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The ‘path to disaster’ that led to Grenfell
There are very few people who emerge from the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report with much credit today. Certainly very few…
Macron’s search for a prime minster is a complete farce
Who will be the next prime minister of France? Almost two months after the centre lost its majority in the National…
Watch: Starmer defers to ‘prime minister’ Sunak at PMQs
They say old habits die hard, and Sir Keir Starmer is finding that out for himself today. It’s the first…
The US is turning the screws on Nicolas Maduro
Actions often speak louder than words. In the case of the United States seizing Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s multi-million dollar…
Why did the Grenfell Inquiry take so long to tell us what we know already?
Predictably enough, and not unreasonably, the 1700-page final report into the Grenfell disaster apportions the bulk of the blame with…
There’s no shame in being ‘weird’
Are Conservative politicians ‘weird’? A series of focus groups carried out by More in Common suggests that voters – particularly…
SNP government finally accepts Cass review findings
Well, well, well. After all of the SNP’s sniping at Dr Hilary Cass’s review into UK gender clinics, it transpires…
Netanyahu faces an unenviable dilemma on Gaza
The murder of six Israeli hostages by Hamas in Gaza earlier this week led to an outpouring of grief and…
Keir Starmer’s honeymoon is unquestionably over
Keir Starmer is back at the despatch box for Prime Minister’s Questions today and his honeymoon period is unquestionably over.…
Stop trying to make ‘weird’ happen
Where American left-liberal rhetoric leads, British left-liberal rhetoric invariably follows. Hate speech, reparations, decolonisation, white fragility; there is no intellectual…
How long can Macron ignore French voters?
It was way back in the first week of July that the French went to the polls to elect a…
When will the Channel migrant horror end?
Twelve migrants, including six children and a pregnant woman, have died after their overcrowded dinghy capsized while they were trying…
Want to see RNC chair Lara Trump’s new music video?
The video begins with sirens, a firetruck and vivid kinetic typography spelling the words “hero.” Then, soulful piano music. Sigh.…
On the ground at Flagstock, the rager for the UNC frat bros who defended the American flag from protesters
Chapel Hill, North Carolina What kind of party can you throw with more than $500,000? For months, the organizers of…
Inside the 1922 hustings for Tory leader
This evening Tory MPs filed into parliament’s Committee Room 14 to hear from the six hopefuls aspiring to lead their…
MPs hail benefits of ‘Swiftonomics’
Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour took the country by storm and it seems Swiftmania has also taken a firm hold of…
Dyson makes headphones again… and they don’t suck
Dyson isn’t the first brand that comes to mind when you’re thinking about buying a pair of Bluetooth headphones. You…
Labour’s flirtation with price fixing won’t end well
Almost everyone is aware of the concept of peak hours pricing. If you buy a train ticket to travel during…
Tom Tugendhat’s pitch: I’m a proper conservative, honest guv
Tom Tugendhat finally launched his leadership campaign today with a big speech in Whitehall – the third he has made…
Britain’s arms crackdown on Israel could end up pleasing no one
Is the UK still a ‘staunch ally’ of Israel? Defence Secretary John Healey insisted so on the broadcast round this…
Why is it so hard to buy a petrol car?
Is it really any surprise that car manufacturers have started refusing to sell us petrol cars? According to Robert Forrester,…
Robert Jenrick is wrong about the culture wars
To some people, the culture wars don’t matter. They are an irrelevance, an indulgence. A distraction from the material, bread-and-butter…
Lib Dem MP’s bizarre motion on the Wiggles
One might expect politics to showcase quality over quantity but this isn’t always necessarily the case. Take the curious example…
Prince Harry isn’t coming back any time soon
The Duke of Wellington famously suggested that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. To…
Von der Leyen’s quest for gender parity is a pointless distraction
The EU’s three largest economies are stuck in a deep structural slump. The budget is a mess, with money running…
