The Bank of England’s mission to tame inflation just got harder
Much to the concern of the Bank of England, British workers are continuing to bank inflation-busting pay rises. Figures just released by…
Europe’s annual migrant crisis is just getting started
Irregular border crossings into the European Union dropped by 31 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 33,600.…
Is the NHS losing its appeal for Britain’s youth?
The NHS has survived many Conservative governments which, according to their opponents, were out to privatise it. But can it…
Iran is playing for time in the US nuclear talks
Over the weekend, the US and Iran held opening talks in Oman on Teheran’s nuclear programme. With the first round…
The sad death of ITV
The slow death of ITV makes for painful viewing. In its glory days of the 1980s and 1990s, the channel…
Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day
Australia is in a strange space where the traditions that enabled our high standard of living are being taken for…
Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she wants to ‘make Australia great again’. The reaction? ‘They finally said the quiet bit out…
What the left calls ‘chaos,’ the rest of us call ‘winning’
They never learn, the libs. Back in 2016, they provided hours of entertainment assuring themselves that Donald Trump would “never be…
Why are violent prisoners continuing to offend in jail?
Even for our broken prison service it’s been a terrible few days. On Saturday the jihadi terrorist Hashem Abedi used…
Blue Origin’s all-female space flight was a step backwards for feminism
Ray Bradbury, the great science fiction author, had this to say about space exploration: ‘Space travel is life-enhancing, and anything…
Is Kamala Harris turning into Meghan Markle?
Somewhere atop the sun-drenched hills of coastal California, failures go to rebrand themselves, and rebrand their rebrands as “pivots.” There,…
German tanks always flop. The Leopard 2 is no different
The much-vaunted German Leopard 2 tank – 18 of which were sent to Ukraine in 2023 after prolonged national debates…
‘Betgate’ is the latest blow to the Welsh Tories
It is a tough life these days being a member of the Welsh Conservatives. The party lost every Westminster seat…
‘Stop Brexit Man’s court victory is a win for free speech
From today, ‘Stop Brexit Man’ is free. This character, whose real name is Steve Bray, the long-standing bane of broadcasters,…
SNP backbencher blasts Nats over £20k pay rise
The cost of living crisis continues to afflict Brits across the country – but it would appear that Scottish government…
Would scrapping juries help tackle the courts backlog?
There’s a lot to digest in the new Crime and Justice Commission report, which came out today. Its proposals include, for…
Museums need a new approach to restitution
Three years ago, the Horniman Museum agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The museum’s chair hailed the decision…
Why is the army fixing Birmingham’s bin crisis?
‘Join the Army and see the world’ used to be the War Office’s boast. In those inter-war years it meant…
Good riddance to Cambridge’s May balls
I’m not usually one to hold back from damning the woke and progressive forces which lie within my alma mater,…
How Rory McIlroy banished his Masters demons
Eighteen years ago, half his lifetime away, Rory McIlroy made his debut as a professional golfer at the British Masters…
How to deal with the student mob
Last week’s violent anti-Semitic protest at Stanford is yet another sign of a pernicious climate on many campuses. The immediate…
Ex-Tory MP charged with gambling offences
The 2024 general election may feel like a lifetime ago, but the Gambling Commission has certainly not forgotten about it.…
Siddiq hit with arrest warrant by Bangladesh court
Back to the curious case of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, who has now had an arrest warrant issued against her…
Why the silence over the MP banned from Hong Kong?
This time last week there was near universal outrage on the left – and even from some Conservative MPs –…
Jacinta Price nearly won the election
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price should be the Leader of the Opposition, if for no other reason than she rubs the media…
