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BBC suspend presenter over explicit photo allegations
For the BBC, it never rains but it pours. Having only just emerged from the row over Richard Sharp’s appointment,…
Is Mhairi Black Westminster’s laziest MP?
The dust is settling after the SNP Westminster group’s deputy leader announced she would be standing down at the next…
Has Labour just found an election-winning argument?
Will Labour and the Tories be heading into the next election ‘following the same tram lines on spending?’ That was…
God the ‘Father’ isn’t sexist
Calling God ‘Father’ may be ‘problematic’, pronounced the Archbishop of York at Friday’s formal opening of the General Synod. Watching…
Watch: protestor crashes Osborne wedding
George Osborne’s happy day hasn’t gone as smoothly as the ex-Chancellor would have liked. First, he had to call in…
The unlikely rise of Germany’s defence minister
An unlikely political star has risen in Germany. Boris Pistorius, a 63-year-old father of two is a career politician and,…
The troubling question of Ukrainian cluster bombs
When the war in Ukraine was only a few months old, Amnesty International published a report condemning what it had…
Labour has a way to go to win the Selby and Ainsty by-election
‘Absent’ seems to be the word that most often springs to mind for voters in Selby and Ainsty when asked…
The trouble with Tate Britain
Tate Britain has had a facelift. The gallery describes its ‘rehang’, unveiled in May, as a chance for visitors to…
How landmines scar a country
Afternoon is boom time in Quang Tri, Vietnam. Fifty years since the war here ended, and they’re still getting rid…
The problem with the word ‘problematic’
There have been groans of derision following the proclamation by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cotterell, that the opening lines…
Open a bottle with… two-Michelin-star chef Hans Neuner
Quizzed on how best to assimilate a new culture, travel writer and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain once uttered the famous…
Has the time come for the Dutch farmers’ party?
There are 17.9 million residents in the Netherlands, and this year the country expects 45,000 requests for asylum. Barges, tents and sports…
The BBC is falling short on its climate protest coverage
According to a YouGov poll this week 64 per cent have an unfavourable view of Just Stop Oil (only 17…
Is the SNP serious about decriminalising drugs?
It is hard to criticise the SNP government’s recent legislative record in Scotland, if only because there isn’t one. Almost…
Threads, Twitter and the misery of addiction
Could Threads kill Twitter? Tens of millions have signed up to Meta’s rival app since it was launched this week.…
The dark history of the SNP
The Scottish National party, under new and inferior management, continues to struggle out from under English oppression – colonialist oppression, as seems…
Dutch government collapses following migration row
The growing continent-wide crisis caused by mass immigration into Europe has claimed another country with the collapse of the Dutch…
‘We don’t have time to waste’: An interview with Ukraine’s Azov brigade commander
The acting commander of the Azov brigade, Major Bohdan (pronounced Bogdan) Krotevych, is a hero in Ukraine. In last year’s…
Russian sanctions are hurting Putin’s enemies
‘Ukrainians fight for their homeland, Russians fight for Putin’s ambitions’, declared the TV presenter on his YouTube channel earlier this…
Have the Tories given up?
When confronted with a list of problems and setbacks afflicting the Government, a minister recently told me: ‘The darkest hour…
Will Scottish junior doctors accept Humza’s record pay deal?
As of this afternoon, the junior doctor strikes in Scotland have been called off. Today, the Scottish government and the…
SNP calls for drugs to be decriminalised
It’s Humza Yousaf’s 100th day in office today. So what better way to mark this milestone than with a fresh…
The housing crash we’re heading for might not be the one you think
Are house prices falling? The Halifax house price index, published today, is finally showing a significant year on year fall:…
What if Boris Johnson was still prime minister?
It’s one year today since Boris Johnson resigned as prime minister, following mass resignations in the ministerial ranks. At the…
