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The problem with Sunak’s migrant cap
It is perhaps no accident that Rishi Sunak has rushed out his proposal for a cap on migrant workers and…
The Tories aren’t serious about protecting biological sex
Kemi Badenoch has announced that sex is biological – yes, and rain is wet, and the election is soon. So…
What will Tory leadership hopefuls do about Farage?
What comes next? That is what many Tories are asking as they stare down the barrel of defeat. Even before…
Farage’s return is Rishi Sunak’s worst nightmare
From the moment the Conservatives called this summer election they seemed doomed: Sunak had failed to deliver on his five…
The glorious downfall of Lloyd Russell-Moyle
It’s always handy for parents to have someone they can use to put their children off any particular profession. ‘Don’t…
The significance of J.K. Rowling’s defence of Kemi Badenoch
The opinion polls might be projecting a massive Labour majority, but there is a dynamic to this election that could yet derail…
What Farage gets about politics and entertainment
Towards the end of last year, Nigel Farage set tongues wagging as he entered the jungle for I’m a Celebrity… Get…
The Scottish leaders debate won’t have changed voters’ minds
When Alex Salmond was leader of the SNP he used to complain bitterly to the broadcasters that it was unfair…
Are the Tories telling the truth? A look at the data
A quirk of the UK system is that the requirement to tell the truth in adverts does not apply to…
Tiananmen Square remade the modern world
Thirty-five years ago today, China’s leaders ordered tanks into Tiananmen Square to disperse a student encampment. The death toll was…
Even Nigel Farage will struggle to make this election exciting
Unlike Brenda from Bristol, I usually love elections – but not this one. Theresa May’s self-destruction in 2017 was one…
Labour comes out of Scottish debate on top
There is a truism in British politics that things would be much more civil if there were more women in…
Nigel Farage knows the Tories are there for the taking
The one thing that had gone right for Rishi Sunak in the election campaign to date has now gone wrong.…
Rishi’s nightmare: YouGov MRP predicts Labour super majority
It never rains but it pours for Rishi Sunak. Less than an hour after Nigel Farage performed a shock U-turn,…
Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal could sink Benjamin Netanyahu
Joe Biden’s introduction of the three-stage deal to end the war in Gaza was a clever rout to bypass Benjamin…
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s new president?
Mexico has elected its first female president, with preliminary results showing former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum victorious. According to Quick Count,…
Why Farage is back as Reform leader
He’s back. After all the teasing and all the rhetoric, Nigel Farage has finally announced his return as Reform leader.…
Nigel Farage’s election U-turn could be deadly for the Tories
No wonder that Nigel Farage has decided that he would rather be leader of Reform UK than merely honorary president,…
George Galloway: Labour is the ‘number one enemy’
George Galloway would be happy if his Workers’ Party of Britain denied Labour the chance of an outright majority at…
Watch: Lib Dems photobomb Sunak event
Can anything go right on Rishi Sunak’s magical mystery tour? Nothing seems to be going right for the Prime Minister…
The taxman has failed Britain’s poor
Today we are witnessing a significant failure of the UK state. This morning, the personal finance campaigner Martin Lewis reported…
What is Nigel Farage planning?
Nigel Farage continues to tease Westminster with his endless ‘will he, won’t he?’ dance. The former Ukip leader is hosting…
Starmer’s ‘national security’ pitch looks insecure
Still haunted by the memory of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, Keir Starmer has devoted today to reassuring the electorate that he…
Kemi Badenoch isn’t alone in dodging the issue of social care
Elections aren’t just fights between the parties over policy. They also include conspiracies of silence where neither side will benefit…
The problem with Kemi Badenoch’s transgender reforms
It is five years since Labour’s then equalities spokeswoman, Dawn Butler, told a BBC interviewer that babies aren’t born with a sex. It was…
