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How will Remainers cope with a right-wing Europe?
I love to make up new words and see them gradually used more by others – for a writer, there’s…
France’s future looks far from certain
The much loved and quintessentially French singer, Françoise Hardy, born in 1944, died last night. French certainties are disappearing. The…
How Marine Le Pen could win
Rumours that Emmanuel Macron could resign if Marine Le Pen wins a majority in parliament spooked French markets so much…
The Tories are going public with their ‘Dunkirk strategy’
The Tories managed to avoid any major own goals or gaffes during the launch of their manifesto. Given some of…
Watch: Sunak admits to Sky TV sacrifice
Oh dear. The first clips of Rishi Sunak’s now infamous ITV interview have started to surface ahead of the full…
Can a ragtag coalition stop Marine Le Pen?
The left in France may not be much good at winning elections but they are excellent when it comes to…
The Tories and Labour are both relying on a magic money tree
Ask any main political party how they plan to sustain public services in the medium-term, and their answer will be…
JK Rowling and the toxicity of social media pile-ons
Alex Kay-Jelski is the latest individual to realise that the internet never forgets and, when it suddenly remembers, the impact…
Unionists are right to feel furious with Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage likes to see himself as a reliable pal, so it was very much in that spirit that Reform…
An audience member had the best line during the Scottish leaders’ debate
Scottish Tory leader, Douglas Ross, has said he’ll resign after the 4 July election following criticism of his treatment of…
Why is Australia culling wild horses?
A government-sanctioned programme to cull the brumby mobs of wild horses in Australia’s High Country has become a hot political…
Why is Putin still so desperate for Western validation?
Everyone loves Russia, or at least echoes its talking points – if you believe the country’s state media. Why should…
Is stress always a problem?
‘Cerebral climaxes’ are those moments when we experience a high, a life-changing realisation, a joyous epiphany. I have studied these brain…
Donald Trump thinks Taylor Swift is ‘unusually beautiful’ but ‘probably doesn’t like Trump’
Cockburn already pre-ordered Ramin Setoodeh’s book, set to be released on June 18. Titled Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump…
Hunter Biden found guilty in gun trial
Hunter Biden was found guilty of all three counts of federal firearm charges on Tuesday, concluding a six-year investigation into…
Why didn’t Geert Wilders do as well as Marine Le Pen?
‘We are really by far the biggest winner this evening,’ said Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), when…
Sunak’s manifesto is not credible
Rishi Sunak’s manifesto launch was necessarily defensive: the Prime Minister is trying to stem the losses in this election campaign…
The London Stock Exchange is in serious trouble
It has impeccable green credentials. It is crucial to the country’s power grid. And it is one of the UK’s…
Sunak’s National Insurance pledge could backfire
Two years ago, as Chancellor, Rishi Sunak chose to jack up National Insurance contributions. It is a mark of how…
King Charles isn’t the enemy of animal rights activists
The attack by animal rights activists on the new portrait of King Charles, currently on display at the Philip Mould…
Rishi Sunak’s manifesto is thin gruel
Rishi Sunak today launched a manifesto that might suffice for a governing party polling at level pegging with the opposition…
Watch: Animal rights activists vandalise King’s portrait
Good heavens. Protestors are back to their old tricks and now it’s the King’s first official royal portrait that has…
Farage attacked again on campaign trail
Nigel Farage is continuing his cross-country campaign as he makes the case for voters to back Reform UK on 4…
The nasty tax surprise hidden in the Tory manifesto
There are no big policy surprises in the Tory manifesto – not least because the major announcements on tax, immigration,…
Sunak plays it safe with his manifesto
With three weeks to go until polling day, Rishi Sunak this morning unveiled his prospectus for a Conservative government. There…
