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Only radical reform will save our overcrowded prisons
What should we do when there’s no cell space left in our disordered jails? The prison population figures published yesterday…
Watch: Justin Welby takes a pop at CofE ‘whiteness officer’ job
Just when you think the woke wars can’t get more ridiculous, they do. It transpires that the Diocese of Birmingham…
The Swiss are cutting interest rates. Why can’t we?
Mortgage rates will finally start to come down again. Consumers will have a little more money in their pockets. And companies…
The Bank of England is edging closer to an interest rate cut
The Bank of England has voted to keep rates at 5.25 per cent – but there are signs that a rate cut…
Varadkar’s true achievement was screwing over the Brits
The departure of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach yesterday should really be marked by Irish nationalists with elaborate memorials and tributes…
The rise and fall of Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar, who resigned yesterday, has certainly earned his place in the history of Anglo-Irish relations as one of the…
Gove’s ‘war on landlords’ is not going to plan
Levelling up the housing market, it is fair to say, is not quite going according to plan. Rents in the…
Watch: Donald Trump’s bid to woo Latino voters
President Joe Biden has been touring Nevada and Arizona in an attempt to win back disgruntled Hispanic voters. ‘This guy…
Why Labour secretly fears the Rwanda scheme
When Boris Johnson and Priti Patel first launched the Rwanda scheme, in the Spring of 2022, there seemed every chance…
How Putin used doublethink to manipulate the Russian election
In many ways, the recent presidential shenanigans in Russia, officially dignified with the word ‘elections’, have become a strange ritual.…
Britain just can’t stop spending
Will Jeremy Hunt have scope to deliver more tax cuts before the next election? Tory MPs certainly hope so, as…
Biden’s Rafah plan will only help Hamas
The fathers, brothers and sons who are risking their lives for their country do not want to go into Rafah,…
Reform close in on Tories in new poll
On Wednesday night, Rishi Sunak urged his party to ‘dig deep and fight’ in the face of difficult polling. The…
How it all went wrong for Leo Varadkar
Genuinely shocking political announcements are relatively rare in the Republic. It’s a small country, with an even smaller political and…
Inside Sunak’s showdown with Tory MPs
After a bruising few weeks for Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister this evening appeared before the 1922 committee of Tory…
Leo Varadkar’s days were numbered
Leo Varadkar’s abrupt resignation today left even his closest allies perplexed. ‘I was very surprised, I didn’t expect it at…
Does the Bolsonaro indictment show a legal double standard in Brazil?
The “Trump of the Tropics,” former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, was indicted Tuesday for falsifying his Covid-19 vaccination status for…
There’s an important lesson for politicians in the fall of Leo Varadkar
So farewell, then, Leo Varadkar. The Taoiseach says he is stepping down because he is no longer ‘the best person…
Simon Case quits the Garrick Club
Should we expect a flash sale on Garrick Club memberships? The cabinet secretary Simon Case is the second high-profile figure…
Watch: Lee Anderson’s ‘institutional racism’ takedown
It’s hardly been a week since Lee Anderson defected to the flanks of Reform UK and already the red wall…
The hubris of Scotland’s lofty Net Zero targets
Scotland’s climate goals are ‘no longer credible’ and there is ‘no comprehensive strategy’ to move away from carbon to Net…
Jeremy Hunt should listen to James Dyson
All Sir James Dyson wanted was to do what hundreds of business people and lobbyists have done before him: spend…
China’s threats to Kinmen should be taken seriously
When two Chinese fisherman died last month trying to flee Taiwan’s coastguard, Beijing laid the blame at Taipei’s feet and demanded an…
David Lammy’s Thatcher u-turn
As Labour prepares for power, the party’s leading lights are busy u-turning: not least on their views on Margaret Thatcher.…
Is Viktor Orbán really anti-Semitic?
Much of the criticism directed at Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s long-serving populist prime minister, is richly deserved. Orbán poses as the…
