When will Britain wake up to the Islamist threat?

10 January 2025 5:00 pm

A poll this week in France found that 78 per cent of respondents are in favour of proscribing the wearing of Muslim…

How I was punished for breaking the conspiracy of silence on grooming gangs

10 January 2025 4:00 pm

The renewed interest in the disproportionate involvement of men of Pakistani origin in historic group child sexual abuse has led…

Renewable energy finally sails off into the past

10 January 2025 3:04 pm

Being a Scottish sailor in the 1960s and 70s, I had more than a passing interest in fine looking ships,…

The weird and wonderful presidential interactions at the Carter funeral

10 January 2025 12:07 pm

Past, present and president-elect presidents, along with their wives — and current and former veeps — put on brave faces…

Venezuela prepares for clashing inaugurations

10 January 2025 11:55 am

A new presidential term is set to begin officially in Venezuela on January 10. Despite the electoral commission’s failure to…

Mick Lynch’s top five lowlights

10 January 2025 3:24 am

Well, well, well. Mick Lynch, RMT’s infamous general secretary, has today announced he will be stepping down from the top…

Andy Burnham demands grooming gangs inquiry

10 January 2025 2:38 am

Following the defeat of the Tory amendment in parliament last night, No. 10 might have hoped that calls for a…

What is the point of Rachel Reeves’s visit to Beijing?

10 January 2025 2:30 am

The Chinese communist party claims to know a thing or two about humiliation – the ‘century of humiliation’ at the…

BBC presenter loses job after releasing anti-Starmer song

10 January 2025 2:17 am

Back to the Beeb, which continues to get better at being the focus of news headlines rather than, er, producing…

Is Reform about to top the polls?

10 January 2025 1:46 am

Is Reform about to become the most popular political party in Britain, overtaking both Labour and the Tories in national…

The curious predicament of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

10 January 2025 1:33 am

Eleanor Roosevelt said that the role of the First Lady was not a job but rather a circumstance. For Sophie…

Defending families from the arrogance of government

10 January 2025 1:10 am

Australia has long prided itself as a free spirit. A nation of people in control of our destiny with a…

Nuclear or poverty

10 January 2025 1:00 am

Yes, when it comes to energy, it is that simple

Watch: Scottish Tory leader mocks FM over Musk comments

10 January 2025 12:11 am

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been the talk of London town this week and north of the border things are…

Watch: Steve Reed heckled by farmers

9 January 2025 11:01 pm

Who was the least popular man in Oxford this morning? Environment Secretary Steve Reed was certainly up there. The Labour…

Liz Truss’s legal threat against Keir Starmer is a mistake

9 January 2025 10:54 pm

In politics as in everyday life it is possible to be right at the same time as being terribly, terribly…

Where is Rachel Reeves?

9 January 2025 10:42 pm

Bond yields are soaring to their highest levels in almost 30 years and sterling is sliding. The government’s economic strategy…

SNP government could boycott Twitter, FM warns

9 January 2025 10:42 pm

Elon Musk has kept the British media busy in recent days, after persistently posting criticism of UK politicians over the…

The astounding absence and silence of the LA mayor as her city burns

9 January 2025 10:06 pm

I’m not sure that there was ever a good time for Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to be on a presidential diplomatic…

Beach turf wars are dividing Australia

9 January 2025 9:46 pm

At a time when Donald Trump threatens to annex Greenland and the Panama Canal, China is flexing its military and…

Why the French state fears Elon Musk

9 January 2025 6:22 pm

The French government on Wednesday declared war on X and on Elon Musk, directly threatening to ban the platform. Speaking…

The truth about the LA wildfires 

9 January 2025 5:38 pm

It is like a Hollywood disaster movie with a difference: it really is happening close to Hollywood, and the stars…

The Democrats are changing their tune on Trump

9 January 2025 5:00 pm

The early attitudes from Democrats toward the new Trump administration are difficult to judge in a vacuum – and that’s…

The ‘MAGA’ South Koreans still supporting President Yoon

9 January 2025 5:00 pm

In extraordinary scenes more reminiscent of a South American coup than a supposedly stable first world democracy, fights broke out…

Reform and Tories accused of weaponising grooming gangs scandal

9 January 2025 7:37 am

Unsurprisingly, the Conservative attempt to amend/kill off the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill failed tonight, with MPs voting 364 to…