Use deadly force: Biden green-lit FBI raid to go nuclear on Trump
Damning new court documents reveal Joe Biden apparently green lighting the ‘use of deadly force’ in the FBI’s 2022 raid…
If only Starmer had answered his own questions at PMQs
Is Rishi Sunak going to announce the election date later today? Speculation was – once again – so rife that…
Men in tights: football’s next problem?
It was 21° celsius in London on Sunday so it was curious to see Everton’s Idrissa Gueye wearing tights underneath…
The SNP vows to make poverty history – again
There is a weary inevitability about Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, promising to ‘eradicate child poverty’ as his ‘single most…
Voters want safe streets, not small changes to inflation
For Rishi Sunak, today amounts to another instalment of the fantastic success story of his premiership: that ‘the plan is…
Wallace turns his guns on the Foreign Office
Uh oh. This time, it seems, mandarins at the Foreign Office have finally gone too far. In a scathing piece…
The ICC arrest warrant request for Netanyahu is repulsive
On Monday, Karim Khan KC, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he had applied for warrants for the arrest of three leaders of Hamas as well…
China will struggle to resist Biden’s trade war
Attending a business summit in Shanghai earlier this year, I was struck by how downbeat the mood was. China’s stagnant…
Inflation falls close to target, but could interest rate cuts be delayed?
The UK inflation rate has slowed to 2.3 per cent on the year to April, down from 3.2 per cent…
Sainsbury’s self-checkouts are just the start
Sainsbury’s has long had a special place in my heart. The weekly shop at the Orange Store offered excitement to…
Zelensky’s time as president is up, but he’s right to stay put
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term is up, but he’s staying put. Unsurprisingly, some of Zelensky’s critics – and the…
Did the SNP miss the boat on saving commercial shipbuilding on the Clyde?
Scotland’s SNP government would like nothing better than to be seen to have saved commercial shipbuilding on the Clyde. It…
Is Venezuela preparing for war?
Earlier this month, two American supersonic fighter jets flew over Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana. The US show of…
Prince Harry loses bid to name Murdoch in phone-hacking trial
As much as Prince Harry claims to hate the media, he never manages to stay out of the spotlight for…
Can the Tories ensure the infected blood scandal never happens again?
Are the compensation payments announced today for victims of the infected blood scandal a just response to what happened? Paymaster…
Place your bets: what drugs is Biden on?
Who has a better chance of passing a drug test, Joe Biden or Hunter? At this point, Cockburn thinks it’s…
How Israel should fight back against the ICC’s lawfare
The application for arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant is an act of…
Gareth Southgate has finally shown some bottle
The provisional England squad for the Euros unveiled by manager Gareth Southgate contains one notable omission: Jordan Henderson. That’s a…
Bring on the bias
Leaning left in the early days of TV
ANZ outage is nothing compared to Digital ID in a cashless society
Another day, another service outage from a major Australian bank which renders your money useless. It’s one thing for someone…
Taxpayer-funded porn project causes uproar in Scotland
Scottish government-backed quango Creative Scotland is back in the limelight over its porn project controversy. As Mr S wrote in…
UK growth is creeping up – but tough decisions still lie ahead
Today the International Monetary Fund has upgraded its growth forecasts for the UK: from 0.5 per cent this year to…
Gove sounds the alarm on anti-Semitism
Multiple ministers are out giving speeches today but none will be as hard-hitting as that made by Michael Gove this…
The far right isn’t the only threat ahead of the European elections
In France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Austria parties described by their foes as ‘far-right’ are on course for…
Europe’s leaders hail Rwanda scheme
Well, well, well. Rishi Sunak’s immigration plans have been met with a fairly underwhelming response in Britain – only a…
