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Are we being too downbeat about Britain’s economy?
Economic optimism is in short supply these days – but has pessimism about the UK’s economy been overegged by the…
Truss and Kwarteng start their own companies
It’s a busy time for ex-Prime Ministers. Theresa May has been totting up her thousands in speaking fees while Boris…
Why Sweden and Finland still haven’t joined NATO
Sweden and Finland officially applied to join NATO last May, overturning their long-standing policies of neutrality. If their membership goes…
Scotland’s gender bill mess was made in Westminster
Nicola Sturgeon is angry. The UK government has confirmed it will block her party’s controversial gender Bill, which removes key…
Colleges join the war on TikTok
TikTok likely hasn’t been too bothered about a bunch of crusty old senators and governors denouncing their social media platform.…
Is Germany’s defence minister up to the job?
After yesterday’s abrupt and humiliating departure of Germany’s defence minister, Christine Lambrecht, beleaguered chancellor Olaf Scholz has today appointed her…
Nicola Sturgeon and the truth about ‘transphobia’
This is a shameful week for Scottish nationalism. Let us state plainly what has happened: the government in Westminster has…
Rishi Sunak bows to the Online Safety Bill rebels
Rishi Sunak and Michelle Donelan will this afternoon bow to the inevitable and accept rebel changes to the Online Safety…
Even Iran’s mullahs have turned on Prince Harry
Is there anyone left who likes Prince Harry? His popularity is plunging, his allies have turned on him – and…
Nicola Sturgeon isn’t above the law
The first thing to say is that the argument between the Scottish government and the British government over the former’s…
Don’t cancel Jeremy Clarkson
Meghan Markle appears to be on a mission to prove that cancel culture really does exist. It seems that no…
Who do Harry and Meghan think they are?
It is quite funny that Jeremy Clarkson, having written that silly joke about the Duchess of Sussex being paraded naked…
More Brits are looking to get back to work
Unemployment in Britain has risen again and is now at 3.7 per cent, up 0.2 per cent on the quarter.…
Should teachers really be going on strike?
It had to happen, didn’t it? After the railway workers, the train drivers, the nurses, the ambulance crews, the civil…
Why Davos only makes the world’s ‘polycrisis’ worse
‘Polycrisis’. If you haven’t heard of the word, it’s likely that you soon will, courtesy of the World Economic Forum, which is meeting this week…
The great Tory delusion
Spare us from feeble, timid Tories. At times, the party’s MPs are so afraid of what the Guardian or their…
Mike Gallagher’s China challenge
Twenty-five years ago, bipartisan American consensus about China was built on hope, spin and money. Despite the trauma of Tiananmen…
Why the government will block the SNP gender bill
The UK government has this evening confirmed that ministers will move to prevent the Scottish government’s gender recognition legislation from…
The markets have put the Truss mini-Budget behind them
What is the lasting impact of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget? According to Andrew Bailey, the governor of the…
Do we truly know the cost of net zero?
Just why is Chris Skidmore’s review into the government’s target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 called an…
Is Sunak heading for trouble on the Protocol?
There has been excited chatter in recent days that a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland Protocol could be imminent. Last…
Germany’s missteps in Ukraine have left Scholz fighting for his political life
Difficult though it may be to believe, there is chaos at the top of the German government over its mishandling…
Russia’s wives and mothers are mobilising against Putin
On a Russian Telegram channel, Svetlana from Samara is making a public plea. She has not heard from her brother…
The looming challenge on police protest powers
MPs and peers are going to spend the next few weeks in an almighty fight about strikes and protests. Today…
Shock as the New York Times praises Britain
Ah, the New York Times. For years now, the world’s worst newspaper has painted a grim picture of Britain as…
