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Could Ukraine go nuclear?
Should Ukraine have nuclear weapons? This is a question that was raised, a little insincerely, by President Zelensky recently as he…
DC officials brace for Trump’s reign
You better watch out, you better not cry… President-elect Donald Trump is coming to town. And according to a recent…
Joe Biden has put Ukraine in an impossible position
This week, Joe Biden lifted one of the many restraints placed on Ukraine in its war with Russia. The outgoing…
The farmers’ revolt makes me proud to be British
My first thought upon seeing today’s revolt of the farmers was just how gloriously normal it looked. For more than…
Why the farmers’ protest probably won’t work
Cold drizzle falling on tweed. That was the abiding image of today’s protest in Westminster which filled Whitehall with tens…
Watch: Clarkson blasts BBC in farmers’ protest interview
Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster this morning to protest the Labour government’s new inheritance tax plans. As protesters brandished…
Watch: Mandelson urges PM to end ‘feud’ with Musk
Well, well, well. Picking a fight with Elon Musk is hardly the wisest decision Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot have…
The case for practicing electoral abstinence
I have a confession to make. This year, I practiced electoral abstinence. By that, I mean I mostly tuned out…
Full timeline: Rachel Reeves’s CV claims
Dear oh dear. Rachel Reeves has ended up in something of a pickle over her employment history, with the Chancellor…
Farmers won’t be quick to forgive Labour
Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster today to protest the government’s plans to raise inheritance tax. Hundreds of men, women…
Hong Kong’s death by a thousand cuts
Overnight, dozens of influential figures in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement were sentenced to lengthy terms under the fiercest application of…
When will Starmer see sense on small boats?
Labour’s approach to tackling the small boats crisis is based around a dichotomy so overly simplistic that it should not…
Don’t blame the police for our sinister free speech laws
The shocking police doorstepping of Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson last week has rightly sparked grave concern about the parlous state of freedom of speech…
Has Labour given up on solving the social care crisis already?
The Toto Washlet toilet: at the press of a button, a jet of clean warm water sprays your nether regions;…
Nigel Farage is right to talk about British Muslims
Nigel Farage claims that British Muslims are just as concerned, if not more, by the threat of Islamist extremism. The Reform…
I must stop hating politicians
Hate crimes, hate speech, hate groups… It is quite possible that we have less of these things today than ever…
The jailing of democracy activists marks a dark day for Hong Kong
Hong Kong has sentenced dozens of democracy protestors to years in prison, in the largest trial since Beijing’s National Security…
Could Trump save Ukraine?
One thousand days into Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, three facts seem to be evident. First, Russia is losing.…
Banning Marine Le Pen from politics would be a grave mistake
Paris prosecutors last week recommended that Marine Le Pen be jailed and banned from public office for five years. The…
Processing your Trump trauma (with orange soup)
It’s amazing how many people have responded to what they think of as the shattering catastrophe of Donald Trump’s victory…
Keir Starmer’s desperate cosying up to Beijing
Keir Starmer has met President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, telling the Chinese leader that…
How effective will Ukraine’s ATACMS be?
Last night, US President Joe Biden authorised Ukraine to use American ATACMS – or Army Tactical Missile Systems – against targets in…
Is deadly weather being ‘supercharged’?
So that’s it then: the Guardian has declared that we are all being scorched, drowned and blown over by climate…
Why Labour’s policing targets won’t work
This week, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to announce new police performance targets. Perhaps the government has been stung…
How many farmers will be hit by Labour’s inheritance tax raid?
Tens of thousands of farmers will descend on Westminster in their tractors tomorrow to protest at inheritance tax changes that…
