The Bank of England finally cuts interest rates

1 August 2024 11:32 pm

The Bank of England has just announced a rate cut of 0.25 percentage points, reducing the base rate from 5.25…

Beeb faces questions after Huw Edwards’ guilty plea

1 August 2024 9:38 pm

After Wednesday’s news that BBC veteran Huw Edwards pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, the Beeb is facing…

The simple way to protect women’s sport at the Olympics

1 August 2024 4:00 pm

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) needs to find some far better answers to the transgender question if it is to…

Why is Hollywood funding Just Stop Oil?

1 August 2024 4:00 pm

It will surprise no-one to learn that there is a trail of money which leads from climate protesters and their…

The pros and cons of a Trump-Harris debate

1 August 2024 5:15 am

Will Donald Trump and Kamala Harris face each other in a debate? Three months ago, Trump and his team agreed…

How many stars got the Huw Edwards case wrong?

1 August 2024 3:04 am

Dear oh dear. The news that ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children has…

Inside Israel’s information war, with Eylon Levy

1 August 2024 3:00 am

When it comes to conflict in the Middle East, there’s the war, and then there’s the war about the war.…

Condemning the Southport riot is not enough

1 August 2024 12:20 am

Will Southport’s suffering never end? First, the Merseyside town was rocked by the barbarism of a frenzied knife attack that…

Listen: BBC say Haniyeh considered a ‘moderate’ Hamas leader

31 July 2024 10:45 pm

Uh oh. The BBC has come under fire once again after listeners took umbrage with Radio 4’s news reporting this…

The inconvenient truth about ‘rewilding’

31 July 2024 10:11 pm

Angela Rayner has announced that the government will aim to build 370,000 new homes, up from the 300,000 a year…

Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making indecent images of children

31 July 2024 8:51 pm

Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. The former TV star…

Does it matter if Kemi Badenoch was mean to civil servants?

31 July 2024 8:47 pm

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of being an unpleasant bully who targeted civil servants for unconscionable treatment. The allegations –…

Will Iran respond to Israel’s assassinations?

31 July 2024 8:40 pm

The Israelis were busy last night. First, Fouad Shukur, Hezbollah’s top military commander was, in the words of Israel’s defence…

Labour have lost control of Britain

31 July 2024 8:17 pm

When you are soft on crime – expect crime

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro doesn’t like losing

31 July 2024 6:13 pm

There are sore losers and then there’s Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. The socialist president has ruled the South American country for…

Hamas and Hezbollah leaders killed in strikes on Iran and Lebanon

31 July 2024 4:15 pm

Israel has been accused of killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a strike on Iran overnight. No one has claimed responsibility…

IOC takes the gold medal for ideological capture

31 July 2024 3:37 pm

If you want to see what total ideological capture looks like, look no further than the International Olympic Committee allowing…

Just Stop Oil and the secret power of the middle class

31 July 2024 3:15 pm

Just Stop Oil isn’t what it was. When a handful of protestors from the environmental group tried to block a…

Even the Olympics can’t unite France

31 July 2024 3:00 pm

Writing of the state of France in the twilight of the fateful Second Empire, the left-wing journalist Henri Rochefort observed:…

The far-right threat to Israel’s democracy is growing

31 July 2024 2:45 pm

Israel is the only meaningful democracy in the Middle East. This is as true today as it was last week.…

What would Reagan make of Trump?

31 July 2024 2:30 pm

If the Donald Trump-JD Vance ticket is successful in November and the pair head to the White House, there is…

Paris: degeneracy, depravity, and diversity

31 July 2024 7:52 am

I will not be watching a single minute of the Olympic Games. Not even the highlights. Don’t get me wrong,…

The classic liberal case for feminism

31 July 2024 7:36 am

At the base of the culture wars, under the feet of those who bicker about the left and right, Woke…

What I saw on the White Dudes for Harris Zoom call

31 July 2024 5:25 am

When I was a younger man, I found myself on the receiving end of a good bit of unsolicited advice…

Kemi Badenoch hits back at the Guardian

31 July 2024 4:44 am

Ding ding ding! The Tory leadership race is heating up, with the final six candidates now declared. But with Kemi Badenoch…