What can we expect in the Tory manifesto?

11 June 2024 5:29 pm

Day two of manifesto week will see the Conservatives launch their prospectus for government. At a chunky 77 pages, the…

The EU election earthquake spells trouble for Ukraine

11 June 2024 5:26 pm

If one story dominates the cacophony of results of the European election from across the 27 countries of the Union,…

Censorship silences necessary debate

11 June 2024 4:01 pm

Last week I asked the eSafety Commissioner a simple question, ‘Are Australians allowed to call a violent male rapist who…

The trouble with ‘centrist’ Tories

11 June 2024 3:56 pm

‘Elections are won from the centre ground,’ the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Perhaps he should have a word with…

Sorry Sunak can’t muster much of a fight in BBC interview

11 June 2024 10:05 am

A clash of the razor-blades. That’s how it started. Nick Robinson’s grey jowls were dotted with stubble as he sat…

Sunak splutters in BBC interview, but Starmer won’t do much better

11 June 2024 8:17 am

Rishi Sunak has started to move on from his D-Day blunder. He probably won’t recover from the electoral damage he…

Lib Dem policies are as barmy as their campaign

11 June 2024 4:07 am

Ed Davey has finally taken a break from fooling around to launch some policies. But one of them, in particular,…

Fighting over the Tory manifesto begins a day early

11 June 2024 3:36 am

On Tuesday morning, Rishi Sunak will unveil the Conservative party’s 2024 manifesto. So far, there is talk of tax cuts,…

Reform candidate apologises for his Hitler neutrality comments

11 June 2024 3:24 am

Oh dear, it seems like the election scandals are coming thick and fast at the moment. Today, it was the…

CNN’s moderators must ask Biden the tough Hunter question

11 June 2024 2:31 am

The upcoming June 27 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the first of its kind — a…

Honouring the Covid Tsars

11 June 2024 2:30 am

To mark the King’s Birthday weekend, the government has decided to kiss its own arse by honouring the Covid Tsars…

Will the Lib Dem manifesto win over the ‘Blue Wall’?

11 June 2024 1:56 am

Sir Ed Davey kicked off manifesto week by launching his party’s document this afternoon in East London. In true Lib…

The establishment triumphed in Spain’s elections

11 June 2024 12:57 am

Spain’s Conservative Popular party (PP) came first in Sunday’s EU elections, upping its share of seats in the European parliament…

The Scottish Tories won’t accept Faragism

11 June 2024 12:22 am

Douglas Ross was not a game-changing leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the way Ruth Davidson was but he announces…

The EU may struggle to find its way out of this election crisis

10 June 2024 11:40 pm

It is said that the EU thrives on crises. These are what spurs it on to the ultimate goal of…

Douglas Ross has made things even worse for the Tories

10 June 2024 10:51 pm

You thought things couldn’t get worse for the Conservative party in this election? They just did. The Scottish Conservative leader, Douglas…

Is the Lib Dems’ election campaign silly or savvy?

10 June 2024 10:26 pm

General elections are strange things, particularly for the Lib Dems. For a few weeks, broadcasters are compelled to actually give…

Sinn Fein’s immigration stance has blown up in its face

10 June 2024 9:45 pm

It’s been three days since Ireland went to the ballot box to decide the local and European elections and, much…

The truth about the rise of the ‘far right’ in Europe

10 June 2024 9:42 pm

‘The rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation but also for Europe,’ said Emmanuel Macron as…

Labour could make Britain’s prison crisis worse

10 June 2024 9:14 pm

On Saturday night, Labour announced its plans to ‘fix the prison crisis and keep criminals behind bars’. If this announcement…

Starmer’s shadow cabinet split on private schools

10 June 2024 8:30 pm

Labour have made much of their VAT raid on private school fees, proudly trumpeting the policy as one of the…

France can’t afford a Le Pen government

10 June 2024 8:28 pm

It is possible that President Macon had some clever plan when he called a general election in the wake of…

Douglas Ross resigns as Scottish Tory leader

10 June 2024 8:10 pm

Just when you thought this election campaign couldn’t get any more tumultuous, Douglas Ross has announced he will resign as…

Olaf Scholz’s party suffers worst EU election defeat as AfD surges

10 June 2024 7:24 pm

The mood in Olaf Scholz’s SPD party headquarters in Berlin is despondent this morning. The German Chancellor’s party won just…

French voters have delivered a damning verdict on Macron

10 June 2024 6:05 pm

I sensed something significant was going to unfold on Sunday as I took my morning coffee at our village café.…