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Why Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ was doomed to fail
Ever since the beginning of March, when Sir Keir Starmer chaired what was called the ‘leaders meeting on Ukraine’, I…
Tony Blair attacks Ed Miliband over Net Zero
Ouch! Tony Blair had only recently left office when Ed Miliband, a protégé of Gordon Brown, drove the Climate Change…
Pay no heed to the misleading Trump approval ratings
When it comes to Donald Trump and his achievements during his first 100 days, who are you going to believe, the…
The polls are wrong (again) on Trump
“Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years,” screamed ABC News at the start of this week. The ABC…
Being Mr. Meghan Markle is no honeymoon
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are finally enjoying their “honeymoon period.” Or they are according to the Duchess of Sussex,…
The closure of Grangemouth’s refinery sums up Labour’s Net Zero muddle
Another grim milestone in Britain’s elective deindustrialisation was reached today: Scotland’s only remaining petrochemical plant, Grangemouth in Fife, ceased refining…
Could Torsten Bell be the next chancellor?
Rachel Reeves may have helped run up a £151 billion deficit in the past 12 months (with a little help…
Bridget Phillipson’s Ofsted reforms are a mess
In 1902, Holly Mount School in Bury was shut down following a scandal over alleged brutality against the children. The…
A mammoth 100 days of Trump’s America First foreign policy
One hundred days into the second Donald Trump presidency, his presence in the Oval Office represents the largest sea change…
The mystery of Spain’s blackout
Early yesterday afternoon, I walked home from my local supermarket empty-handed. In the Andalucian town of Antequera, the power and…
How will Mark Carney govern?
Canada went to the polls on Monday. The election campaign only ran for 37 days, but it was a wild…
Watch: Labour MP attacks Ed Miliband
Ding ding ding! The gloves are coming off, as Scottish Labour backbencher Brian Leishman today took aim at Net Zero…
The Maggie Chapman saga is a new low for the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament’s equalities committee has voted against removing Green MSP Maggie Chapman as deputy convenor following her attack on…
Kneecap’s phoney punk act has been unmasked
If someone pulled on a Ku Klux Klan hood and went up on a stage and shouted ‘Up the KKK!’,…
Watch: Poilievre concedes defeat before Portillo moment
Dear oh dear. Canada’s election results came in early this morning, revealing that – despite only being leader of the…
Why Merz’s free US-EU trade idea is a non-starter
Ever since President Trump started his tariff war earlier this month, the European Union’s response has been surprisingly clear. It…
SNP politicians back anti-gender ruling Green MSP
Despite denouncing the Supreme Court judgment that backed the biological definition of a woman, Green MSP Maggie Chapman has bafflingly…
This Remembrance Day in Israel, ‘they deserved it’ is in the air
On the eve of Israel’s Remembrance Day, as sirens pierce the quiet of Israeli streets and the nation stands still…
Kneecap apologises to families of murdered MPs
Well, well, well. The Tories, Labour and even the SNP condemned Irish rap band Kneecap on Monday over a 2023…
Donald Trump was Mark Carney’s greatest asset
This election could have been a lot worse for Canada’s Conservatives. As I write, they have taken 41.7 per cent…
How Liberation Day rocked Switzerland
When President Donald Trump gathered the world’s media to the White House Rose Garden to unveil America’s “Liberation Day,” Swiss…
Does Meghan Markle believe she’s still a royal highness?
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle staged their dramatic departure from the royal family five years ago, there were various…
Taxing milkshakes won’t solve the obesity crisis
It was supposed to be the broadest shoulders who were going to fund the government’s overspending. Now it seems to…
Spain needs time to recover from its power outage chaos
By six o’clock this morning, electricity had been restored to 99 per cent of Spain. Restoring people’s sense of security…
Who cares about globalization?
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” was the culmination of a 30-year insurgency against the global economic system. It was the most…
