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The BBC’s Miriam Cates hit job doesn’t add up

3 July 2024 2:23 am

This morning we witnessed BBC cant at its finest. It came in the form of an exposé of the Tory…

Nigel Farage is not the future

3 July 2024 1:01 am

Nigel Farage is the most misunderstood politician in Britain. Vilified by the liberal media as ‘far right’ and mistaken by…

Should the BBC be mocking Ronaldo’s tears?

3 July 2024 12:28 am

Portugal squeezed through to the Euros quarter finals last night after a penalty shoot-out victory against plucky Slovenia. Or perhaps…

Labour will ‘destabilise’ Reform, Badenoch warns

3 July 2024 12:08 am

Election day is just around the corner and politicians across the country are pulling out the stops. Now Kemi Badenoch…

Is it going wrong for Reform?

2 July 2024 11:57 pm

Has Reform peaked too soon? In the wake of Rishi Sunak’s D-Day debacle, the party was riding high in the…

Can Sinn Fein win the UK’s most marginal constituency again?

2 July 2024 11:46 pm

It’s Monday afternoon and I’m walking through the estate where I was born on the outskirts of Enniskillen in Northern…

Who cares what Keir Starmer does with his Friday nights?

2 July 2024 11:13 pm

As part of their vote-Tory-or-the-kitten-gets-it final push, the Conservatives have spent the past 12 hours pushing the idea that Keir…

The shame of Royal Mail’s postal vote delay

2 July 2024 9:57 pm

Britain’s creaking infrastructure and frequent paralysis of public services deserved to be a bigger factor in the election campaign than…

How Hungary’s presidency could shake up the EU

2 July 2024 9:15 pm

Life in the Berlaymont building, the Brussels headquarters of the European Union, just got a bit more surreal. A striking…

Georgia’s Euros run gave the nation some respite

2 July 2024 8:31 pm

If you had told me a month ago that Georgia would make it into the play-offs, defeating Portugal on the…

Will there be an election upset on Thursday?

2 July 2024 8:19 pm

In just two days, voters will head to the polling booth to cast their vote in the 2024 general election.…

Scottish independence could be the biggest loser on election day

2 July 2024 8:11 pm

As the hours tick down to polling day, Scottish nationalists are beginning to assess the damage this election campaign has…

Giorgia Meloni will enjoy taking revenge on Macron

2 July 2024 6:32 pm

The German government has expressed its ‘concern’ at the prospect of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally forming the next government…

Reform candidate targeted JK Rowling and Sturgeon in online rants

2 July 2024 6:11 pm

Oh dear. Just two days to go until polling day and Reform is once again in the limelight after yet…

What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Donald Trump

2 July 2024 5:21 pm

Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions, I noted that the court would probably issue its final opinion of the season, on…

Why does Japan want to build a 300-mile conveyor belt?

2 July 2024 5:21 pm

In a move that sounds like something out of the new Francis Ford Coppola film Megalopolis, the Japanese government has announced…

Why Labour keeps floundering on the trans toilet question

2 July 2024 4:55 pm

Labour politicians who cannot give straight answers on sex and gender will need to get their thinking caps on, assuming…

Will North Korea send troops to Ukraine?

2 July 2024 4:34 pm

When dealing with North Korea, it’s important not just to look at what the regime says about its present and…

A robust SCOTUS decision on presidential immunity

2 July 2024 6:53 am

All is unfolding as I have foreseen. Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions and indulging in a little well-earned Schadenfreude…

The top contenders to replace Joe Biden

2 July 2024 4:47 am

After Thursday’s disastrous excuse for a presidential debate, New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman wrote that Joe Biden “has…

Why does Starmer think he can finish early on Fridays if he becomes PM?

2 July 2024 4:02 am

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has disclosed that he won’t work ’24/7′ if he wins the election this week and…

Will Starmer be a part-time PM?

2 July 2024 3:00 am

‘Sir Sleepy’, it seems, is back. On the eve of taking up the most important job in the country, Keir…

Proportional representation won’t save the Tories

2 July 2024 2:14 am

Members and supporters of the Conservative party do not generally speak in favour of proportional representation (PR) – which is…

JK Rowling slams Swinney over gender stance

2 July 2024 1:38 am

Another day, another drama. This time Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney is in the spotlight, after he conducted a rather…

Rory Stewart’s centrist squirm

2 July 2024 1:03 am

With three days to go until 4 July, who else would you want to hear from but Rory Stewart? Cometh…