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Is Rachel Reeves about to make the same mistake as Liz Truss?
How much can Rachel Reeves be trusted? A Chancellor’s credibility counts for a lot with the markets, who are asked…
Sunday shows round-up: Labour accuse Tories of finance ‘cover up’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is this week expected to announce a £20 billion black hole in the country’s finances. Many believe…
The Olympics can’t mask Macron’s troubles
Politics and sport have always been cynical and self-interested bedfellows. Rulers since the Caesars have been eager to spend vast sums…
What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?
Rishi Sunak’s political journey over the past few years was summed up by him well in a joke he made…
Being ‘middle aged’ isn’t what it was
Fashion, forget what they tell you, isn’t about looking good. It’s actually there to remind you that you’re not young…
Can Priti Patel become Tory leader?
Priti Patel has tonight entered the race to be the next Tory leader. The former home secretary sets out her…
Has the opening ceremony finished yet?
The 2012 British opening ceremony has sadly become a shorthand for nostalgic Remainy twee. But la grande débâcle in Paris last night brought…
What to expect in this weekend’s Venezuelan elections
Venezuelans will gear up to vote in what has devolved into an unfair and unfree presidential election Sunday — one…
What journalists don’t understand about being an MP
At the end of the last Parliament, I was the only MP who had previously been in the Lobby –…
The trouble with Adele
I remember a time when I didn’t object to Adele. Working-class in the increasingly posh world of popular music, always…
Team GB is a force to reckon with
Expectations are high for Team GB at the Paris Olympics. UK Sport, the Olympic funding agency, expects British athletes to win…
The woman fighting to bring down Nicolás Maduro’s regime
Maria Corina Machado is showing the world how opposition politicians can fight an autocrat. When President Nicolás Maduro tried to…
The Obamas — finally — endorse Harris
The support for Kamala Harris within the Democratic Party springs eternal. Last night, activist Shannon Watts organized a “white women…
What’s behind Wes Streeting’s quality care reforms?
One of the big themes of Keir Starmer’s government could well end up being accountability in the public sector, which…
Keir cracks the whip on his Starmtroopers
As the third week of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government comes to an end, there’s certainly been a lot of…
Chaos ensues hours before the Olympics
France’s Olympics could not have got off to a worse start. Hundreds of thousands of train passengers have been left…
Does Labour care about free speech on campus?
Universities fought tooth and nail against plans to impose fines if they failed to uphold freedom of speech. That proposal…
Could Kamala Harris end the war on weed?
Kamala Harris is the Democrats’ new hope for keeping Agent Orange out of the Oval Office. It’s probably for the best.…
How Labour plans to justify its tax hike
Oh, the suspense. It seems that we will have to wait until next week to discover the details of the…
Prince Harry will never win his war on the tabloids
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, according to the old adage; and so it stands that someone who…
There is nothing new about the £20bn ‘black hole’
Labour’s pro-growth reforms were fun while they lasted. Now here come the tax rises. That’s not quite how Rachel Reeves will…
France descends into chaos on the Olympics’ opening day
France’s Olympics could not have got off to a worse start. Hundreds of thousands of train passengers have been left…
Who are the Olympics for?
For the first time since its first race in 1903, the Tour de France didn’t finish in Paris this year.…
Macron’s Olympic delusion
All the world’s a stage and the Olympic Games in Paris is the greatest stage of all for the comedian president. Emmanuel…
Melania speaks!
Former first lady Melania Trump plans on releasing her first memoir this fall, entitled Melania. The book is slated to…
