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Second Tory candidate investigated over election betting
Dear oh dear. Now it transpires that a second Tory election candidate is facing scrutiny over an alleged bet related…
The SNP’s election pitch is a masterclass in inconsistency
The SNP may be in crisis, with police investigating the use of party funds and support from voters sliding, but…
A Danish lesson for Labour in how to revive Britain’s economy
The coincidence of the 2024 general election and the Euro 2024 football tournament is a great lesson in the myopia…
Just Stop Oil’s Stonehenge attack is unforgivable
So now we know: nowhere is safe from the entitled fury of the Just Stop Oil mob. Not even Stonehenge.…
When will Labour get specific about its stance on gender reform?
In a general election campaign that has oftentimes presented scenarios that feel like a fever dream, the surreal headlines keep…
How we should deal with Just Stop Oil
One need not cast around for signs that Britain is no longer a serious country, but the indulgence with which…
Poll puts Tories on lowest seat total in history
How is the Conservative campaign going? Well, according to the latest YouGov poll, things are looking worse for Rishi Sunak…
Sunak on course to lose seat, predicts poll
Good heavens. One of the many polls released today has suggested that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could become the first…
Working from home won’t fix Britain’s productivity
Why is Britain’s productivity so stubbornly low? Output per worker increased just 0.1 per cent in the year to April. Across swathes…
What does Keir Starmer think a ‘working person’ is?
Keir Starmer has promised not to raise taxes on ‘working people’. But who, exactly, is a working person? The definition,…
It shouldn’t be surprising that a Muslim son of immigrants is funding Reform
Should it really be a surprise that Zia Yusuf, a Muslim entrepreneur who made his fortune setting up a company…
Watch: Just Stop Oil deface Stonehenge
Now they’ve gone and done it. The juvenile antics of the eternally brain dead Just Stop Oil will be familiar…
When will the SNP admit its independence dream is over?
Line one page one of the SNP manifesto is, as promised, about independence. If the SNP wins a majority of…
Why won’t this museum let women see its Igbo mask?
The Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford has won a reputation for its energetic programme of ‘decolonisation’. Its director, Laura van Broekhoven,…
Boris Johnson can’t save the Tories from the coming wipeout
Are you beach-body ready? Boris Johnson, who has always projected a joyously uninhibited confidence about his physical form, clearly thinks…
Why Sunak will struggle to win the credit for falling inflation
After a three-year saga, inflation has finally returned to the Bank of England’s target. The Office for National Statistics reports…
France’s left-wing coalition would unleash migrant chaos on Britain
Emmanuel Macron has described the left-wing coalition’s manifesto as ‘totally immigrationist’. The Popular Front, which brings together Communists, Greens, Socialists…
Labour ditches Scottish candidate over ‘pro-Russian’ posts
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ which means that a political party somewhere is having candidate drama. This time it’s…
Why does Labour want to ban these 15 peers?
Following last week’s manifesto launches, Mr S has been looking into the fine print. As part of Labour’s plans to…
The case for not voting at this election
Anyone over the age of 40 can scarcely help comparing this election, or the state of our two main parties,…
Revealed: Tory member behind anti-Reform attack ad firm
Are the Tories feeling the heat from Reform? Apparently so, if online adverts are anything to go by, with London-based…
What’s the real reason Jim Ratcliffe is backing Starmer?
On the face of it, there could hardly be a better example of a turkey voting for Christmas than the…
What’s wrong with calling a female walker ‘sweetheart’?
So, another place where men have to mind their language: on mountains. In an article in Scottish Mountaineer magazine by one…
Trussonomics is featuring heavily in the election
Is Trussonomics making a comeback? That’s the suggestion today, as Jeremy Hunt was recorded on the campaign trail telling students that Liz…
Labour have treated Rosie Duffield terribly
Should a candidate feel forced to pull out of public hustings events because of concerns about their safety? No, of…
