Farage’s ECHR plans risk destroying the Union with Ireland

29 August 2025 4:27 pm

‘They’re tearing this country apart.’ I heard it in a pub last week. A man, with the light blue of…

The folly of blaming boomers for France’s financial crisis

29 August 2025 4:00 pm

Ministers are packing up their offices. Emmanuel Macron’s government, desperate to shift the narrative and rally support ahead of its…

Drop dead

29 August 2025 12:00 pm

Species turnover not mass extinction

Production begets productivity

29 August 2025 11:35 am

As we watch with increasing annoyance and incredulity the befuddled and wasteful actions of the present government as they seek…

Muriel Bowser’s praise for Donald Trump

29 August 2025 4:42 am

Mayor Muriel Bowser has found herself in the middle of a political tightrope – and it’s one that many Democrats…

Labor’s union monopoly sits at the heart of the culture wars | Edward Schuller. S3 Ep 07

29 August 2025 4:00 am

Having the freedom to belong to a non-political union – aka a union that does not fund the Labor Party…

The unstoppable rise of Send

29 August 2025 2:36 am

As students go back to school this September, headteachers across the country are being forced to confront a system in…

Taylor Swift: queen of the normies?

29 August 2025 2:20 am

Politicos used to know how to take the temperature of the nation. They could talk to their cab driver. They…

Why has Putin gone after the British Council in Kyiv?

29 August 2025 12:19 am

Is Moscow targeting European institutions in Kyiv in the hope of ‘sabotaging peace’ as Keir Starmer has claimed? Putin probably…

Man Utd vs Grimsby is what football should be about

28 August 2025 11:32 pm

Poor old Ruben Amorim. The sight of the hapless Manchester United manager cowering in the Blundell Park dugout seemingly praying…

Rylan is a sign the immigration debate is shifting

28 August 2025 10:40 pm

I’ve always been quite fond of Rylan Clark. No, that isn’t quite true – when his terrifyingly toothsome grin appeared…

A fifth of MPs’ questions now ‘carded’

28 August 2025 9:33 pm

The House of Commons returns next week – and not a moment too soon for some in government. After a…

Murder of the innocents in Minneapolis

28 August 2025 9:30 pm

​For the second time in two years, a deranged assassin has committed a mass shooting at a Christian school in America. Like Audrey Hale, Robin Westman identified as transgender and once…

Ed Davey’s pathetic Gaza boycott

28 August 2025 9:15 pm

Ed Davey has built an entire political career on pratfalls, water slides and staged wipe-outs, like a children’s entertainer who…

Ed Davey to boycott Trump’s state banquet

28 August 2025 9:10 pm

Buckingham Palace has endured its fair share of shocks and crises over the years. But last night, His Majesty was…

Can India’s economy survive Trump’s tariffs?

28 August 2025 8:24 pm

President Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on India kicked in yesterday. The timing could not be worse: in May, India…

Why is it OK to fly a Palestinian flag but not the St George’s Cross?

28 August 2025 5:19 pm

If, like me, you spend too much time on social media you’ll have noticed a recurring theme in recent days:…

Rachel Reeves is itching to whack up taxes

28 August 2025 4:44 pm

Gosh, Labour really does hate private landlords. Rachel Reeves’ latest property tax proposal to be dangled before the public is…

A realist perspective on Crown Reza Pahlavi’s return

28 August 2025 4:32 pm

Political developments within countries cannot be analysed in isolation from the international context. The return of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi…

Iran may be down, but it’s not out

28 August 2025 4:29 pm

The sirens began at about 5 am. A Houthi ballistic missile was on its way, over Jerusalem, in the direction…

London needs more – not fewer – ‘headphone dodgers’

28 August 2025 4:00 pm

When you’re travelling abroad, a good way of getting the measure of any city is the culture of its public…

How long can Miliband’s net zero wheeze last?

28 August 2025 10:00 am

The current head of energy policy in this country is Muppet-made-flesh Ed Miliband. While he makes a speciality of eye-catching…

Is Jack White washed up?

28 August 2025 4:00 am

Once, it might have seemed strange for American politicians to use a rock star as a proxy means of sniping…

Worse than woke, Smithsonian art is bad

28 August 2025 3:39 am

There’s a common myth in American culture that only the left is capable of producing great art. Right-wing art must…

Church of England abuse survivors have been failed – again

28 August 2025 2:12 am

The Church of England’s abuse Redress Scheme was set up to help survivors of abuse, but a serious data breach…