decision on Donald Trump…kind of. The tech company’s ‘Supreme Court’ is upholding the…
How Labour will spin defeat in Hartlepool
Campaigning in the Hartlepool by-election is reaching its feverish final hours as the Labour party tries to hold onto the…
Is this a new dawn for the Spanish right?
In Tuesday’s regional elections in Madrid, the right-wing Partido Popular emerged as by far the most successful party, more than…
Your guide to the 2021 election results
This week will see the biggest set of polls in UK history outside of a general election. Contests are under…
Donald Trump: businessman, politician…blogger?
After countless, endless days and nights in permabanned purgatory, Donald Trump has at last found his way back on to…
Las Vegas resident urges Scots to vote SNP
Sunday’s anti-climactic finale looked set to be the biggest Line of Duty let-down for fans of the hit BBC series.…
How Napoleon changed the world
Two hundred years ago today, Napoleon Bonaparte closed his eyes for the final time. A man born to relative obscurity…
What is the point of Meghan Markle’s new children’s book?
Meghan Markle has written a book for children. Of course she has. There is no celeb, no matter how busy,…
Hartlepool and the theft of the Labour party
When the unthinkable happened in 1882 and England lost a test match on home soil to Australia there followed a…
Why we should worry about the post-Covid exodus of older workers
Concerns around unemployment during the pandemic have, understandably, been focused on younger people. Last year it was under-24 year olds…
Watch: Hillary Clinton blames the Russians for Brexit
Ever since the Brexit vote in 2016, there has been a committed group of activists and politicians convinced that only…
A letter from Canada: we’re handling COVID worse than you
Dear Americans, We’re Canadian and, yes, we’re sorry. No, this time we mean it. You likely hadn’t noticed, but Canada…
Joe Biden, master of puppets?
They’ve finally found a way to make Joe Biden look young and vigorous: put him next to a Jimmy Carter…
The rise of the female ambassador
It is, of course, an excellent thing and a mark of social progress when an institutional bastion falls to woman-power.…
The dividing wall between law and politics is under attack
All my legal life I have watched with sadness those who are ever groping, Gollum-like, unable to resist the idea…
BBC makes a cameo in SNP election campaign
The SNP’s latest election graphic will make for uncomfortable viewing at BBC Scotland. As tweeted by Nicola Sturgeon today, the…
