We should mourn the loss of Rome’s medieval towers
The Torre dei Conti, next to Rome’s Forum, partially collapsed yesterday. A construction worker who was carrying out restoration work…
Reform launches its own Research Department
Since returning to politics in May 2024, Nigel Farage has had one central goal: replacing the Conservatives as one of…
What to expect from today’s elections
Americans head to the polls today, with gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey and mayoral elections in New York City and Minneapolis. The…
Trump’s nuclear weapons testing is a dangerous idea
It is often difficult to discern the exact meaning of President Trump’s public statements. He does not consider words carefully,…
Bridget Phillipson must not abandon special needs children
Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, has finally turned her attention back to her brief – and there is…
How Dick Cheney made Donald Trump
Former vice president Dick Cheney, who died on Monday at age 84, loathed Donald Trump. In a 2022 election campaign ad for…
Was Dick Cheney a hero or a villain?
Former US vice president Dick Cheney died last night aged 84. He arrived in Washington as a congressman for Wyoming,…
Badenoch has a new favourite word: work
After Nigel Farage’s address on Reform’s tax plans yesterday and Rachel Reeves’s effort to lay the groundwork for the Budget…
John Lewis’s Christmas advert might be its worst yet
John Lewis’s Christmas advert is back – and this year’s effort is even more mawkish, unfocused and wearying than ever.…
Can the last ‘working person’ in Britain please turn out the lights?
Early morning surprises can be lovely, but not when they involve Rachel Reeves. Probably the last thing anybody wants to…
Secretary Kennedy wants mercury out of vaccines
Speaking to the Minamata Convention, he calls on global health bodies
The rise of anti-democratic human rights
Seventy-five years ago today the European Convention on Human Rights was signed in Rome by the 12 states, including Britain,…
Britain’s stingy state pension is good news
That Britain has the least generous state pension in the G7 should be recognised for what it is: good news.…
What does Rachel Reeves really mean that we must all ‘do our bit’?
It is three weeks until the Budget – and Rachel Reeves wants to get her narrative out there. The Chancellor…
Budget tax rises will mark the beginning of the long end for Labour
So just what was the point in dragging political journalists out of bed to be addressed by Rachel Reeves in…
Do black lives still matter?
It was an ethnic massacre so bad that it could be seen from space. Satellites picked up bloodied patches of…
The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is in danger of shattering
It’s been almost a year since Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that arguably held more power in Lebanon than…
Is it all over for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie?
There is a saying, variously attributed either to Euripides or Shakespeare, that is something along the lines of ‘the sins…
Can the European Convention on Human Rights survive?
Today is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. In spite of its longevity, the Convention faces…
Grade inflation is harming a generation of school children
The national Covid-19 inquiry rumbles slowly onwards. Module 8, examining the impact of the pandemic on children and young people,…
Trump threatens to go ‘guns-a-blazing’ on Islamic forces in Nigeria
While for the past 12 months much of the West have been objecting to the so-called ‘genocide’ occurring in Gaza,…
The return of Erik Prince
Erik Prince, the American mercenary, wants to sell you a phone. His Unplugged phone is aimed at stopping big tech…
