£1m spent on 2024 Jobcentre translation services
Well, well, well. It turns out that just under £1 million was spent on Jobcentre translation last year, with £882,118…
Starmer backs Nato membership for Ukraine
Keir Starmer has reassured the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky of Britain’s ‘commitment to Ukraine being on an irreversible path to…
Why didn’t Starmer go to Munich?
The Munich Security Conference, which this week gathers in the Bavarian capital for its 61st edition, is a big deal…
Why Britain is crucial to Ukraine peace talks
Britain has the opportunity to become a master in tightrope diplomacy between Donald Trump and an increasingly alarmed Europe after…
Assisted dying bill could see ‘death czar’ judge cases
Back to the assisted dying bill which, it would appear, seems to be dying a slow death itself. The legislation…
Europe and the death of Nato
There has been no more effective and successful defensive alliance in history than Nato. The unity and determination of Nato’s…
Donald Trump is making the same mistake as Neville Chamberlain
It is easy to forget how popular Neville Chamberlain was in the autumn of 1938. Proclaiming ‘peace in our time’…
Our future is a ‘mafiacracy’
If the nightmare of anticommunists during the cold war was an endless future of totalitarian terror, the nightmare of today’s…
What Elon Musk can learn from Javier Milei
Did Argentina pave the way for Elon Musk’s Doge? At the very least, Javier Milei’s famous chainsaw has provided a…
Will Ed Miliband see sense and drill British gas?
The government says it wants to stop the ‘blockers’ which are holding back Britain’s economy. It also says it wants…
The surprising fall of Germany’s populist far-left party
For all the alarm about the instability of German politics, the results of this month’s federal election campaign seem –…
Why does Louis Theroux keep picking on Israeli settlers?
When is Louis Theroux going to make a documentary where he embeds himself with Hamas in Gaza? Or Palestinian Islamic…
Bridget Jones is no feminist
Bridget Jones isn’t what she used to be. The latest film, Mad About the Boy, features Bridget as a grieving widow…
The perfect genius of P.G. Wodehouse’s ‘never-never land’
Pelham Grenville (PG – or Plum) Wodehouse breathed his last on Valentine’s Day fifty years ago. As Evelyn Waugh saw…
How the judiciary fuel Europe’s migrant crisis
If Europeans wanted evidence that it is judges and not politicians who run their countries this month has proved it.…
Mark Latham, ‘We are dealing with ingrained hatreds.’
Following the viral video that appears to show two (former) nurses and Bankstown Hospital threatening to kill Jewish people under…
Vance’s left-wing media interviews are a master class
It’s about time our politicians followed his example
Politics has no place in healthcare
One of my fondest memories as a nurse of ten years is looking after a Muslim man of Egyptian descent…
How long will Sturgeon cling on in Holyrood?
To Scotland, where Nicola Sturgeon is, er, not very busy. In fact, Mr S can reveal the SNP’s former Dear…
Will the Munich attack lead to a crackdown on asylum seekers?
Another day, another apparent attack by an asylum seeker in Germany. In Munich, a 24-year-old Afghan is alleged to have…
How Prevent failed David Amess
In October 2021, Ali Harbi Ali assassinated David Amess, the MP for Southend West. The aftermath of this killing was…
Car rams crowd in Munich, injuring at least 28
This morning, at around 10.30 local time, a white Mini Cooper ploughed into a crowd of more than 1,000 people…
Reeves faced expenses probe in previous job
As birthdays go, this is unlikely to be Rachel Reeves’s most enjoyable – thanks to an unexpected present from the…
Labour MP WhatsApp scandal worsens
Uh oh. Former Labour health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked and suspended at the weekend after some rather controversial message…
Does Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategy even exist?
The Labour government was pinning everything on an ambitious industrial strategy to boost growth. It was meant to make the…
