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Can the Tories avoid oblivion?

2 March 2024 5:30 pm

Another day, another terrible poll for the Tories – the latest YouGov survey records support for the parties at Labour…

It’s time to eliminate the concept of ‘mental health’

2 March 2024 5:30 pm

The concept of mental health is a hypochondriac’s, narcissist’s, shirker’s and social security fraud’s charter: for who can prove that…

Football obviously has a doping problem

2 March 2024 5:25 pm

For an astonishing length of time the attitude of football authorities to the prospect of widespread doping at the sport’s…

Sunak pledges extremism crackdown

2 March 2024 5:31 am

Rishi Sunak has just appeared on the steps of Downing Street to give a speech on the need to take…

We must face down the extremists

2 March 2024 4:58 am

The Prime Minister has given the following speech tonight outside 10 Downing Street. In recent weeks and months, we have…

Is Amnesty right that Britain has a black mould epidemic?

2 March 2024 2:57 am

Are large numbers of children in Britain being killed by black mould in their homes? That seems to be the…

Does Labour want an anti-CV revolution?

2 March 2024 2:39 am

Alison McGovern, Labour’s shadow employment minister is one of those politicians  who are always worth watching. She combines the ability…

‘We are not afraid’: Russians gather for Navalny’s funeral

2 March 2024 1:22 am

Today is a sad day for Russia. Two weeks after his death in an Arctic penal colony, Alexei Navalny, Putin’s most vociferous…

Justin Webb has been wronged by the BBC

2 March 2024 12:36 am

The BBC has upheld a ludicrous complaint against the Today programme’s Justin Webb. Back in August, Webb told listeners that…

George Galloway will be a nuisance for Keir Starmer

1 March 2024 10:50 pm

The return of ‘Gorgeous’ George Galloway to the House of Commons may not be Keir Starmer’s worst nightmare, but it…

China’s nickname for Macron is perfect

1 March 2024 9:51 pm

Alexei Navalny is being laid to rest in Moscow today, a fortnight after the Russian opposition leader was found dead…

Keir Starmer must stand up to George Galloway

1 March 2024 8:33 pm

George Galloway has done it again. As an expert in riding waves of fury among Muslim voters about happenings in…

George Galloway’s Rochdale win should trouble Labour

1 March 2024 8:20 pm

The Rochdale by-election raises a question that Labour will find hard to duck in government: can a European left-wing party…

Putin wants to talk about Russia’s future, not the war

1 March 2024 4:46 am

Vladimir Putin’s annual address to the Federation Council (the upper chamber of the legislature) is rarely an exciting event, but…

John Major urges Hunt to up defence spending, not cut taxes, in Budget

1 March 2024 4:00 am

John Major has called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to cut taxes in his Budget next week – but to…

Migration is too high, says party in charge of migration for 14 years

1 March 2024 12:46 am

When Rishi Sunak made ‘stopping the boats’ one of his five priorities after entering No. 10, he ensured that immigration…

Putin’s nuclear doctrine has been revealed

29 February 2024 10:07 pm

Secret documents have been leaked that reveal Russian scenarios for war games involving simulated nuclear strikes. They shed light on…

Something the Tories can learn from Canada’s conservatives

29 February 2024 9:43 pm

When contemplating the scale of the Tories’ expected drubbing in the coming general election, some commentators reach for the example…

Why is a West End theatre putting on ‘black only’ performances?

29 February 2024 9:38 pm

Why would the producers of a new West End play think it a good idea to put on select performances…

The Tories have no excuse to whine about The Blob

29 February 2024 8:22 pm

The last few weeks have served as a reminder of the sort of conspiratorial, self-excusing hole the Conservative party could…

The farce of Drax’s wood pellets

29 February 2024 8:02 pm

When is the government going to stop pretending that chopping down trees in North American forests and shipping them across…

Who will replace Mitch McConnell?

29 February 2024 8:54 am

The announcement by Mitch McConnell that he will step down in November comes in anticipation that he would be bounced…

Watch: Lord Forsyth warns of foreign states owning British newspapers

29 February 2024 5:03 am

All eyes were on the House of Lords this afternoon where it is the second reading of the Media Bill.…

What drives Ukraine’s fighting spirit?

29 February 2024 4:41 am

Judging by the welcome uplift in commentary around the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the popular western…

Who’s more embarrassing: Corbyn or Truss?

29 February 2024 4:18 am

Sir Keir Starmer’s advisers have very short memories. At PMQs, the Labour leader mocked Liz Truss for visiting America to…