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‘Family voting’ allegations cannot be ignored
If allegations of ‘family voting’ taking place at Thursday’s Gorton and Denton by-election prove substantiated, the incidents will not only…
The Islamo-left is coming to Parliament
Imagine if Matt Goodwin had given an interview to a media outlet that regularly platforms far-right agitators like Nick Griffin.…
The strange chutzpah of Nadiya Hussain
Nadiya Hussain, winner of The Great British Bake Off in 2015, has it seems reached the end of the road with…
The tortured life of Stalin’s daughter
Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, would have been 100 years old today, and she is one of history’s curios worth…
What is the greatest Jewish book ever written?
What are the best Jewish books? Who are the best Jewish writers? And what are the best books about Judaism?…
The truth about cold water swimming
I fear the sea because I should. Not the depths or the blackness or its creatures or the cold but…
The winners and losers from the Gorton by-election
So Gorton and Denton has become another of those parliamentary seat names which enters the collective memory of British politics…
The politics of the ‘Muslim vote’
British politics looks very different today. Opinion polls suggested for some months that the Greens could challenge and defeat Labour…
How careful is Trump being on Iran?
Every Friday, it seems, words spills from Washington that Donald Trump has ordered an imminent strike against Iran. He likes…
The origins of the Pakistan-Afghanistan war
Pakistan and Afghanistan are at war with each other. Early Friday morning, Pakistan struck major Afghan cities including Kandahar and…
British politics is turning French
An editorial in Friday’s Le Figaro (France’s equivalent to the New York Times) is headlined “Mélenchon or the moral suicide…
The CPS has failed in its bid to create an Islamic blasphemy law
For much of the last year, it has seemed like the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been battling to create…
Is Gorton and Denton the deathknell for two-party politics?
A certain question has been hanging in the air ever since the 2024 general election, when between them the Conservatives…
Labour can’t complain about sectarianism in Gorton
And with that, what was once racist is now allowed to be said. What was yesterday a conspiracy theory is…
Starmer: I am going nowhere
Poor old Sir Keir. It turns out that there was indeed a large anti-Reform tactical vote in Gorton – it…
The shamelessness of Zack Polanski
The Gorton and Denton by-election gives us a taste of the vicious future that awaits England. The most dynamic force…
Labour’s Gorton defeat shows that Keir Starmer is finished
In the end it wasn’t even close. The Greens won the Manchester Gorton and Denton by-election with some to spare,…
The Gail’s attacks are brainless – and terrifying
If anti-Israel agitators wish to avoid being described as terrorists, they might begin by ceasing to terrorise ordinary people. The…
Green by-election triumph is a sign of things to come
In the end, it was not even that close. The Green party has stormed to victory in Gorton and Denton,…
Lauren Boebert’s sneaky texts derail Hillary’s Epstein deposition
Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill austerely complied with a House Oversight Committee subpoena in order to explain their ties…
North Korea’s nuclear ambitions knows no bounds
North Korea’s ninth party congress, held this week, was little more than a rubber-stamping exercise. That much was clear when…
Will Russia really be able to stop Britain’s nukes?
A recent report by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) argues that within the next decade, Russian missile defences may…
The Green party is playing with fire in Gorton
A good pub quiz question in the year 2050 will go something like this: ‘True or false, the “green” in…
More reviews won’t fix the NHS’s failing maternity services
NHS maternity services are in crisis: everyone knows that. In fact, everyone has known a lot more than that for…
Can Wes Streeting get the sick back to work?
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has tried using the NHS for social engineering before. Previously, he’s suggested that weight-loss jabs could…
