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The joyful return of racing at Cheltenham
Today is a perfect day. Not just any old great day, but the first truly perfect one for over six…
All politics is now about stopping Farage
Who really won the by-election in Caerphilly? I know officially it was Plaid Cymru, and I wouldn’t want to diminish…
Rudakubana’s school knew he was trouble
Quietly, day-by-day, the inquiry into the Southport killings is revealing how disastrous failures of the British state led to Axel…
Bloody Sunday and the battle for Northern Ireland’s past
Soldier F, a former paratrooper accused of shooting dead two unarmed protestors on Bloody Sunday in 1972, has been found…
The hate-filled campaign against professor Ben-Gad
If I didn’t tell you professor Michael Ben-Gad was an Israeli, you could probably figure it out from his response…
Welcome to Balkan Britain
Never has a Welsh Senedd election seemed so interesting; the Caerphilly by election marks a true turning point in history.…
Why Caerphilly may be good news for Starmer
On the face of it, the Caerphilly by-election result is a disaster, a drubbing and a humiliation for Keir Starmer’s…
Is it curtains for Milei?
Javier Milei never professed to be humble. But publishing a book about his presidency entitled Constructing the Miracle? Fronting a…
Plaid Cymru storms to victory in Caerphilly
The Welsh nationalists have won almost half the vote in the Caerphilly by-election, storming to a victory in a seat…
Why Prince Andrew gets more attention than grooming gangs
This week, a group of Pakistani-heritage men appeared in court. The 54-year-old alleged ringleader stands accused of preying on two…
TfL chief accused of ‘lying’ over tube graffiti claims
Well, well, well. TfL Commissioner Andy Lord has been accused of lying about graffiti on the underground, after he made…
Why I resigned from the national grooming gang inquiry
This week I resigned from the Victims/Survivor Liaison Panel of the National Inquiry into Grooming Gangs. Victims have been fighting…
Ellie Reeves is even more incompetent than her sister Rachel
Have you ever wondered what a less competent Rachel Reeves would be like? If you’re a small business owner, the…
Trump is finally putting pressure on Russia
Donald Trump has at last lost patience with Vladimir Putin. He cancelled their anticipated meeting in Budapest after Putin refused…
The extinction of private conversation
A police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct. His offence? Racist remarks made while off duty in a pub…
The significance of the King’s visit to Rome
In any other week – or month, or year – King Charles’s visit to Rome would have been a truly…
Frank Field: a very English saint
Lord Glasman delivered a speech at the inaugural Frank Field Memorial lecture last week. Here is an edited transcript of…
Is OCD hip?
About half-way through the one-woman show Unstuck, the American comic Olivia Levine admits that it’s “hip” to talk about one’s obsessive-compulsive…
Introducing: Reality Check
I’m delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast and newsletter Reality Check. In each episode I’ll cut through…
It’s time for Jess Phillips to resign
Should Jess Phillips resign? That’s the demand made by four survivors of the ‘grooming gangs’ in a public letter to…
How Catherine Connolly could change Ireland
‘How could you possibly say the EU is good as it stands?’ the woman says. Brexit, she continues, is a…
Strictly won’t survive without Claudia (or Tess)
Put down the glitterball. Mop up the sequins. The news – oh, the unthinkable news – has arrived: Tess Daly…
Will Jess Phillips resign?
The grooming gang inquiry is becoming more chaotic by the day as people continue to step away from the process.…
Trump is getting serious about punishing Putin
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again threats to sanction Russia for its intransigence over peace talks in Ukraine solidified today into concrete…
Why is Britain trying to make our nuclear reactors ‘woke’?
Sit on a roundtable of small businesses – as I have on many occasions – and it won’t be long…
