We should raise, not lower, the voting age
Keir Starmer’s decision to lower the voting age to 16 is widely seen as a cynical attempt to secure votes,…
Was Trump in Epstein’s birthday book?
Bombshell or damp squib? The Wall Street Journal has dived into L’Affaire Epstein with a vengeance, reporting tonight that Donald…
Britain is ready for a Reagan
History doesn’t repeat itself. But it does echo. The United States of the 1970s and Britain of the mid-2020s share…
Where are the resettled Afghans living in Britain?
This week, we learned that three years ago a Ministry of Defence official accidentally released details of 18,714 Afghans who…
It’s time to overthrow the lanyardocracy
The trials of Sandie Peggie are a parable of where power lies in a country when lies are power. Peggie is…
What is the point of Emma Watson?
I’ve been musing recently how people in the public eye can go ‘downhill’ in two main ways. One can make…
The irony of the Afghan resettlement scandal
If there is one wholesale conclusion to be drawn from the Afghan resettlement scheme scandal, it’s that a problem we…
The perils of Trump’s tariff gamble
During an Oval Office meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte, President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a tariff of…
One Nation under truth, life, and sovereignty
In an age when political decisions are often dictated by focus groups, moral relativism, and international bureaucracies, One Nation stands…
Ex-Tory MPs denied special treatment for 2029 election
The 2024 election was something of a disaster for the Tories. Two in every three MPs departed the Commons last…
Trump makes America’s Coke pure again
Squashed between his Truth Social announcements that fentanyl is now a Schedule I drug, President Trump made a surprising declaration related…
RIP NPR, the broadcaster that thought emojis were racist
“Nearly 3-in-4 Americans say they rely on their public radio stations for alerts and news for their public safety,” National…
Rayner’s youth blunder
Oh dear. After the government announced that 16- and 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in time for the next…
French anger looms as PM proposes holiday cuts
Banning the baguette, perhaps? Or making it compulsory to eat a sandwich at your desk at lunchtime? If you think…
Will Trump bail out Texas Republicans?
With the retirement of North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, the Republican with the heaviest Senate primary burden in 2026 becomes John…
Albanese’s anaemic neutrality risks Aukus
In doggedly resisting US prompts to boost defence spending by evoking a ‘neutralist’ foreign policy in his recent John Curtin…
Axing the Department of Education will improve education
The big education news this week is a court ruling that allows the Trump administration to begin cutting jobs at…
Labour’s votes for teenagers ruse will backfire
Our economy is on the rocks, legal and illegal immigration remains out of control, public services are creaking, and a…
Lefty MPs accept Glastonbury tickets in freebie U-turn
Well, well, well. It transpires that a number of left-wing MPs enjoyed some time away from their constituencies at this…
Will 16-year-olds vote Labour?
Gerrymandering is as old as the hills, and neither of what have been Britain’s two main political parties for the…
Burghart: It’s the economy, stupid
Most elections are fought and won on the economy. So it is no surprise that the Tory leadership have identified…
A (very) dirty story
Back in May of this year, I attended a skin cancer clinic for the excision of a lesion suspected to…
Will Labour suspend Diane Abbott – again?
All is not well in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party. Last night, seven MPs were punished for voting against the…
NHS diversity officer: I don’t know my own sex
The Sandie Peggie case against NHS Fife is only getting stranger. The tribunal resumed on Wednesday morning, after first being…
