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The final tragedy of ‘Humza the Brief’

29 April 2024 5:18 pm

If, as expected, Humza Yousaf resigns today as First Minister of Scotland, it will be the beginning of the end…

Count Binface just isn’t funny

29 April 2024 4:30 pm

On British general election nights, I like to watch Dish and Dishonesty, the first episode of the third series of Blackadder. It…

Why Labour won’t be bounced by Sunak’s defence plans

29 April 2024 12:40 am

British politics in recent years has sometimes resembled a waltz. Both main parties show little compunction in mirroring each other’s…

Why Russia’s ‘king of the kickback’ was arrested

28 April 2024 11:19 pm

The universal corruption of the Russian elite suits Vladimir Putin. When everyone has a skeleton in their closet, power rests…

Sunday shows round-up: Sunak refuses to rule out summer election

28 April 2024 11:08 pm

The Tories are expected to lose around half their councillors in the upcoming local elections on 4 May. Trevor Phillips…

Truss book becomes a bestseller

28 April 2024 10:42 pm

Much has been made of Liz Truss’s book since its publication a fortnight ago. Jeering critics were quick to mock…

How America plunders Britain’s tech economy

28 April 2024 4:45 pm

The UK government tells a confident story about Britain’s tech business acumen. In one 2023 example, a press release from…

Liverpool is trashing its maritime history

28 April 2024 4:30 pm

Three subjects are branded onto the Liverpool psyche: football, music and seafaring. While the first two remain in rude health,…

Who asked France’s celebrities for political advice?

28 April 2024 4:00 pm

Since 2012, the French actor Omar Sy has lived in Los Angeles. One of his houses has included a sprawling…

The monstrous experience of surviving boarding school

28 April 2024 4:00 pm

Charles, Earl Spencer published a blistering denunciation of his prep school days – complete with constant corporal punishment and child…

Trinity College Cambridge has rushed to judgement on Captain Cook

28 April 2024 4:00 pm

Cambridge has made a mistake in returning to the tribe that made them some spears collected by Captain Cook’s men…

India is becoming a chess superpower

28 April 2024 3:30 pm

The Indian chess prodigy Dommaraju Gukesh has made history by becoming the youngest challenger ever for the world chess title.…

Tory MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour

28 April 2024 4:01 am

Rishi Sunak’s good week in politics just came to an end. Buoyed by a successful defence spending announcement and the…

Uncharted territory in court and on campus

28 April 2024 2:22 am

The two big stories du jour are 1) the continuing campus assault on sanity, brought to you by the pro-terrorist…

Humza Yousaf’s five worst moments as First Minister

27 April 2024 9:33 pm

Cometh the hour, cometh the Humza. Scotland’s beleaguered First Minister could have only days left as First Minister, despite insisting…

Why was Blinken’s China visit so underwhelming?

27 April 2024 9:32 pm

It had been billed as an electrifying encounter – the US Secretary of State preparing to confront Beijing with a…

Taylor Swift is a rotter

27 April 2024 4:30 pm

Taylor Swift has released another album spilling the beans on her private life. ‘I’d written so much tortured poetry in…

Whisper it, but Rishi Sunak has had a good week

27 April 2024 4:30 pm

If you have been doing as badly as Rishi Sunak has as prime minister, then it doesn’t take much to…

Afghanistan won’t be at the Olympics

27 April 2024 4:20 pm

When the thousands of international athletes march proudly behind their national flags along the banks of the River Seine in…

Life was better in the 1990s

27 April 2024 4:00 pm

Does anyone else miss the nineties terribly? Everything seemed simpler in that pre-internet era of The Fast Show, the band…

How Ukraine will use American aid

27 April 2024 4:00 pm

The Kyiv government will need to rush to make use of the new batch of American weapons coming to Ukraine.…

A fairytale of Luton: why the Hatters deserve to stay in the Premier League

27 April 2024 4:00 pm

As the Premier League season draws to a nail-biting close at both ends of the table, my hometown club of…

The King’s improving health is a relief for the country

27 April 2024 4:22 am

Today it was announced that, after a very positive response to his treatment for cancer, King Charles will resume public-facing…

Sadiq Khan should be ashamed of his attack on the Chief Rabbi

27 April 2024 4:00 am

A while back, Lee Anderson got himself into trouble for claiming Islamists had ‘got control’ of Sadiq Khan. Levelling said…

Germany’s AfD has become its own worst enemy

27 April 2024 3:00 am

As the German AfD’s European election campaign kicks off tomorrow, the far-right party’s leadership could be forgiven for counting down…