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Will Britain ever join the EU’s defence loan scheme?
Nick Thomas-Symonds holds the venerable position of His Majesty’s Paymaster General, which, ironically as we shall see, was once in…
We need Brian Sewell more than ever
‘Rouse tempers, goad and lacerate, raise whirlwinds’ were the words theatre critic Kenneth Tynan had pinned above his desk. Perhaps no writer…
Why is the Assisted Dying Bill being rushed through the Lords?
One may hardly be surprised that the battle over life and death in Parliament, focused on Kim Leadbeater’s controversial assisted…
Did Trump convince Starmer to see sense on Palestine?
As Donald Trump visited the United Kingdom this week, the press seized the opportunity to confront both him and Keir…
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer make a very strange pair
There is just something innately funny about seeing Keir Starmer and Donald Trump together. Two men so obviously different; in…
Starmer survives another Trump encounter
Every time Keir Starmer meets with Donald Trump, journalists ask each other the same question. ‘Will today be the day…
The masses have had enough
Nearly everybody I know has experienced crime in our cities or had a family member threatened. A few years ago,…
The final act of Israel’s war in Gaza is under way
Israel’s operation to conquer Gaza city is now entering its third day. Two IDF divisions are engaged on the ground.…
Why didn’t TfL publish the truth about LTNs?
Policymakers must, of course, stick to the evidence and base their decisions around proper, peer-reviewed research. Until, that is, the…
Douglas Ross gets in a flap at FMQs
The otherwise run-of-the-mill First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament came to a dramatic conclusion this afternoon. Before the Presiding Officer…
Rachel Reeves doesn’t get the interest rate cut she was hoping for
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4 per cent. Threadneedle Street’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted seven…
First illegal migrant deported under ‘one in, one out’ deal
Well, well, well. At long last, two months after it was agreed, the first illegal migrant has been deported from…
Led By Donkeys’s Trump stunt is their lamest yet
Has there ever been a lamer protest group than Led By Donkeys? I’m old enough to remember when protest was…
Tulip Siddiq under scrutiny over citizenship claims
Oh dear. Former government minister Tulip Siddiq has come under scrutiny over former claims she made about holding a Bangladesh…
The problem with ABC’s Matt Gutman
Matt Gutman has the hairstyle of Anderson Cooper and the literary style of Danielle Steel. In a special report on…
Labour will regret repealing the Troubles amnesty law
Fresh from agreeing to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the government may be about to reach an equally damaging…
The left’s favorite F-word
Randi Weingarten, the US teachers’ union boss, has screeched out a new book: Why Fascists Fear Teachers. That’s right. If you thought the problem in our schools…
Don’t cry for Jimmy Kimmel
The defenestration of the supposed talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, for the inflammatory remarks that he made during the monologue…
Full text: King Charles’s speech at the state banquet
Mr President, Mrs Trump, it is with great pleasure that my wife and I welcome you to Windsor Castle on…
Full text: Donald Trump’s state banquet speech
It’s a singular privilege to be the first American president welcomed here. And if you think about it, it’s a…
Healey’s Palantir deal is a major boost for Britain’s army
President Donald Trump’s unprecedented (depending on your benchmark) state visit to the United Kingdom is underway and the deals are…
Trump’s state visit could not be going better
So, the Donald was on his best behavior after all. There had been rumours flying around that President Trump would…
Rand Paul needles fired CDC director Susan Monarez
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and recently-fired CDC director Susan Monarez exchanged “testy” words about vaccines in a Senate hearing today.…
Splitsville defends monogamy
The new comedy Splitsville amusingly diagnoses several urgent social ills. The film mocks those who treat marriage not as an…
Of course the Kirk suspect is a far-leftist
Why was Charlie Kirk murdered? After the horrifying killing of the right-wing activist last week, the focus of American law enforcement and the world’s media has turned to the political leanings and…
