Trump is working overtime to restore the rule of law
In the matter of Donald Trump v. Leviathan, let me begin by stipulating that Sir Thomas More was right in A…
Woke fatigue: why audiences reject Hollywood
Disney isn’t having an easy time. The company has produced flop after flop in recent years, with few exceptions, and…
Chuck Schumer imperiled from the left and the donor class
The rapid nature of the turn against Chuck Schumer, ostensibly the most powerful Democrat in Washington as Senate Minority Leader,…
Harry Sisson and trial by TikTok
This week, a story emerged about a dozen or so young women who each thought they were monogamously dating 22-year-old…
How politics tainted the delayed homecoming of stranded astronauts
The return of two NASA astronauts – Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore – back to Earth after equipment malfunctions saw…
Are the Scottish Tories becoming irrelevant?
Another day, another poll that shows Reform could, from a standing start, pick up at least 14 seats at the…
Starmer looked scared of Badenoch at PMQs
At PMQs this week, Sir Keir Starmer got a proper grilling for a change. Kemi Badenoch used smarter tactics: short…
Who are the contenders to be the next ‘C’?
Somewhere in an office on the south bank of the Thames, a man is writing in green ink and signing…
Gareth Southgate has nothing original to say
Football’s most revered promulgator of platitudes is at it again. Sir Gareth Southgate, the former England manager, has warned that…
No one will thank Liz Kendall for doing her job
There are three thankless posts in a modern Labour government. There’s the Chancellor, who has to announce the tightening of…
Badenoch caught Starmer out at PMQs
Keir Starmer didn’t have to defend his welfare cuts until later in the session at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, because…
Why don’t we hear more about Israel’s stunning blow against Hamas’s fascists?
Imagine if, following an Allied raid on Nazi positions, the newspapers the next day told us about nothing but the…
A storm is brewing for Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is once again plunging Israel into a deeply polarising legal and political crisis. Over the weekend,…
Sturgeon unveils memoir cover
Nicola Sturgeon may be stepping down at the 2026 Scottish parliament election but fear not, the SNP’s Dear Leader won’t…
How Conor McGregor humiliated the Irish government
The Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin will have felt some relief after his visit to the White House last week. While…
Scotland’s politicians must take the Reform threat seriously
Support for Nigel Farage’s party in Scotland is surging. This is despite the fact the Scottish group has no party…
Bristol’s low traffic bullies have gone too far
At 3am last Thursday morning, council contractors and police descended on a Bristol neighbourhood to install roadblocks under the cover of…
Reform records highest support yet in Scotland
As if Brits haven’t had enough elections and leadership competitions lately, north of the border political parties are gearing up…
Trump was naive to think he could negotiate with Putin
President Donald Trump’s creative diplomacy in the Ukraine conflict – which entails bullying the victim and making unilateral concessions to…
China’s BYD could kill Tesla
Tesla and its hyper-active boss Elon Musk are having a bad month. On both sides of the Altantic, there have…
Trump’s call with Putin has bought Ukraine time
So who won from yesterday’s phone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? Arguably, no one did – but nor…
Could a headscarf row bring down France’s government?
Might a headscarf bring down France’s coalition government? The question of whether the Islamic garment should be permitted on the…
Paying for elections every three years is worth it
There’s an old joke about divorces. Do you know why they’re so expensive? Because they’re worth it. Elections are no…
Watch: Labour MP’s car crash Newsnight interview
The party of working people is doing a rather good job these days of irritating, er, working people. Work and…
