Come on boys, be flexible

25 July 2024 2:00 am

To be a working parent with pre-schoolers is a challenge. I write this as the mother of two girls –…

Keir Starmer will never have it so good at PMQs

25 July 2024 1:56 am

Are we going to war? The first PMQs since the election was like a military briefing between the Tory chief…

The West must prepare for world war three

25 July 2024 1:36 am

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is demonstrating in no uncertain terms that world war three is possible. Ukraine’s ambassador to…

Why is theft so high?

25 July 2024 1:32 am

Figures out today show a country with levels of surveyed crime still at historic lows (just a quarter of the…

There’s nothing ‘offensive’ about Prince Albert’s Memorial

25 July 2024 12:18 am

The Prince Albert Memorial is the latest target of activists seeking to denigrate our past. The Memorial has stood in…

James Cleverly rules out Reform merger

24 July 2024 11:10 pm

James Cleverly, the first official Tory leadership contender, has today ruled out a merger with Reform if he becomes Tory…

Sunak gives Starmer an easy ride at first PMQs

24 July 2024 10:42 pm

Another week, another Prime Minister’s Questions featuring Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak arguing across the Commons. Except, of course, the…

The Charlotte Dujardin whipping video is a disaster for equestrian sports

24 July 2024 10:40 pm

With just three days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the equestrian world…

Why Xi is anxious about Biden stepping down

24 July 2024 10:31 pm

The Chinese Communist party is rarely shy about highlighting America’s chaotic politics. State media and the CCP’s growing army of…

Liz Truss: Kamala Harris is not up to the job

24 July 2024 9:25 pm

She’s back! It was less than three weeks ago that Liz Truss lost her seat after suffering the biggest ever…

Has Keir Starmer just empowered the Labour rebels?

24 July 2024 8:58 pm

Keir Starmer has laid down a marker by suspending seven Labour MPs from the whip. The question is: What sort…

Nandy changes her tune on the culture wars

24 July 2024 8:43 pm

Labour won the election on a campaign of change and its politicians certainly have a knack for, um, changing their…

Starmer’s plan to deal with Labour’s hard left

24 July 2024 8:00 pm

There was a ripple of shock across the House of Commons on Tuesday night after Keir Starmer withdrew the whip…

A football chant is causing problems for Javier Milei

24 July 2024 6:03 pm

When the final whistle blew and Argentina’s players celebrated another Copa America triumph – the icing on the cake of…

Here’s how Israel can win

24 July 2024 5:35 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed on his flight to the US earlier this week next to a hat…

What Elon Musk gets right about the plight of trans kids

24 July 2024 3:30 pm

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world but it’s clear that money can’t always buy happiness. The X/…

Letting the worst universities collapse would be an act of kindness

24 July 2024 3:15 pm

Nobody said much about it before the election, but the new government inherits a ghastly financial problem with the higher…

The Democrats do not care a whit about democracy

24 July 2024 9:06 am

The events of the last few days have made incontrovertible something that candid observers have known for some time now:…

James Cleverly becomes the first candidate to declare 

24 July 2024 6:54 am

James Cleverly has become the first candidate to declare in the Conservative leadership contest. Announcing the news tonight in an…

Seven Labour MPs lose the whip

24 July 2024 6:27 am

In the end, the great two-child benefit cap revolt proved to be somewhat underwhelming. The measure was always likely to…

Search for answers on Trump assassination attempt ramps up

24 July 2024 5:31 am

In a rare moment of unity, both Democrats and Republicans are coming together to uncover the security failures which led…

Farage in diversity stand-off with Commons bosses

24 July 2024 5:17 am

It’s a red letter day for Nigel Farage. The former Ukip leader entered parliament this month at the eighth attempt…

After ditching their senior, Democrats now think Trump is too old

24 July 2024 4:19 am

After being gaslit into believing President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities were up to par, some are licking their wounds by…

Watch: Farage makes maiden speech in Commons

24 July 2024 3:12 am

To the House of Commons, where today Reform’s Nigel Farage made his maiden speech after returning from Milwaukee’s RNC. Attempting…

Streeting hammers Tories on NHS

24 July 2024 3:07 am

We know that the NHS is broken: Wes Streeting announced that it was now the official policy of this government…