Labour’s parachute regiment bolsters the Starmtroopers
If you put the Diane Abbott row to one side, it has been a very successful week for the clique…
Voice referendum failure is still misunderstood
The profound misunderstanding why over 60 per cent of voters rejected the Voice referendum’s proposition is demonstrated in a May…
The ungaggable Donald Trump flames his ‘enemies’ at Trump Tower
In the same building where he once descended down a golden elevator and embarked on a campaign that would forever…
The Edinburgh Book Festival has bowed to the eco mob
This week, the Edinburgh Book Festival has joined the Hay Literary Festival in abandoning its sponsorship deal with the investment group Baillie…
Why is Starmer now saying that Diane Abbott can stand as an MP?
They say a week is a long time in politics but in the Labour party just three days is enough.…
Biden partially lifts ban on strikes within Russia
David Cameron publicly said it was up to Ukraine to decide whether to use British weapons to strike targets on…
I’ll still work with Trump, says Starmer
Keir Starmer really is a lucky general. The news that Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felonies helped ensure…
Ed Davey’s election stunts are going to backfire
The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, has come up with a novel way of ensuring his party gets greater…
Sir Keir’s private jet hypocrisy
Oh dear. In yet another campaign blunder for Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader has been forced to fess up…
Why we need the word ‘woke’
Has the word ‘woke’ become a lazy, all-too-common cliché? The novelist and Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver thinks so. During an appearance at…
Pedro Sanchez may come to regret passing Spain’s amnesty law
When has any nation’s government amnestied hundreds of people facing criminal charges in return for the votes that allow it…
Iain Dale pulls out as a Tory candidate
Oh dear. Less than 48 hours after he quit LBC to stand in the election, Iain Dale has now ruled…
Trump’s conviction is a disaster for American democracy
Donald Trump’s trial and his conviction on 34 felony counts is disgraceful. As the legal expert and former Harvard Law…
The statistic that should terrify Tory HQ
The tightening looks on. On Tuesday, my polling firm JL Partners published its first campaign poll showing a 12-point Labour…
What will Americans make of Trump’s guilty verdict?
The indictment and trial on a thin charge, the gagging of a presidential candidate in the middle of a campaign,…
Labour’s energy plan doesn’t add up
So, we have a little more flesh on the bones of Labour’s energy policy, with the party giving more details…
The problem with Labour’s free breakfast clubs plan
Labour has been deliberately opaque when it comes to their plans for government, but on one issue Sir Keir Starmer…
The death of the American legal system is the rebirth of Trump
Today we announce the death of the US legal system. The death of Justice. The death of Democracy. And the…
Brace Yourself
Former President Trump was convicted on all 34 counts by the Manhattan jury. Actually, these are just the same alleged…
Trump is a convict, but will it matter?
This is an extremely strange moment for American democracy. Polls suggest that independent voters – the people who decide American…
Donald Trump found guilty of falsifying business records
A jury delivered a guilty verdict Thursday on all thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records in former president Donald…
Why the conflict in Gaza matters less to poor students
Pro-Palestinian protests have disproportionately taken place at elite colleges, according to number-crunching by Washington Monthly. Their analysts used data from…
Did Donald Trump say the N-word?
Just like clockwork, the allegations of racism are rolling in days after Donald Trump’s historic rally in the South Bronx.…
Keir Starmer’s purge has gone too far
It’s Friday 5 July 2024. The electorate has proved the pollsters right, and Labour has returned to power with a…
A new energy transition: coal, nuclear, and natural gas
What is the ‘energy transition’? For Labor, it is a transition to renewables. For the Liberals, it is a transition…
