No. 10 blocks beaver plans over ‘Tory legacy’ fears
Sir Keir Starmer’s army were adamant that theirs would be a ‘serious’ government of ‘grown ups’ – and yet it…
Rachel Reeves is getting ready for the next market test
Rachel Reeves did her best to keep today’s China visit statement on topic. The Chancellor wanted to talk about ‘cooperation’,…
Australia’s success, girt by sea and golden sands
Is the story of Australia a horn of plenty or a cornucopia which we systematically fail to celebrate each year…
Reckless renewables: what’s the real cost to Australians?
In 2024, I finally checked off a major bucket list item: travelling west across the continent by train and returning…
Why Westminster is wrong about gilt yields
It’s gilts season at Westminster. This is one of those unpredictable events, like the passing of a comet, that sees…
Putin is engineering a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria
Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, the tiny republic of Moldova has been easy prey for Russia in the past. Its…
Scotland’s safe consumption room won’t solve the drugs crisis
Quarterly reports from the office of National Records of Scotland confirm time and again the existence of an ongoing drug…
Can Trump claim the credit for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire?
Donald Trump has made a long list of promises for what will be done on ‘day one’ of his second…
Fact check: The Rest Is Politics’ grooming gang claims
For a little while now there have been questions as to whether the commentary of Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart…
What price will Israel pay for a ceasefire with Hamas?
As reports swirl of an imminent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Israel stands at a crossroads, grappling with the…
The plot to ban X in France
Clara Chappaz is the minister delegate for Artificial Intelligence and the digital economy in the government of Emmanuel Macron. At…
Tulip Siddiq named in second corruption probe
When it rains for the Labour lot, it pours. Pressure is piling on Labour minister Tulip Siddiq to resign from…
Europe’s car industry is under attack on all fronts
It is half a century since Britain’s native car industry embarked on its long, painful decline, precipitated by Austin Allegros…
Spain will regret its 100 per cent expat property tax
They drive up prices. Rents go through the roof. And the locals can no longer afford a home. The Spanish…
Will the AfD’s deportation pledge win over German voters?
Next month’s German federal election on 23 February revolves around the disputed meaning of a single toxic word: ‘remigration’. Until…
Labour MPs turn on Starmer over grooming gangs
Will Keir Starmer have to change his tune on a public inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal? Just last week,…
Reform neck and neck with Labour, poll reveals
Uh oh. 2025 hasn’t gotten off to the best start for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot and YouGov’s first Westminster…
The ‘grooming gangs’ delusion is finally being shattered
The re-eruption of the rape gangs scandal has shone a dazzlingly bright light on the language that makes us flinch…
The Sussexes’ tone deaf attack on Meta
Who do the Duke and Duchess of Sussex think they are? Since their quasi-abdication from the royal family five years…
Can the jihadists of Syria’s HTS be trusted?
By the gates of the great 8th-century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, a group of Central Asian-looking gunmen stand in the…
Trump’s team will show Rachel Reeves how it’s done
As Trump Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent rises, full of promise for his confirmation hearing in Washington next week, the…
Here’s what Greenland should do about Donald Trump
Greenland’s prime minister Múte Egede has responded to Donald Trump’s overtures to buy the island by saying it is time…
Starmer’s artificial intelligence
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer started the week with some hardcore deflection. Despite throwing nasty allegations at Elon Musk, Starmer…
Just Stop Oil desecrated Charles Darwin’s grave
Desecrating the grave of the UK’s most famous scientist might seem like a strange thing to do for members of…
The Six Triple Eight is nonsense
What comes to mind when you hear the word brave? Possibly it’s a vision of Allied soldiers storming the beaches…
