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Watch: Boris on the problem with journalists
What’s the phrase? Poacher turned gamekeeper? Boris Johnson was once the arch poacher — a journalist at the Telegraph before taking on the editorship…
The SNP's transphobia muddle
For a party so devoted to trans rights, it seems strange that the SNP is less than forthcoming over its…
What Starmer can learn from Miliband's mug
Since becoming Labour leader, Keir Starmer has single-mindedly been trying to persuade red wall voters that Labour is ‘patriotic’, just like…
Why are so many health workers turning down the vaccine?
On Saturday the government hit its target of administering a first vaccine dose to 15 million of the highest-risk groups…
Hancock launches his quarantine crackdown
The search for the right balance on border policy continues, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced this afternoon a host…
Isolation nation: how Australia is dealing with its pandemic
At 6.20 p.m. on Friday evening, Scarborough Beach, an oceanside suburb of Perth, looked like it always does: families picnicked…
When will Pakistan take a stand against terror?
Last week, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release of UK born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh who was accused of kidnapping…
Ursula von der Leyen has always left a trail of disaster
The German Army had to join a NATO exercise with broomsticks because they didn’t have any rifles. It’s special forces…
The difficult vaccine debate we've shied away from
The Prime Minister only has himself to blame for the public outcry over 70-year-olds being vaccinated when there are still…
Statue wars: what should we do with controversial monuments?
Secretary of State for Communities Robert Jenrick’s pledge to protect monuments and statues from mob iconoclasm with new laws and…
Let’s bust some vaccine myths
Today is a great day for all of us. The licensing of the ChAdOx vaccine will mean a step change…
The trans debate could cost this Cambridge porter his job
This is a story about a man called Kevin Price, who was until last week a councillor and who is,…
Rishi Sunak has bridged the economic gap. But what comes next?
Yesterday’s measures from the Chancellor were necessary. His timely assistance focused on a new targeted and temporary job support scheme…