Why the Istanbul talks failed
Only one conclusion can be drawn from today’s talks in Istanbul: Russia has once again rejected the proposed unconditional 30-day…
Donald Trump’s papal style
The election of the first American pope, Leo XIV, comes at a strange time when a Catholic establishment is running…
Gender ideology is still dictating NHS policy
The NHS have decided that there is no minimum age before a child can begin treatment for gender dysphoria. Freedom…
Emily Maitlis doesn’t understand grooming gangs
‘You are focusing on Pakistani grooming gangs, because, probably, you’re racist.’ That’s what Emily Maitlis told ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe…
Equalities watchdog faces legal action over trans rules
Oh dear. Now legal action has been launched against the UK’s equalities watchdog – alleging that guidance around transgender people…
Parliament is changing its mind on assisted dying
There was a markedly different feel to today’s debate on Assisted Dying. The last time the House debated Kim Leadbeater’s…
A 10mph speed limit is preposterous
The increase of 20mph speed limits in Britain has been sending drivers around the bend. But if an organisation called the Road…
Is Keir Starmer ‘far right’ now?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new ‘far right’ mission to lock up asylum seekers in distant countries yesterday suffered an…
Chris Bowen’s socialist, energy-poor future
Anthony ‘Albo’ Albanese is determined to undermine (poor pun) Australia’s economy in pursuit of a socialist, energy-poor future. The evidence…
The anti-Israel Eurovision mob are Hamas’s little helpers
Imagine booing a survivor of a fascist attack. People actually did that this week. Pro-Palestine activists heckled and insulted a…
MPs should get a say on Starmer’s trade deals
Sir Keir Starmer has been busy talking up his trade deals with the US and India, while also planning ‘reset’…
The red lines delaying an American nuclear deal with Iran
Speaking to reporters on his Middle East diplomatic tour, Donald Trump hinted at what could be his biggest foreign policy…
Rachel Reeves’s war on family businesses
The Environmental and Rural Affairs select committee is surely right that the government imposed the inheritance tax changes on farmland…
Sturgeon earns more from second jobs than her MSP role
To the SNP’s Dear Leader, who just can’t seem to keep out of the spotlight. Now Scotland’s former first minister…
Why the BBC wants to go German
The BBC’s Director General Tim Davie made a speech this week which suggests he’s leaning toward a radical fix for…
Inside Zia Yusuf’s Reform masterplan
On Monday, I sat down for a lengthy interview on Spectator TV with Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Reform UK.…
Could Starmer’s ‘return hubs’ work?
Yesterday, following the publication of Labour’s immigration white paper, Sir Keir Starmer tried to pull a rabbit out of the…
Lammy hits back in row with French taxi driver
Back to our hapless Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who has found himself embroiled in a new war of words. No,…
The Democrats’ trillion-dollar reparations racket
When politicians run out of solutions, they start offering symbolism – and this year, that symbolism comes in the form…
The Ivanka Harvest
In Bentonville, Arkansas, far from the Beltway bubble, Ivanka Trump is talking about her latest venture. Her topic isn’t politics…
Gary Lineker must ‘educate’ himself on the Nazis
When I was a schoolboy, on the rare occasions I was required to line up against the wall to be…
Britain could pay a big price for Starmer’s ‘EU Reset’
The great ‘EU Reset’ of 19 May – when the first formal UK-EU summit since Brexit will take place –…
The trouble with BBC Verify
Can the BBC ever be objective and unbiased? It’s a question many of us ask ourselves, sometimes in hope, often…
Why lesbians want out of the LGBT movement
LGBT+ is an ‘inclusive’ way to represent all the different identities in the longer acronym, says the BBC. What nonsense:…
Beyond the sliding doors election
‘This election…is a sliding doors moment for our nation,’ declared Peter Dutton, and maybe he was right, and in ways…
