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Are we in for a ‘Nigel’ revival?
Once the popularity of politicians was judged by how many babies they were asked to kiss – now it’s by…
Half of Brits disappointed by Labour so far
Another day, another round of bad news for Sir Keir Starmer’s government. Now a new Ipsos poll has revealed that…
Weight loss drugs won’t solve the obesity crisis
The NHS is about to start doling out ‘the King Kong of weight loss drugs’ to obese patients – the…
Macron’s France is no longer fit for purpose
Emmanuel Macron will address the French people this evening, 24 hours after parliament passed a vote of no confidence in…
Angela Merkel regrets nothing
Last night, nearly three years to the day since she handed over the reins of power to Olaf Scholz, Angela…
Will Trump finally stop America funding the Taliban?
For more than three years, democratic governments have been trying to pretend that Afghanistan does not exist. The embarrassed silence…
Michel Barnier’s government has fallen
France was plunged into another political crisis on Wednesday evening when the government of Michel Barnier lost a vote of…
Devolution is shortchanging England
The English taxpayer is not the primary audience for the Scottish government’s annual Budget, but one wonders what they might…
The triumph of England’s maths lessons
Hold your hats, but Britain is doing rather well in something – or at least England is. Our children are…
Why won’t the jokes about Rachel Reeves’s CV go away?
Why do jokes about Rachel Reeves’s CV persist? One explanation is simple: it’s funny. The Chancellor’s public persona is strait-laced and…
Named and shamed: the PMQs time wasters
You’re an ambitious backbench Labour MP with a weighty constituency caseload, legislation that you’re interested in improving, and a few…
South Korea’s political chaos is far from over
Had you have taken a direct flight from London to Seoul yesterday afternoon, by the time you would have landed…
Kemi let Starmer off the hook again
Labour thinks it can win on immigration. Their new strategy was road-tested today at PMQs as backbencher Olivia Bailey opened…
BBC presenter under fire over failure to declare extra work
Another day, another drama at the BBC. Now it transpires that one of the corporation’s top newsreaders Clive Myrie failed…
Marc Guehi has exposed the flaw in football’s Rainbow Laces campaign
Is the Football Association’s Rainbow Laces campaign about inclusivity or not? The FA doesn’t seem to be able to make…
I’m A Celebrity has been enjoyably dull
The current series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! has been a big contrast to the previous…
PMQs has become painfully predictable
Kemi Badenoch had an odd line of attack at Prime Minister’s Questions: she chose to pursue Keir Starmer over what…
Masterchef gives me the creeps
Eating porridge with my daughter this morning (me brown sugar; her honey) I was telling her about Ready Brek, and…
A true popular uprising is taking place in Georgia
Georgia’s government recently decided to spend money on fresh black ‘Robocop’ uniforms for their riot police, with shiny new helmets…
Will Sue Gray get a peerage?
Sue Gray may no longer be Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff but that doesn’t mean she isn’t still making…
The OECD has changed its tune on Britain
Is the OECD doing Labour’s PR for it? I ask only because of its bullish prediction for UK economic growth…
A failing steel company is the last thing the state should buy
It could be backing the hottest start-ups in Artificial Intelligence. It could be nurturing space businesses, or flying taxis, or…
South Korea’s President Yoon will be lucky to escape jail
Six hours. That was the duration of the profoundly disturbing and simultaneously farcical version of martial law invoked by South…
Blame the EU for what’s happening to France
Michel Barnier’s government is likely to be toast by teatime when a vote of no confidence is tabled in France’s…
South Korea has a long history of martial law
Yesterday afternoon South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol made the shock TV announcement that he was putting his country under…
