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Of course the Clapham chemical attack is about asylum
The Clapham chemical attack is ‘not really about asylum’. An actual government minister said this. Not some junior scribe for…
Full extent of sick-note Britain revealed
We already know that Britain has a massive sick-note problem but we did not, until today, know just how large.…
Why shouldn’t Tucker Carlson interview Vladimir Putin?
In September, 1934, William Randolph Hearst, the most famous journalist and publisher in the world, visited Berlin and interviewed Adolf…
Russia isn’t the biggest worry in Macron’s crime-ridden France
February has not started well for the European Union. On the first day of the month, furious farmers surrounded the…
How do we draw the line between gambling and gaming?
‘Skins gambling,’ anyone? No, until yesterday, me neither. It’s nothing to do with strip poker or 70s bovver boys. It’s…
Casting an able-bodied actor as Richard III isn’t ‘offensive’
The row over Richard III rumbles on. Disability groups have objected to the Globe’s forthcoming production in which Michelle Terry…
Can Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill save Northern Ireland?
The appointment of a new executive by the Northern Ireland Assembly on Saturday was a hugely significant moment. There was…
Performative airstrikes against the Houthis will achieve nothing
Performative sanctions have long been the last refuge of the lazy policymaker looking to ‘do something’. Take, for instance, the…
In praise of Kemi Badenoch
Whenever international affairs are proving particularly ‘interesting’ there’s always some clown who pipes up with ‘Oh, if only women ruled…
Are Scots tiring of devolution?
As Scottish devolution celebrates its 25th anniversary, are voters losing faith in Holyrood? A quarter of the country believes devolution…
Sunday shows round-up: Sinn Fein First Minister vows to be a ‘unifier’
Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill made history this week as she became Northern Ireland’s first nationalist first minister. Speaking to…
Why Kate Forbes is right about high tax
I was on BBC1’s Question Time with Kate Forbes in Glasgow last week in which she was oddly loyal to…
Why Britain’s farmers aren’t revolting
Europe’s ablaze, but not on this side of the English Channel. Paris has been besieged. Dutch politics turned upside down.…
Will Londoners fall for Sadiq Khan’s election bribes?
Taxpayers are being treated to a clutch of pre-election bribes from a politician who only a few months ago was…
The trouble with Marcus Rashford
What a week it’s been for Marcus Rashford, who divides opinion like almost no one else in football. The Manchester…
The world would be a better place without Facebook
It’s sometimes difficult to remember a time before Facebook, isn’t it? It’s like trying to remember a time before the…
What will US air strikes actually achieve?
The 28 January drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers and wounded 40 more necessitated a US military…
America is being sucked back into the Middle East
It didn’t take long for the US military to retaliate to the drone strike in Jordan that killed three American…
America is getting closer to open conflict with Iran
‘Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy,’ said Sun Tzu. The Biden administration takes the opposite approach. America’s Commander-in-Chief spent much of…
The housing crash that never was
So is that the end of the property ‘crash’? Nationwide reported this week that its house price index was up…
Is Caroline Nokes really a Conservative?
Quite a number of people have been asking what Caroline Nokes MP is doing in the Conservative party after her…
Labour’s ‘trans inclusive’ conversion therapy ban will be a disaster
Keir Starmer has a reputation for changing his mind. But on one issue at least, the Labour leader remains worryingly…
War with Russia won’t be what the West expects
Is war coming our way? The warning last month from Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of Nato’s Military Committee, indicates…
Why does the NHS care what Stonewall thinks of it?
One might reasonably assume that NHS employees would consider biological sex to be extremely important. After all, there are huge…
Netflix rides to the rescue for Meghan and Harry – again
After a catastrophic 2023, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have taken some time to regroup and rethink. Now they…
