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Is the rise of Reform unstoppable?
The rise of Reform UK has at times seemed to defy gravity. From winning four million votes at the general…
Labour is living in a fantasy Britain
What imaginary country does Labour’s new deputy leader, Lucy Powell, live in? When Powell was crowned as the official thorn-in-the-side…
Only honesty can kill the rise of Germany’s AfD
As Germany braces for economic hardship and the mounting danger of confrontation with Russia, its leaders appear preoccupied with the…
Revealed: how PM Farage wants to govern
Six weeks after his defection from the Tories, Danny Kruger will tomorrow set out his thinking on how a Reform…
Calamity Lammy had no answers on the migrant sex offender debacle
Hadush Kebatu’s Magical Mystery Tour of North London was the subject of this afternoon’s debate in the Commons. In a…
Has there been a cover-up of London grooming gangs?
When the grooming gang crisis came under renewed scrutiny at the beginning of this year, the former Tory mayoral candidate…
AOC and Hochul are crazy for Mamdani
New York’s Kathy Hochul isn’t a good governor. But, like a particularly empathetic house pet, she’s finely attuned to any…
Health tourism is good for Britain
Once, foreign nationals came to Britain to freeload on the NHS. Today, UK residents visit other countries for medical treatment.…
How the state tried to ‘safeguard’ Axel Rudakubana
The Southport inquiry into the murderous frenzy of Axel Rudakubana has broken for half term. Officials who have been already…
Housing Secretary refuses to rule out mansion tax
There’s less than a month until Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils her autumn budget and speculation is abounding about what taxes…
Katie Lam’s trans musical raises eyebrows
This month, a Sunday Times headline dubbed the 34-year-old MP for Weald of Kent, Katie Lam, the ‘Tories’ new hope’.…
Since when did we ‘install’ an Archbishop of Canterbury?
Just before graffiti-gate in Canterbury Cathedral kicked off a few weeks ago, it hosted the announcement of the 106th Archbishop of…
Milei’s medicine is working. Labour should take note
Barely a month ago, the received wisdom was that the Javier Milei experiment in Argentina had effectively collapsed. The self-styled…
Rachel Reeves should focus on cutting welfare
Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering a 2p increase in income tax, taking the basic rate from 20 to 22 per…
Javier Milei wins on chainsaw-slashing reforms
Javier Milei, Argentina’s self styled “anarcho-capitalist” President, defied pessimistic poll predictions on Sunday to win in the midterm elections and save…
George Monbiot’s constitution is anti-democratic
Recent years have not been kind to the politics of George Monbiot. The journalist’s column records growing dismay at the…
Can Prince Andrew be trusted to live a ‘private’ life?
When I last wrote about the banned old Duke of York, following his voluntary decision to stop using his titles, I…
Labour is as much to blame for the migrant hotel scandal as the Tories
Imagine if a government had set out deliberately to stir up the public over illegal migration, or perhaps to do…
Kamala: I could run in 2028
Well, well, well. It seems Kamala Harris has finished licking her wounds after her defeat in last year’s presidential race…
Dividing Gaza in two presents a fresh test for Israel
The war in Gaza has not ended; it has changed its shape. What began as a brutal confrontation has now…
Why the Children’s Booker Prize is a great idea
The Booker Foundation announced on Friday what it called its most ambitious project in twenty years: the launch of a Children’s Booker…
Labour’s attack on Sarah Pochin reeks of desperation
The wall-to-wall chorus of condemnation of Sarah Pochin’s remarks last week about woke advertising has been hysterical even by the…
Catherine Connolly’s victory was no landslide
Query: what kind of electoral landslide is it when most of the electorate doesn’t turn up? Not quite a landslide,…
Trump’s Pfizer deal will increase drug costs
President Donald Trump’s new partnership with Pfizer to sell drugs directly to consumers is being cast as a major win…
Should Reeves raise income tax?
Rachel Reeves is reportedly looking at a 2p increase in income tax. The hike to the basic rate – paid…
