Kemi let Keir off the hook on Chagos
This is Keir Starmer’s worst week in politics since last week. With the Chagos deal eliciting criticism in cabinet, the…
Watch: Starmer ducks PMQ on Covid rule-breaking
To Westminster, where Prime Minister’s Questions is in full swing. Sir Keir Starmer has delivered yet another tutorial in how…
Why should the NHS employ any diversity officers?
Wes Streeting is offended by NHS staff promoting ‘anti-whiteness’ – as should any taxpayer who has not succumbed to the…
Labour MPs form anti-Reform pressure group
Sir Keir Starmer’s party may have only been in power for seven months but in that time the Prime Minister…
Wes Streeting’s war on NHS diversity doesn’t go far enough
When America sneezes, Britain catches a cold. Luckily for us, we have Wes Streeting on hand with the tissues. Within…
Meghan Markle’s tone-deaf wildfire video is hard to stomach
The recent fires in California have had many tragic effects. Many have lost their homes, possessions and livelihoods, and it…
Is Jared Kushner behind Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ plan?
Who knew that America First had such global ambitions? Who knew that, when Donald Trump promised ‘mass deportations’, he also…
Watch: Kay Burley retires from Sky on air
So. Farewell then Kay Burley. After 36 years, the Sky star has announced she is retiring from the channel. In…
Record Channel crossings expose Starmer’s failure to ‘smash the gangs’
More migrants have illegally crossed the English Channel since 1 January than in any previous year for this period. So…
Can our justice system handle cases like Lucy Letby’s?
Could Lucy Letby, the UK’s most notorious child-murderer, be innocent? The question has rumbled on ever since her convictions for…
Dark oxygen vs green energy: a $16 trillion problem
‘Dark oxygen’ sounds sexy and mysterious, but science rarely delivers on its amorous threats. In this case, dark oxygen refers…
The real problem with CCHQ
When Kemi Badenoch’s leadership got off to a less-than-inspiring start, her defenders made a reasonable case that she needed more…
The audacity of Trump’s Gaza plan
Some moments in history demand recognition, not just for their weight in the present but for the seismic shifts they…
What Said, said
Decolonisation in the 20th Century wasn’t always a great success. Over a million people were slaughtered in communal violence when…
I know the antidote, Douglas
I had just finished watching the Netflix series, Lioness, the other day when I read your lament, Douglas Murray, in…
The political war on tomorrow’s children
Elon Musk, ever the provocateur, has made perhaps his most contentious appeal: the world needs more babies. His pro-natalist views…
How the ‘Normiecons’ still don’t get the New Right
Every morning, I wake up and scan hopefully the opinion pages of The Australian for any sign of a sympathetic…
Gabbard and RFK Jr. head closer to confirmation
For the past month, the tone among Washington insiders was dour as it related to the confirmation prospects of Donald…
Why Trump hates USAID so much
The Trump administration’s takedown of federal spending has begun in earnest with the dismantling of the US Agency for International…
Trump’s popularity amongst Brits is rising
Back in July 2019, Donald Trump called Boris Johnson ‘Britain Trump’, before adding ‘that’s probably a good thing, they like…
Eleven lowlights from the assisted dying evidence session
To Westminster, where last week Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying bill began the evidence session of committee stage. But rather than…
Starmer set to close Chagos deal in ‘coming weeks’
Is Sir Keir Starmer determined to make himself more unpopular with the British public? The news of his latest Chagos…
Revealed: ONS blames Ring doorbells for dodgy jobs data
What caused the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to lose faith in its own jobs figures? After the pandemic, the…
Burnham’s night czar eviscerates Reeves
Oh dear. It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – so that means more bad news for Rachel Reeves. Today, the…
What Trump’s tariff ‘opening salvo’ will teach him
Mexico and Canada have been given a last-minute reprieve from Donald Trump’s tariffs. China has offered only the most half-hearted…
