Oleg Gordievsky: the double agent Russia never stopped hunting
The death of Oleg Gordievsky at the age of 86 comes at a moment when relations between his native Russia…
The JFK files will infuriate conspiracy theorists
When Donald Trump ordered the declassification of thousands of secret government documents on the assassination of president John F Kennedy,…
Reform are setting Labour’s agenda
No two politicians could be less alike than Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage. But it looks as though the…
Save Eastbourne’s bowls club!
Somewhat unfairly (the actual median age of residents is 45) the East Sussex coastal resort of Eastbourne is known as…
The ‘dirty dozen’ who crossed Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is a curate’s egg of a politician: good in parts. The good part, at least for a Brexiteer…
Is snobbery behind Rupert Lowe’s row with Nigel Farage?
One aspect of the furious row that has split Reform UK which has yet to receive the attention it deserves is…
What Ovid in exile was missing
The poet complained bitterly of the barbarism of Tomis, on the Black Sea – but it was actually a thriving entrepot with a rich culture, like many of the Roman empire’s remoter cities
Rupert Lowe won’t be the last to fall out with Nigel Farage
It was so predictable as to be almost inevitable: a massive row has erupted within the leadership of Reform UK.…
Why does Labour loathe ordinary people?
The jaw-dropping contempt dripping from the reply suggested by Labour’s sacked health minister Andrew Gwynne to a 72-year-old lady in…
Germany’s immigration election is heating up
These are dramatic days in the usually dull world of German politics. Last Wednesday, midway through a fiercely fought federal…
Should the West be worried about DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’?
My late mother proudly possessed a curious object: a tea cosy decorated with the image of a Sputnik. In 1957,…
Starmer has much to learn from Trump’s Colombia migrant victory
During Sir Keir Starmer’s first phone call with Donald Trump since the President’s inauguration, the two leaders discussed the ceasefire…
How Unity Mitford seduced Hitler
The Daily Mail has got a world exclusive on its hands. In great excitement it is publishing the secret diary…
Will the AfD’s deportation pledge win over German voters?
Next month’s German federal election on 23 February revolves around the disputed meaning of a single toxic word: ‘remigration’. Until…
Could Farage’s autocratic streak wreck Reform?
Ten Reform party councillors in Derbyshire have resigned in protest at Nigel Farage’s ‘autocratic’ control of the rising party and…
Elon Musk’s AfD article has rocked German politics
Fresh from explosively disrupting the politics of the US and Britain, Elon Musk has now turned his attention to Germany.…
Have Syria’s rebels really reformed?
There were two scenes from Syria last night screened by the BBC and Channel 4 News that should give the…
Will Syria’s new rulers show mercy?
The late Henry Kissinger said of the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s that it was a shame that both sides…
John Prescott was the embodiment of old Labour
The death of Labour’s former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the age of 86 also marks the passing of…
Austria’s far right is shut out of power, again
Austria’s mainstream politicians are combining to ensure that the winners of last month’s general elections, the far right Freedom party…
The fatal allure of Hitler’s favourite mountain
‘The hills are alive,’ warbled Julie Andrews as she strode through a verdant Alpine mountain meadow, ‘with the sound of…
Starmer’s first 100 days could not have gone worse
Labour marks 100 days in power tomorrow, but there is precious little for Keir Starmer to celebrate. It is a…
Was Abraham Lincoln gay?
Given the idolatry with which Americans worship the man widely seen as their greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, and the obsessive…
Why the hard-right triumphed in Austria
The general elections in Austria have delivered a sensational result, with the hard right, pro-Putin Freedom party (FPO) coming out…
Why should we listen to John Major?
Sir John Major has been sounding off. Again. The former Tory prime minister criticised his party’s Rwanda asylum plan as…
