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Is the Farage ‘Putin ally’ row putting off Reform voters?
So far in this election campaign the consistent theme has been Tory turmoil. A large part of this has been…
Reform candidate slammed for pro-Putin remarks
Another day, another election mishap. This time it’s Reform UK under fire after one of the party’s candidates was found…
The SNP needs to come clean about rejoining the EU
John Swinney and his colleagues continuously claim Scotland ‘rejoining’ the EU is possible, and that by voting SNP we can…
Meet the Labour ministers who are going to ruin the country
We’re going to be lumbered with them for at least five years, so I think it’s time to have a…
Will Jordan Bardella’s support for Ukraine last?
Has France’s far right just made a 180-degree turn on Ukraine? The leader of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, expressed his support…
The moment of truth beckons for Gareth Southgate
England manager Gareth Southgate has led a charmed life for far too long – eight years and three international tournaments…
Mark Rutte can’t rescue Nato
No-one really thought that Klaus Iohannis, Romania’s president since 2014, was going to be the next secretary general of Nato.…
The Scottish Tories need a better election strategy
It is no surprise that the Scottish Conservative manifesto launch was centred on independence. While Scotland’s Tories talk about the…
Donald Trump ‘the anointed one’ at the Road to Majority Conference
Donald Trump spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition on Saturday, with a few speakers deeming him “the anointed one.”…
Sunak and Starmer slug out a stalemate
Tonight saw the penultimate TV exchange involving Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Both men took part in live-streamed interviews with…
Watch: Sunak fumes over betting scandal
‘Betgate’ might be giving us some laughs but there’s one person who clearly isn’t cracking jokes. A notably vexed Rishi…
Who will Russia blame for the Dagestan shootings?
Twenty people have been killed – including 15 police officers and a priest – following two coordinated gun attacks in the southern Russian…
Let’s hope Princess Anne makes a swift recovery
This year has been one of the worst imaginable for the Royals. The King and the Princess of Wales are…
Farage goes on the attack after Ukraine criticism
Foreign policy hasn’t featured much in this election – until now. Over the weekend, Nigel Farage’s suggestion that the West…
The Greens’ heat pump plan won’t work
‘I’m literally in the process of getting quotes’ may well make it into the pantheon of feeble political excuses alongside…
The trouble with the Gandhis
What passes for democratic politics in India is something of a strange beast. Take, for example, the announcement in recent…
The myth and memory of Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, when his Wagner mercenaries seized the city of Rostov-on-Don and sent…
Who can blame the Greens’ co-leader for not getting a heat pump?
Far be it from me to give advice to the Green Party. From their insistence that ordinary people put up…
Voting Reform will strengthen the Nats, Sunak warns Scots
Back to Scotland, where Rishi Sunak is attending the Scottish Conservatives’ manifesto launch in Edinburgh. Leaving the ongoing betting scandal…
Marine Le Pen’s plan for France is a recipe for stagnation
Big business will be brought onside. The bond markets will be mollified. And there will be plenty of reassuring words…
Scotland’s women face a choice on self-ID in this election
Women in Scotland have a difficult choice to make in this election. Those whoomen, that is, who are concerned about…
Badenoch blasts Alastair Campbell over Brexit
Uh oh. In the latest election drama, Tory candidate for North West Essex and business secretary Kemi Badenoch has taken…
England’s witless footballers could learn a lot from the Scots
Scotland 0 Hungary 1: The Guardian called the game ‘a grim slog’, presumably preferring the fare offered by the twinkle-toed…
Let’s take no lectures from Emma Thompson on the climate
The actors are out in force again, speaking politics. Only days after Brian Cox appeared on the BBC bemoaning that…
Michael Gove is right to compare the betting scandal to partygate
Poor old Rishi Sunak. You would have to have the proverbial heart of stone not to feel, at least, a…
