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Iran is making a mockery of the US
Three sailors have been killed and four seriously wounded after the Houthis attacked the True Confidence merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden…
Macron’s war-mongering talk is unnerving Europe
Relations between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have always been strained but they’re now positively hostile.…
Biden’s angry State of the Union address
President Joe Biden compared himself to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, and his Republican opponents to Hitler, Nazis and…
Theresa May to quit parliament at the election
Another one bites the dust. Theresa May has today become the 60th Tory MP to announce she is standing down…
Will the mystery of MH370 ever be solved?
Ten years ago today, on 8 March 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur, en-route to Beijing…
Justin Trudeau, am I guilty of pre-crime?
Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the internet, intended it to be a place for everyone. But now the web…
Biden rails against ‘predecessor’ in partisan State of the Union speech
President Joe Biden has shamelessly abandoned his chief campaign promise to unite the country. It became clear quickly into his…
Peers back vote on foreign state press ownership
Rishi Sunak has tonight been urged to support an amendment in the House of Lords which would give parliament a…
A make-or-break State of the Union for Biden
Tonight President Joe Biden is set to deliver one of what may be his final major speeches as president: the…
Zelensky’s sacked army chief posted to London
When Ukrainian war hero Valery Zaluzhny was fired as the head of the military a month ago, all talk was on what…
‘You’re fired’ – watch Trump’s prebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union speech
In a few hours, Joe Biden will deliver what could be his final State of the Union address as President.…
Does Nike hate the military?
Nike — named after the Greek goddess of victory — is seemingly too scared to be associated with US armed…
The catalogue of errors that left Joshua Jacques free to kill
The horror of the crimes of Joshua Jacques, who murdered his girlfriend and three members of her family in south…
Could Jeremy Hunt actually abolish National Insurance?
Could Jeremy Hunt really abolish employee National Insurance (NI)? His additional 2p cut announced in yesterday’s Budget seems to be…
Papers deliver verdict on ‘fiscal drag queen’s’ Budget
Jeremy Hunt is facing a day of reckoning after announcing the Budget on Wednesday. The Chancellor framed his statement as…
Who could object to a Muslim war memorial?
I don’t understand right-wingers who spend most of their time on the internet. Often they’re found tut-tutting over what they…
Men don’t belong in Hampstead Ladies’ Pond
The waters of Hampstead ladies’ pond are this week, it seems, more troubled than ever. Last Sunday, amidst cries of…
Britain is too sick
Britain is running out of workers. The UK population may be growing, but the share of that population that is…
The revolution has devoured AOC
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the super-progressive congresswoman, was leaving the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn with her fiancé when she was confronted by…
Haley is out. How can Trump pick up her voters?
In the end, the lesson of Nikki Haley’s run is that Donald Trump defeated every wing of the Republican Party…
Britain’s worklessness disaster
Whilst Jeremy Hunt’s cut to National Insurance may grab the headlines, the real story of today’s Budget was hidden in…
What Hunt’s ‘tax-cutting’ Budget didn’t mention
Can the Tory party now credibly claim it is cutting taxes? That was the big mystery going into Jeremy Hunt’s…
The key announcements in Hunt’s Budget
This afternoon Jeremy Hunt delivered his second Budget as Chancellor. Much of his speech had been trailed over the previous…
Jeremy Hunt’s low-key Budget
If Jeremy Hunt’s Budget was the final flourish before a May election, it’s going to be a very low-key campaign…
Watch: Trump ally tells Emily Maitlis to ‘f*** off’
The News Agents podcast has had a mixed reception in the UK but its presenters are having an even rougher…