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Has the SNP really turned its back on identity politics?
The term ‘progressive’ has been much abused in the past decade. Originally a term denoting enlightenment and social universalism, it became…
The Tories are in free fall
A couple of weeks ago we were told it was Rishi Sunak’s best week ever. Now, it is hard to…
Why won’t phone companies stop kids using social media?
When it comes to social media, parents find it difficult enough to keep up with their offspring’s online world. What…
What price is too high to keep conservatives in the Church of England?
Future historians of the Church of England might look back at this weekend as the beginning of the end. A…
Swapping aprés ski for aprés spa
“Welcome to your thirties,” my friend Rich roared, throwing open the balcony door leading onto our hotel room’s private loggia.…
What was the point of Just Stop Oil’s Magna Carta stunt?
The eco-activists of Just Stop Oil have often been caricatured as a group of middle-class students with too much time…
Why is Colombia turning its back on Israel in its hour of need?
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro has terminated diplomatic relations with Israel and described the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as ‘genocidal’.…
What is the anti-Israel Eurovision protest really about?
A young Israeli woman warned to stay in her hotel room. A baying mob on the streets outside hollering slogans…
Joe Biden’s failure is Bob Gates’s vindication
One of the most famous criticisms of Joe Biden over the years came from former Bush and Obama secretary of…
Harry and Meghan’s Nigeria tour is nothing but PR fodder
Prince Harry’s visit to London this week, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Invictus games, was largely overshadowed by…
Starmer is copying the Tory small boats strategy
Today is one of those rare occasions in British politics – a day when Rishi Sunak’s government has a bit…
Will John Swinney abandon Sturgeon’s gender bill?
There may be a new First Minister in the driving seat but can the SNP overtake Labour’s lead in the…
Keir Starmer won’t stop the boats
Labour’s new ‘stop the boats’ policy is a risible exercise in deception that will only ever fool the truly gullible.…
Who are ‘the blob’?
Liz Truss calls them the ‘deep state’, Dominic Cummings ‘the blob’ and for Sue Gray they are simply former colleagues.…
Does David Lammy really expect Donald Trump to forgive and forget?
David Lammy has never been much of a diplomat. The veteran Labour MP is fond of lashing out at his…
The UK leaves recession behind in 2023
This morning the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that the UK confined its technical recession to 2023. The economy grew by 0.6…
Is Dominic Cummings’ ‘start up party’ a non-starter?
We haven’t heard much from Dominic Cummings since he walked out of No. 10 Downing Street in November 2020. Now…
The special relationship between Israel and America is faltering
President Biden doesn’t give many sit-down television interviews, but when he does, he tends to make news. This week he…
France is waking up to the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood. Is Britain?
Donald Trump made headlines this month when he claimed that London and Paris are no longer recognisable because ‘they have…
Britain is right to stand up to the WHO’s vaccine power grab
The World Health Organisation (WHO) hardly distinguished itself during the Covid 19 pandemic. It was slow to declare an emergency,…
How Netflix tourists will ruin beautiful Atrani
Some time in the Noughties I sat next to a guy at work who told me he’d just had a…
Andrew Bailey paves the way for a summer interest rate cut
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted to hold interest rates for the sixth time in a row. Members of…
In Putin’s Russia, Victory Day is no longer about 1945
Stepping out onto Red Square for today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow, it was clear to see that Vladimir Putin…
Labour celebrate largest poll lead since Truss
Poor Rishi Sunak is not having a very good week. After a bruising set of local elections and two defections…
Labour MPs need to grow up
Westminster is full of clever people who spend a lot of time stupidly making simple things complicated. The story of…
