A stand-off between Labour and the BMA is coming

29 May 2024 11:29 pm

Junior doctors will be staging yet another walkout in the week running up to the election: five days in total,…

The tragedy of Diane Abbott

29 May 2024 11:13 pm

Here’s the tragedy of Diane Abbott. She entered British politics as a trailblazer for black Britons and now she leaves…

Why are white men being shamed as transport polluters?

29 May 2024 10:38 pm

Black women are the worst for carbon-intensive travelling habits, according to the Guardian, citing research by the Institute for Public Policy…

Daniel Kretinsky may come to regret buying Royal Mail

29 May 2024 10:14 pm

Foreigners are stripping the UK of its assets. Vulture capitalists are swooping down on our historic companies. We need a…

Could the election be closer than you think?

29 May 2024 10:06 pm

Yesterday, the firm I work for, J.L. Partners, released a poll showing a 12-point lead for Labour over the Conservatives. This gap…

The Pope doesn’t just have a vulgar language problem

29 May 2024 9:53 pm

The Pope is only infallible when he speaks ‘ex cathedra’ – i.e. when pronouncing on doctrinal matters of faith as…

Woman’s Hour has a diversity problem

29 May 2024 8:01 pm

On the bright side, Nuala McGovern isn’t Emma Barnett, she of the combative approach to broadcasting. The new presenter of Woman’s…

Victoria’s absurd new minister for men’s behaviour

29 May 2024 7:51 pm

Australian states like to advertise themselves on car number plates with a catchy slogan capturing what they see as their…

Iain Dale quits LBC to run as Tory candidate

29 May 2024 5:44 pm

It’s the end of an era for over 70 Tory MPs who will quit their seats at the next election…

Netanyahu’s strategy in Rafah isn’t working

29 May 2024 4:56 pm

On 7 April, six months after the October massacres in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the public that…

Has Starmer told the truth about Diane Abbott?

29 May 2024 4:28 pm

Sir Keir Starmer has made personal integrity front and centre of his election campaign. When asked about his multiple broken…

Is the West being hypocritical about Georgia’s foreign agents law?

29 May 2024 4:00 pm

The Georgian parliament has rammed through its new foreign agents law amid massive protests, overriding the veto of pro-western and…

Shakespeare wasn’t a woman

29 May 2024 4:00 pm

The American novelist Jodi Picoult has revealed that she thinks that Shakespeare’s plays were written by a woman, telling the…

Diane Abbott banned from standing for Labour

29 May 2024 5:09 am

The drama in Westminster never seems to end – and tonight is certainly no exception to that rule. In one…

Poll slashes Labour lead to just 12 points

29 May 2024 3:59 am

They think it’s all over – but is that actually the case? After a difficult start to the campaign for…

BBC presenter grovels after Farage jibe

29 May 2024 2:52 am

It seems these days that the BBC is doing a better job of creating the news than presenting it. Today’s…

Police drop investigation into Rayner housing claims

29 May 2024 2:36 am

Labour’s election campaign continues to get off to a good start. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has today confirmed that it…

On the road to Gadigal land

29 May 2024 2:00 am

How many of us as kids enjoyed – or were forced to undergo – family road trips? Mile after mile…

Reeves reprises her Wikipedia tribute act

29 May 2024 12:51 am

Once we had New Labour: now we have Changed Labour. As part of Sir Keir Starmer’s bid to prove that…

Israel may have to stop its offensive in Rafah

29 May 2024 12:10 am

The devastating fire that, according to Hamas, killed dozens of displaced civilians in Rafah and that reportedly started because of…

Labor’s ‘risky reactors’ double standard

28 May 2024 11:47 pm

Safe for the Navy, not safe for ‘Net Zero’...?

The ICC defends one false moral equivalence by making another

28 May 2024 11:32 pm

Last week, in an article in The Australian, I joined many from around the world denouncing the moral equivalence from…

Terrorism to heroism – the Hamas trajectory

28 May 2024 11:21 pm

How long before a gun-toting, slogan-chanting Hamas fighter (but not a female) is invited to address the UN General Assembly?…

The EU wants to make travelling to France a misery

28 May 2024 11:06 pm

Exciting developments may be in store for everyone travelling to Europe from this autumn onwards. That’s to say riots, gnashing…

Farage speaks of ‘six-year plan’ as he launches campaign

28 May 2024 11:06 pm

The Royal Cinque Ports Yachts Club was an appropriate place for Nigel Farage to make his first big speech of…