Trump’s two-week delay will unnerve Iran
In a statement relayed by press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the White House declared that President Donald Trump would decide “within…
‘Grim’ Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying triumph is a bleak day for parliament
The portents this morning were grim. The Grim Leadreaper was doing her HR manager of Hades act, buzzing around with…
Commons passes the assisted dying bill
The House of Commons has voted in favour of assisted dying by a narrow majority of 23. After four and…
Palestine Action’s RAF vandalism was no protest
Members of an activist group called Palestine Action have broken into the Royal Air Force’s largest base, RAF Brize Norton in…
Has the Islamophobia ‘Working Group’ already made up its mind?
Sir John Jenkins was invited by the Government-appointed ‘Working Group’ to offer his views on a proposed definition of ‘Islamophobia’.…
Did the Wall Street Journal just prevent a war?
Zero-hour was approaching. A joint US-Israeli attack on the mullahs’ mountain fastness at Fordow seemed imminent. The B-52s were on…
Whatever happens, Iran will still seek a nuclear weapon
An Iranian politician sits on a sofa giving an interview about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “Why should Iran not have a…
It’s time to bid adieu to Obamacare
Fifteen years ago, when Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), Vice President Biden,…
Has Ursula von der Leyen seen the light on China?
Coming from an American politician, the accusations would have been unsurprising. Beijing is unwilling to ‘live within the constraints of…
Is Iran about to choke the West’s energy supply?
Nato has learned nothing from Russia’s energy blackmail – and Iran is about to prove it. With precision warheads and…
Why Muslim-majority countries have turned against Iran
Swift condemnations have poured in from the Muslim world castigating Israel for bombing Iran. The UAE condemned Israel ‘in the strongest terms’,…
The triumph of Noel Edmonds
When Deal or No Deal hit our TV screens in 2005, it soon became a national obsession. I remember hotfooting it…
Labour whip resigns over disability benefit cuts
This evening, the Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a government whip over the disability benefit cuts. In a…
The Tucker Carlson & Ted Cruz roast
Tucker Carlson teased an upcoming podcast with Senator Ted Cruz Tuesday night by posting a short, fiery clip from the…
Poll: public want care home opt out for assisted dying
It’s a big day in parliament tomorrow. Both sides of the assisted dying debate are gearing up for a crunch…
Watch: SNP housing secretary slips up on social housing
SNP MSP Mairi McAllan appears to be rated rather highly by First Minister John Swinney, who created an entirely new…
Only regime change will solve the problem of Iran
The Middle East currently stands at a crossroads. The future geopolitical balance and perhaps also the historical direction of the…
JK Rowling blasts the National as ‘anti-women’
Scotland’s self-identifying ‘newspaper’ is at it again – and this time it has provoked the wrath of renowned writer JK…
The understudied importance of political slogans
‘Make America Great Again’. ‘Take Back Control’. ‘Yes We Can’. There are many political slogans – but only a handful…
NSPCC refuses to apologise to Braverman over grooming gangs letter
Baroness Casey’s landmark review into Britain’s grooming gangs contained some truly horrific revelations. The damning audit found that disproportionate numbers…
Why the Bank of England may welcome job losses
Interest rates have been held at 4.25 per cent. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by six…
Obama has traded credibility for Netflix contracts
Barack Obama has reemerged, stepping back into the national conversation with all the gravitas of a tenured Ivy League professor…
Three simple ways to stamp out benefits fraud
According to official figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, benefits fraud costs the taxpayer £9.5 billion a year.…
Striking Fordow will not solve the Iran problem
The world is watching Donald Trump to see if he will give his military the green light to use one…
Your pension fund is right to flee Labour’s Britain
One of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s few big ideas for boosting growth was to persuade pension funds to invest more of…
