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What really matters when Burnham meets Trump
Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s honeymoon is over. His plate at 10 Downing Street is full and his office is packed…
Labour is hooked on benefits
More than half of Labour MPs have a greater number of disability benefit claimants in their constituency than the size…
That Mitchell and Webb Look isn’t racist
For an ideology which proudly pronounces its ethos of respect, compassion and inclusion, hyperliberalism can be decidedly judgmental and supercilious…
What the British military can learn from the Houthis
The British military has plenty of enemies, but few are as persistent as paperwork. The Houthi terror group, by contrast,…
Watch: Muslim activists attempt to cancel Cleese
Muslim activists in Birmingham have set their sights on national treasure John Cleese, demanding the comedian be cancelled over so-called…
The real reason headteachers hate Ofsted
England’s biggest school leaders’ union, The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has called for a halt to graded Ofsted…
Putin’s miserable election rigging
After the counting of the ballots comes the number crunching to identify the level of fraud in this weekend’s Russian…
Former teacher takes charge of Reform Wales
Nigel Farage has turned to former English teacher Helen Jenner to restore order in Reform’s Welsh ranks. Jenner was today…
Why Meryl Streep shouldn’t voice Aslan
Growing up in an evangelical Christian household, it will hardly surprise you to learn that I was a big fan…
Has paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson destroyed the DUP?
The embattled members of the Democratic Unionist party gathered at a hotel on the outskirts of Belfast this weekend for…
Meet the adult toddlers who play with toys
A colleague of mine has a sizable collection of sportscars. He has, he notes, every expression of his favorite, the Lotus Esprit.…
Time is up for Friedrich Merz
Friedrich Merz is the most tragic chancellor in the young history of the reunified Germany. It is time for him…
Compulsory voting is a mistake
In his pre-coronation ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Reddit, Andy Burnham said he is ‘a strong supporter of electoral reform’…
Why is the BBC taking sides in the Ed Sheeran Gaza row?
Until the past few days, no one has either known or cared what Ed Sheeran thinks about Israel. More to…
China is trying to corner the global economy
The way US prosecutors tell it, Huawei is a bunch of racketeers whose crimes range from stealing technology to evading sanctions against Iran.…
Chancellor Friedrich Merz may not survive his latest AfD drubbing
Yet another election Sunday in Germany turned in to yet another devastating blow for Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his Christian…
The Hobbit is not a great book
The Hobbit was published on this day in 1937. It is a book I treasure, and not one of the…
The King and Charles Spencer are both victims
Is it possible to avoid taking sides in the latest skirmish of the forever wars about the late Diana, Princess…
Is Charles Spencer telling the truth about the King?
When Earl Spencer was interviewed by Larry King in 1997, he had nothing but words of praise for the-then Prince…
Sunday shows round-up: Labour quizzed on Burnham’s past Trump comments
Bridget Phillipson: Burnham’s past comments on Trump are ‘no bar to having a strong relationship’ Andy Burnham is expected to…
How did the Archbishop of Canterbury end up in this mess?
‘Sarah, by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council,…
Jews don’t need Andy Burnham’s Yom Kippur platitudes
With Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement beginning today, social media will no doubt soon be humming with supportive messages from…
Here is how Healey can avoid going to the IMF
The loud, wheezy hoot of the pit horn used to signal the end of the shift. Blaring across the town,…
Why do the unions want the Boriswave to settle?
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain status, first announced almost a year ago, are still to…
Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and the ugly new anti-Semitism
Is there a German word for when someone you loathe does something you admire? ‘Feindbewunderung’ perhaps? I’ve been taken aback…
