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Could ADHD bankrupt English councils?
Every time a chancellor sits down after delivering their budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) releases their ‘economic and…
No matter who wins, you lose
For some of us, watching newly minted Republican tech bros giddy at the thought of a Trump win fills us…
Scots revealed to be biggest Trump fans in western Europe
In a rather surprising development, it transpires that Scottish people are Donald Trump’s biggest fans in Europe. A Norstat poll…
Why does ITV hate Trump?
It would be consoling to think that the BBC, alone among our supposedly unpartisan TV news providers, is guilty of…
Should GPs make a profit?
The Budget has started a fight between the government and GPs. As is often the case with doctors, that fight…
Labour’s tuition fee U-turn
Dear oh dear. It now transpires that Starmer’s army will increase university fees in line with inflation from September next…
How Germany became the sick man of Europe
Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser – trust is good, control is better – is a popular German saying. It’s…
A fragile democracy has bloomed in Botswana
There’s been a momentous election in Africa, Botswana to be exact. Not heard about it? Don’t be surprised. The British…
Guardian removes Israeli whisky reference
Well, well, well. It seems that the Guardian, the self-proclaimed bastion of ‘clarity and imagination’, has been acting rather censoriously…
Heads will roll after Spain’s flooding catastrophe
Spain’s King and Queen were pelted with mud yesterday when they visited Paiporta, epicentre of the flood disaster zone in…
Starmer’s plan to stop the boats is a comical gimmick
The shiny new Downing Street operation that has come into being since the departure of Sue Gray has decreed that…
James Dyson isn’t helping farmers
If I were president of the National Farmers’ Union I know what my first task would be today: ring up…
Watch: Home Secretary flounders over small boats
Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot are desperate to get the press and public talking about anything but the Budget this…
Can Starmer stop the small boats?
It’s small boats week in government. Following last Wednesday’s Budget, No. 10 is turning its attention to the ceaseless flow…
Is Kemi Badenoch the new Mrs Thatcher?
Prior to her election as Conservative Leader at the weekend, Kemi Badenoch was, on numerous occasions, compared to Margaret Thatcher.…
Do we care that the King is rich?
For the first time, the true extent of the property held by the King and the Prince of Wales’s private…
Southport suspect: A timeline of what was said and when
Three months after the Southport attack in July, suspect Axel Rudakubana was this week charged with two new fresh offences.…
Michal Caine turns on Labour’s taxes
Taxes, thousands of ’em! In her bid to alienate the bulk of the British electorate, it seems that Rachel Reeves…
Kemi Badenoch isn’t the ‘black face’ of ‘white supremacy’
We need to talk about Dawn Butler. Following the election of the first ever black leader of a major party…
What will Robert Jenrick do next?
Poor old Robert Jenrick. He has spent eleven gruelling months touring associations, existing on a diet of Ozempic and rubber-chicken,…
Will Dawn Butler lose the whip?
With his super-majority in the Commons, Keir Starmer isn’t afraid of losing the odd MP or two. Back in July…
Is America ready for its first DEI president?
Nobody ever talks about this anymore, but there was a time when Democrats were floating Kamala Harris as a potential…
Is King Charles’s honeymoon over?
Since King Charles became monarch in September 2022, after the death of Elizabeth II, he has received reasonably warm treatment…
Partygate was overblown, says Kemi in first interviews as leader
Rachel Reeves: ‘I was wrong’ to say no major tax rises would be needed In her first big interviews since…
Rachel Reeves’s new gamble
Credit to Rachel Reeves: while some chancellors opt to take part in the Sunday shows ahead of a fiscal event,…
