Should the BBC be mocking Ronaldo’s tears?
Portugal squeezed through to the Euros quarter finals last night after a penalty shoot-out victory against plucky Slovenia. Or perhaps…
Labour will ‘destabilise’ Reform, Badenoch warns
Election day is just around the corner and politicians across the country are pulling out the stops. Now Kemi Badenoch…
Marine industry leading the nuclear transition
‘Hagar, I can’t get to sleep for thinking about her…!’ declared Lucky Eddie to his Commander. ‘I can even concentrate,…
Is it going wrong for Reform?
Has Reform peaked too soon? In the wake of Rishi Sunak’s D-Day debacle, the party was riding high in the…
Can Sinn Fein win the UK’s most marginal constituency again?
It’s Monday afternoon and I’m walking through the estate where I was born on the outskirts of Enniskillen in Northern…
Who cares what Keir Starmer does with his Friday nights?
As part of their vote-Tory-or-the-kitten-gets-it final push, the Conservatives have spent the past 12 hours pushing the idea that Keir…
The shame of Royal Mail’s postal vote delay
Britain’s creaking infrastructure and frequent paralysis of public services deserved to be a bigger factor in the election campaign than…
How Hungary’s presidency could shake up the EU
Life in the Berlaymont building, the Brussels headquarters of the European Union, just got a bit more surreal. A striking…
Georgia’s Euros run gave the nation some respite
If you had told me a month ago that Georgia would make it into the play-offs, defeating Portugal on the…
Will there be an election upset on Thursday?
In just two days, voters will head to the polling booth to cast their vote in the 2024 general election.…
Scottish independence could be the biggest loser on election day
As the hours tick down to polling day, Scottish nationalists are beginning to assess the damage this election campaign has…
Giorgia Meloni will enjoy taking revenge on Macron
The German government has expressed its ‘concern’ at the prospect of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally forming the next government…
Reform candidate targeted JK Rowling and Sturgeon in online rants
Oh dear. Just two days to go until polling day and Reform is once again in the limelight after yet…
What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Donald Trump
Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions, I noted that the court would probably issue its final opinion of the season, on…
Why does Japan want to build a 300-mile conveyor belt?
In a move that sounds like something out of the new Francis Ford Coppola film Megalopolis, the Japanese government has announced…
Why Labour keeps floundering on the trans toilet question
Labour politicians who cannot give straight answers on sex and gender will need to get their thinking caps on, assuming…
Will North Korea send troops to Ukraine?
When dealing with North Korea, it’s important not just to look at what the regime says about its present and…
A robust SCOTUS decision on presidential immunity
All is unfolding as I have foreseen. Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions and indulging in a little well-earned Schadenfreude…
The top contenders to replace Joe Biden
After Thursday’s disastrous excuse for a presidential debate, New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman wrote that Joe Biden “has…
Why does Starmer think he can finish early on Fridays if he becomes PM?
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has disclosed that he won’t work ’24/7′ if he wins the election this week and…
Will Starmer be a part-time PM?
‘Sir Sleepy’, it seems, is back. On the eve of taking up the most important job in the country, Keir…
No, Mr Bowen, community batteries are not a substitute for nuclear
At a recent press conference in Bexley North in Sydney’s south, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced the…
Proportional representation won’t save the Tories
Members and supporters of the Conservative party do not generally speak in favour of proportional representation (PR) – which is…
The Smart Energy Council makes two basic mistakes
The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a dint, providing only 3.7 per…
