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The Chris Kaba misconduct case doesn’t make sense
Here we go again. For those who drew up the convoluted regulations around police misconduct, the decision to proceed with a…
The unbearable smugness of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A poll from last year found that just 31 percent of the British public said they trust the media, a…
Arm school guards – not children – to honor my husband
Last week, I watched the heartbreaking news out of Florida State University – another campus turned into a crime scene,…
Does the National Theatre really need ‘international reach’?
The new boss of the National Theatre has a big job on her hands. The combination of Covid, funding cuts and…
Josh Hawley talks Trump’s first 100 days: pro-life ‘needs to be a priority’
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has been one of Donald Trump’s fiercest allies on Capitol Hill. But since his easy…
Is Starmer more afraid of Badenoch or Farage?
We have two leaders of the opposition. Labour can’t decide which is the larger threat. Prime Minister’s Questions opened with a…
Labour’s demographic crisis
It’s local election week in Britain (stifles yawn) and a chance to observe the exciting next generation of political idealists.…
Cartoon exhibition cancelled after art deemed too political
Is the era of political satire over? The Kingston Riverside TownSq venue seems to think so. It transpires that the…
Voters won’t be fooled by Yvette Cooper’s human rights gimmick
Keir Starmer’s government has grudgingly accepted publicly something it has privately known for months: voters are deadly serious about what…
Badenoch attacks Starmer over rape gangs
All politics is local – and no more so than this week. With various voters set to head to the…
What is Tony Blair up to?
‘Just what is Tony up to?’ That was what one Labour MP asked, quizzically, when I bumped into them in…
Listen: Environment minister backs Blair’s net zero takedown
It’s not a typical culprit that has ruffled Labour party feathers this week but instead the party’s former leader. In…
MAHA must harness the power of Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow may be set to pass her celebrity-everyone-loves-to-hate crown to another out-of-touch elitist. The Goop founder and queen of…
Was ‘Liberation Day’ just shock therapy?
With Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announcing that a trade deal between the US and India could be imminent, it once…
Medical migration is crippling France’s healthcare system
Doctors are sounding the alarm. Across France patients are unable to get appointments and wait times in hospital emergency departments…
The tariff climbdown that defined Trump’s first 100 days
Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in the Oval Office have upended all universal understanding. The global trade order has…
Your guide to the 2025 election results
Tomorrow, voters will go to the polls in Sir Keir Starmer’s first big electoral test as Prime Minister. Across England,…
Was Nixon solely to blame for the fall of Saigon?
At 7.53 a.m. on Tuesday 30 April 1975, 50 years ago today, Sergeant Juan Valdez boarded a Sea Knight helicopter…
Putin is terrified Ukraine will sabotage Russia’s Victory Day
Even by the elevated standards of Kremlin cynicism, Vladimir Putin’s invocation of a three-day ceasefire across the span of the…
Where might Reform and the Lib Dems hurt the Tories at the local elections?
Kemi Badenoch faces her first big electoral test in this week’s local elections. The Conservative party has much to lose.…
Have the markets stopped caring about Trump’s tariffs?
President Trump’s imposition of huge tariffs on everything America imports on ‘Liberation Day’ at the start of this month has…
The hypocrisy of Pakistan’s migrant expulsion plan
This month Pakistan has expelled more than 80,000 Afghans in what the government has labelled its Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan.…
But, Michelle: Barack deported more immigrants than Trump
Michelle Obama says Donald Trump’s immigration policies “keep her up at night.” But if immigration enforcement is a moral crisis,…
How many crooks are in the Commons?
As politicians complain about a Britain in decline, perhaps they should look closer to home. Mr S can reveal after…
Why the Lib Dems are confident about their election prospects
The Lib Dems are on to a vote winner with their plan to crack down on yobs who blare out…
