Will Marco Rubio kibosh the Chagos deal?
There’s a new sheriff in town. Trump’s election means a new Secretary of State; the world’s most powerful foreign minister…
Reeves blasted for backing third Heathrow runway
Growth is the flavour of the month for Sir Keir Starmer’s government, with Rachel Reeves this morning delivering a big…
Why Britain needs growth
‘Growth’ – the focus of the Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech this morning – can be a confusing word. It’s intangible,…
Mandelson grovels to Trump on Fox News
Oh Mandy. It’s now nine days since Donald Trump was elected – and our new man in Washington is still…
The name’s Melania, Melania Trump
In her favorite room of the White House, the Yellow Oval room, stands Melania, in a black Dolce & Gabbana…
Labour will regret extending the BBC licence fee
The BBC licence fee is dying as millions of Britons realise that they do not need a television; they can…
Curtains for UNRWA, and they deserve it
Israel has had enough of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, otherwise known as UNRWA. Israel…
The NHS isn’t solely to blame for its failure to reform
Can the NHS reform itself? MPs on the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC) say it doesn’t know how to. It…
Like the Louvre, Macron’s presidency is falling apart
Emmanuel Macron has promised to return the Louvre to its former glory in an ambitious renovation project that is forecast…
Hollywood luvvies have become Donald Trump’s useful idiots
In events that were foreseeable to anyone outside America’s cultural elite, the actress and popstar Selena Gomez is facing an…
Why Rachel Reeves’ growth plan is doomed to flop
The wait is over. After six months in government, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided that today is the day…
DeepSeek shows the stakes for humanity couldn’t be higher
What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI system that’s shaken the world, and what does it reveal about our future? While…
Reform is on the up – but it could easily come unstuck
British politics is in a new place: the combined polling score of Labour and the Conservatives is below 50 per…
Enter Atelier Arena
What do the musicians Paul Weller and Daryl Hall, the gallerist Iwan Worth, and the actor Gary Oldman have in…
Get ready for Trump’s ‘FAFO’ foreign policy
President Donald Trump posted an AI-picture of a gangster version of himself on Instagram at around 3 p.m. Sunday. Behind…
The ‘dejudification’ of the Holocaust
Imagine talking about the transatlantic slave trade and not saying the word African. Or discussing the genocidal slaughter in Rwanda…
Is it time to take Trump’s Gaza resettlement plan seriously?
As Donald Trump toys with the audacious idea of relocating Gaza’s population – whether to neighbouring Jordan and Egypt, or…
Real men go grocery shopping
A Jesse Watters Fox News segment flashed across my timeline recently, and I took it very personally. In the segment,…
The magical remaking of Melania Trump
Of all the images that emerged from the new administration last week, few were as meaningful and portentous as Melania Trump…
‘Non-crime hate incidents’ are a threat to free speech
There’s more than meets the eye to today’s story of a leaked Home Office report calling for police to be encouraged to…
The new Champions League format has been a disaster
Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain could be knocked out of the Champions League tomorrow night. So thank God for the…
Why do Home Office staff think talk of two-tier policing is ‘extremist’?
How do you create a low-trust society? One way to do so is to have an administrative class which seems to treat…
