Vulnerable children don’t belong in jail
Britain’s prisons brim with vulnerable people but perhaps the most vulnerable are children. At 30 September 2023, there were 301…
Something the Tories can learn from Canada’s conservatives
When contemplating the scale of the Tories’ expected drubbing in the coming general election, some commentators reach for the example…
Defacing Amy Winehouse’s statue is anti-Semitic
It’s not about Jews, it’s about Zionism. It’s not anti-Semitism, it’s pro-Palestinianism. It’s not racism, it’s social justice. These are…
Britain’s Jews aren’t safe
The explosion of hatred and extremism prompted by the October 7 massacre was never going to limit itself to the…
Javier Milei is no populist
When Javier Milei visited Israel and announced that he would be moving Argentina’s embassy to Jerusalem, I suppose that was terribly ‘populist’…
Nothing will change after Mike Freer stands down
Nothing will change in the wake of Mike Freer’s decision to stand down. That a Member of Parliament says he…
Spain and the mystery of Scotland’s Covid travel list
Nicola Sturgeon had a very rough time at the UK Covid-19 inquiry in Edinburgh yesterday. A sticky moment in particular…
David Cameron is in a muddle over Palestine
The definition of madness, commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a…
John Fetterman’s noble support for Israel should be no surprise
Politicians are like bad boys: never fall in love with them, they’ll always hurt you in the end. But try…
Replacing Sunak won’t rescue the Tories
Sir Simon Clarke’s call to replace Rishi Sunak leans heavily on Tory MPs being in denial about the scale of defeat that…
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill is a sham
In voting through the government’s Rwanda Bill, Conservative MPs have made a declaration: they want to reduce illegal immigration but…
Could a 1997-style wipeout spell the end of the Tories?
There is not a crumb of comfort for the Conservatives in the YouGov poll splashed across the front of this…
The Reform party is just another Thatcherite redux
What exactly does the Reform party stand for? Helpfully, its leader Richard Tice gave a press conference on Wednesday at which he…
Barbara Rymell deserved dignity
There is no getting around the death of Barbara Rymell. When I read the Telegraph’s story about this 91-year-old who died while care home staff…
The Tories are governing for Westminster obsessives
You know the Tories are worried about their core vote when they start talking tough on the BBC licence fee.…
Alistair Darling only saved the country
Alistair Darling was one of the most consequential politicians of the past half-century but he had the misfortune to be…
There’s no one to vote for if you want controlled immigration
There has been much Tory huffing and puffing about the ONS revising 2022 net migration to 745,000, up from its…
Removing Hamas will not solve everything
Ever since Hamas invaded Israel, massacred 1,200 of its citizens and kidnapped 240 as hostages, there has been an effort…
The problem with the BBC’s Israel coverage
Since the 7 October massacre, various institutions across the West have damaged their reputations when covering the murder of 1,200…
Suella Braverman hit Sunak where it hurts
Sacked ministers seldom have nice things to say about the boss but Suella Braverman’s letter to Rishi Sunak is a…
David Cameron? Seriously?
All political careers end in failure but few return to prove it a second time. David Cameron, forced to resign…
Suella Braverman is right for once
There can be few sins in politics graver than giving Suella Braverman a point. Yet that is exactly what the…
TikTok teens have an anti-Semitism blind spot
How could anyone hate Lily Ebert? The 99-year-old from Golders Green dedicates her life to teaching younger generations about the…
It’s time to have a think about devolution
The Scottish government has launched another white paper on independence, this time on the subject of migration. It is the…
How Britain failed Israel
That the United Kingdom’s central institutions are rotten, crumbling, captured and perhaps beyond recovery is not news, but the Gaza…
