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What’s this? A good joke from Sir Keir?
Strange tactics by Sir Keir at PMQs. He raised the issue of broken promises on immigration, which gave Rishi Sunak…
DeSantis should talk about Jeffrey Epstein tonight
Ron DeSantis’s choice to enter the presidential stakes with a Twitter Spaces conversation is unusual. Odder still is the news that…
Boris vs Rishi, round VII
The decision by the Cabinet Office to refer Boris Johnson to the police after his ministerial diary revealed visits by…
What will it take to crash the housing market?
Is there anything that might cause the much-predicted crash in UK house prices? Not – evidently – a pandemic (which perversely…
Cape Town after Covid: business buzzes despite power outages
Blazing sunshine. Endless traffic. Horns honking. Wine bars heaving. Trance music blasting. Street hawkers calling. Coastal wind (called the “Cape…
It’s a long way to the presidency for Ron DeSantis
Joe Biden became America’s president in 2021 because the alternative was four more years of Donald Trump. If Ronald Dion…
Can you tell if he’s dead yet? The secret life and death of Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, the disgraced entertainer and sex offender, is dead. Harris’s death was confirmed yesterday – but his death certificate…
Javier Tebas and the racist shame of Spanish football
The vicious racist abuse of Vinícius Jr – the Real Madrid and Brazil star – points to something rotten at…
British politics has become a nasty game of Gotcha
As Tony Blair once remarked, British politics has become a game of Gotcha. I am, to put it mildly, no…
Suella Braverman avoids speeding fine probe
Suella Braverman will not face an investigation into whether she broke the ministerial code over her handling of a speeding…
Inflation falls to 8.7% – but pressures remain
Since the start of the year, politicians and central bankers have been promising a collapse in the inflation rate. But…
Will Ron DeSantis announce he’s running for president on Twitter?
Ron DeSantis is set to announce his 2024 presidential bid during a Twitter Space with the app’s ‘chief Twit’ Elon…
Boris referred to the police over lockdown breaches (again)
Just when Boris thought the worst was over with Partygate. The former Prime Minister has today been referred to the…
We need to talk about Just Stop Oil’s class privilege
I have never felt such a strong desire to buy a man a pint as I did when I watched…
How the Cardiff riot was sparked by social media
After a traumatic night which saw rioters torch cars, volley fireworks at police, and indulge in nine hours of mayhem,…
Tory MPs line up to support Suella Braverman
Once it was David Gauke, then it was Michael Ellis. Now it is Jeremy Quin who bears the honorary title…
Are things beginning to look up for the UK economy?
We learned this morning just how much the government is struggling to keep its promise to bring down the national debt. But…
Prince Harry’s legal defeat will be particularly painful
Today, Prince Harry lost a court case. If the law of averages is to be believed, he has involved himself…
Is Germany turning against the EU’s Green Deal?
Last week it was President Macron who was rowing back on green measures. In a speech he asserted that Europe…
Prince Harry loses his police protection legal challenge
It turns out that Home Office can get some things right. The department’s lawyers have today triumphed in their battle…
Muslim activists can’t cancel The Kerala Story
Britain’s cinemas are in danger of becoming the new front line of protests from angry religious mobs demanding the cancellation…
Martin Amis and the idolatry of style over substance
To be a bookish young man in the late twentieth century was to be a Martin Amis fan. I was…
What is Lee Anderson up to?
A new week brings with it a new backbench group. The New Conservatives are a dozen MPs who are drawn…
Is Macron losing France’s war on drugs?
The story that dominated much of the French media last week was the vicious assault of a shopkeeper in Amiens. A…
Elon Musk, George Soros and the blurring of life and art
Was Elon Musk antisemitic when he compared George Soros to Magneto, the apparently Jewish, Marvel Comics supervillain? Whatever one’s view…
