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The Will Stancil Show is art
If you know who Will Stancil is, it’s probably as the first man to be raped by an AI large…
Could Marwan Barghouti be Palestine’s Mandela?
Calls to release Marwan Barghouti – the leader of Fatah’s armed wing, who is currently serving multiple life sentences in…
The best books to read in prison
Like Nicolas Sarkozy, I knew I would be a disgraced former president going to prison. Okay, as the once co-president…
‘One in, one out’ is dead
France is not a safe country. That was the excuse given by an Iranian man who returned to Britain last…
Boomer New York’s last bellow
New Yorkers received visits from two ghosts of Christmas past and one ghost of Christmas present at its last 2025…
So much for Trump’s peace push
Here we go again. Now that Russian president Vladimir Putin has resumed his bombardment of Ukraine, President Donald Trump is responding by…
Is Jeremy Strong our John Cazale?
If you’re a big Bruce Springsteen fan, then this weekend’s new release, Deliver Me from Nowhere, will be one of…
Big Ange just can’t say sorry
When John Profumo had to resign due to scandalous behaviour, he famously went to clean lavatories. Angela Rayner, by contrast,…
Tories launch new crime attack ads
There is a spring in the step of some Tories these days. After the recent downfall of Angela Rayner and…
Will Ivory Coast’s old guard ever let go?
Next time you bite into a bar of chocolate, spare a thought for Ivory Coast. As the world’s largest supplier…
It won’t be long before pensioners are out-earning workers
Oh, the horrid injustice of it all! By the skin of their teeth, pensioners on the state pension and with…
Watch: Starmer backs Prince Andrew probe
To the Commons, where Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) has just wrapped up. The focus on Prince Andrew continues – and…
Robert Jenrick is right about a burqa ban
Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, has expressed his support for Britain banning the burqa. ‘I probably would ban the…
Farage to upstage PMQs with gallery stunt
It’s been a funny old time for Nigel Farage in parliament. Elected to the House of Commons at his eighth…
Keir Starmer can’t blame the cabinet secretary for his own failures
There have been 14 cabinet secretaries since the post was established in 1916. The first, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey,…
Starmer won’t stop Putin exploiting Europe’s migrant crisis
Another week, another migration scandal. On Monday, the Times reported that Russian spies have been working with international human rights…
Non-crime hate incidents aren’t dead yet
The Met has announced that it will stop investigating non-crime hate incidents, or NCHIs. The pressure on other forces to…
The lethality of ‘Islamophobia’ accusations
The debate over an official definition of Islamophobia is reaching a crescendo – with Dominic Grieve’s proposed definition in the…
Steady inflation gives Reeves some reprieve
Prices are still rising fast. The Consumer Prices Index rose by 3.8 per cent in September – the same pace…
Britain is frozen by fear
What do the following things have in common? The ‘Safety Advisory Group’ of Birmingham City Council banning the sale of…
France has failed its daughters
It is just over three years since a 12-year-old Parisian girl called Lola was raped and murdered in a crime…
Say goodbye to betting shops
Of all the industries you’d think would know how to avoid a shakedown, the gambling sector is if anything overqualified.…
Tories raise £500k post Kemi speech
Tomorrow marks a fortnight since Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech. After a difficult first year when the Conservatives have sometimes struggled…
Backlash after Lords restrict assisted suicide evidence
Well, well, well. Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has made it to the House of Lords, where the legislation will…
Jess Phillips is letting down grooming gang victims again
Remember when feminists rallied behind the mantra ‘Believe All Women’? It was back in 2017, at the peak of the…
