Donald Trump: our last stand against globalism
Donald Trump is a symbol. He represents humanity’s last stand against the globalist tyrants who wish to snuff out the…
George Galloway: Labour is the ‘number one enemy’
George Galloway would be happy if his Workers’ Party of Britain denied Labour the chance of an outright majority at…
Watch: Lib Dems photobomb Sunak event
Can anything go right on Rishi Sunak’s magical mystery tour? Nothing seems to be going right for the Prime Minister…
The taxman has failed Britain’s poor
Today we are witnessing a significant failure of the UK state. This morning, the personal finance campaigner Martin Lewis reported…
What is Nigel Farage planning?
Nigel Farage continues to tease Westminster with his endless ‘will he, won’t he?’ dance. The former Ukip leader is hosting…
Starmer’s ‘national security’ pitch looks insecure
Still haunted by the memory of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, Keir Starmer has devoted today to reassuring the electorate that he…
Kemi Badenoch isn’t alone in dodging the issue of social care
Elections aren’t just fights between the parties over policy. They also include conspiracies of silence where neither side will benefit…
The problem with Kemi Badenoch’s transgender reforms
It is five years since Labour’s then equalities spokeswoman, Dawn Butler, told a BBC interviewer that babies aren’t born with a sex. It was…
Sunak’s gender attack will hurt Labour
If the country has not had enough sex by now, it may have by the election. Political sex, that is…
It feels like the social order is crumbling in Germany
I’ve been in and out of Germany a lot in recent months, and it’s hard not to gain the impression…
The Northern Irish law posing a threat to free speech in Britain
On Friday, the High Court in Northern Ireland deflected a serious threat to the right to free speech, not only…
Sunak and Starmer’s plans for battle in first TV debate
The parties are gearing up for their first full week of campaigning since parliament was dissolved on Thursday. This means…
Jacob Zuma remains a problem for South Africa
More than 30 years after the Berlin Wall came down, leaders of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s long-time…
Keir Starmer is treating the House of Lords with contempt
We have different approaches to tidying up, my wife and I. It bothers her very much that the house we…
Tories to amend Equality Act to protect biological sex
The Tories have continued their habit of making a big election pledge at 10:30 p.m every weekend. Last time, it…
Diane Abbott confirms she will stand for Labour
Oh dear. It seems that Diane Abbott has outmanoeuvred Keir Starmer once again. Week one of Labour’s much-vaunted election campaign…
What the end of sole ANC rule means for South Africa
Election day on 29 May was a tumultuous, wonderful day for South Africa. 30 years of corruption and ruin under…
Modi’s ignorance of Gandhi’s renown shocks the world
Modi’s recent remark about Gandhi’s renown, or in his mind, lack thereof, has shocked the whole world. While giving an…
Gary Lineker and the problem with celebrity boycotts
One of the country’s most cherished footballers, and one of its most irritating right-on social media commentators, Gary Lineker, has…
Foreign issues dominate Australian politics
I miss the days when Australian politicians were only interested in solving Australian problems. Maybe that was never the case,…
Everyone is catching subsidy fever! But will it really lower inflation?
Subsidies are politically infectious right now. Jim Chalmers and Anthony started the latest outbreak with energy subsidies, which they claimed…
Sunday shows round-up: Diane Abbott bullied by ‘overgrown schoolboys’
Questions over whether Diane Abbott had been banned from standing as a Labour candidate were a distraction for Keir Starmer’s…
Macron is to blame for France’s dismal economy
Standard & Poor’s downgrading of France’s credit rating on Friday is a hammer blow to President Macron’s reputation. The ratings…
The Tories have handed Starmer a gift on immigration
To turn Keir Starmer, of all people, into someone who can credibly promise to bring immigration down is an act…
Has Starmer really changed the Labour party permanently?
In his first speech of this election campaign, Keir Starmer made what is likely to become an extremely familiar claim.…
