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Trump has stolen a march on Biden

20 April 2024 9:00 am

The Democrats dare to hope that this week will be a study in contrasts. On their side stands President Joe…

Sack Andrew Bailey? Let’s look at the case against him

20 April 2024 9:00 am

The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, is a loyal and well-intentioned public servant in a role that,…

A new survey that may be of interest

13 April 2024 9:00 am

My favourite opinion polls are those which elicit enormous shock in the population for stating something everybody knew for ages,…

Israel is running out of options

13 April 2024 9:00 am

There are many misunderstandings about Israel in the international media, but one of the most bewildering is the suggestion that…

Is Trump or Biden a bigger threat to democracy?

13 April 2024 9:00 am

When more than two-thirds of the American electorate doesn’t want to vote for either major party’s nominee, a third party…

Is Cameron upstaging Sunak?

13 April 2024 9:00 am

The logic behind Rishi Sunak’s decision to make David Cameron foreign secretary was that he would be a ‘big beast’…

Why do MPs send nude pictures of themselves?

13 April 2024 9:00 am

Adam Dyster has gone to work for the shadow Defra secretary Steve Reed. I admit this is not an appointment…

The arrogance of Apple

13 April 2024 9:00 am

Can flexible working get the best out of what a ministerial press release calls ‘hardworking Brits’ – or is it…

What is there left to say about the Tories?

13 April 2024 9:00 am

Spare a thought for us political commentators. We stare into the void between now and a (presumed) decisive Labour victory…

Why Thames Water is the pariah of post-privatisation capitalism

6 April 2024 9:00 am

‘It would have been ideal not to have so  much poo in the water,’ said Oxford captain Leonard Jenkins after…

Could Sadiq Khan lose London?

6 April 2024 9:00 am

With Labour 20 points ahead in the national polls, a lot of Tories have already written off next month’s mayoral…

The London Library should leave us in peace

6 April 2024 9:00 am

Reading only slightly between the lines of US foreign policy on Israel/Gaza, I detect that its most urgent aim is…

Labour’s Gaza problem

6 April 2024 9:00 am

The district of Pendle in Lancashire has a long history of dissenters, nonconformists, witches and murderers. Perhaps because it is…

The game’s up for ‘anti-racist’ racism

6 April 2024 9:00 am

There are only a few rules to column-writing. One of the strictest is never to waste time bouncing off the…

British families deserve a tax break

30 March 2024 9:00 am

I am delighted to report that some £800,000 of taxpayers’ money is to be spent ‘remediating’ the works of Robert…