This could be far worse than axing the winter fuel payment
You won’t find me mounting the barricades in defence of the winter fuel payment, though I’ll miss the pleasant surprise…
Is Lord Mandelson cut out for Washington?
Is Lord Mandelson being ‘lined up’ as the UK’s next ambassador in Washington? The news that the Labour party’s arch-Blairite and one-time…
Labour should be very wary of backing more 20mph zones
Urban speed limits of 20mph and the traps for unwary drivers known as Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) really shouldn’t be…
The Assange compromise leaves a lot to be desired
Stella Assange’s elation was palpable, after what she has described as a whirlwind 72 hours. She was speaking to the…
A crackdown on bad cyclists can’t come soon enough
Doesn’t it sound wonderful? The police are eyeing a device that could immobilise electric bikes and electric scooters in a split second…
Could Assange be freed?
What could be the final act in the long-running drama of Julian Assange’s legal battles has opened at the High…
Hit SUV drivers where it hurts: in the pocket
Heavier cars will soon be hit with higher parking fees. Good. As an urban pedestrian and a car driver, I…
Why the law on assisted dying must change
Esther Rantzen’s decision to join the campaign to legalise assisted dying, in the light of uncertainty about her cancer prognosis,…
Is a national Holocaust memorial still a good idea?
Whatever the fate of the ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, the latest conflict in the Middle East…
Can the BBC World Service really go on like this?
The BBC has launched what it is calling an ‘urgent investigation’ into six journalists and a freelancer working for its…
20mph isn’t plenty: the war on motorists has gone too far
‘Absolutely insane’ is the verdict of Penny Mordaunt MP on the Welsh government’s introduction of a 20mph speed limit on…
What we don’t know about the suspected Bulgarian spies
As a British former foreign correspondent in Moscow and Washington, there are few subjects I turn to with more trepidation…
What’s behind Zelensky’s latest purge?
President Zelensky has announced that he is dismissing the heads of all Ukraine’s regional military recruitment offices and replacing them…
Sadiq Khan should reconsider imposing Ulez on outer London
That the Conservatives retained the west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, albeit by a whisker, has been put…
The troubling question of Ukrainian cluster bombs
When the war in Ukraine was only a few months old, Amnesty International published a report condemning what it had…
Rishi Sunak is a hit on the world stage
Voters will have learned several things about Rishi Sunak in recent days: that he thinks he can win the next…
We shouldn’t rest until all ‘smart’ motorways are axed
Six months after he became Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has finally honoured one of the smaller, but more eye-catching, promises…
Rishi Sunak is right to get tough on begging
When Rishi Sunak presented the latest attempt by a prime minister to get tough on anti-social behaviour, it wasn’t the…
