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When will Starmer see sense on small boats?
Labour’s approach to tackling the small boats crisis is based around a dichotomy so overly simplistic that it should not…
Don’t blame the police for our sinister free speech laws
The shocking police doorstepping of Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson last week has rightly sparked grave concern about the parlous state of freedom of speech…
Has Labour given up on solving the social care crisis already?
The Toto Washlet toilet: at the press of a button, a jet of clean warm water sprays your nether regions;…
Nigel Farage is right to talk about British Muslims
Nigel Farage claims that British Muslims are just as concerned, if not more, by the threat of Islamist extremism. The Reform…
I must stop hating politicians
Hate crimes, hate speech, hate groups… It is quite possible that we have less of these things today than ever…
The jailing of democracy activists marks a dark day for Hong Kong
Hong Kong has sentenced dozens of democracy protestors to years in prison, in the largest trial since Beijing’s National Security…
Could Trump save Ukraine?
One thousand days into Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, three facts seem to be evident. First, Russia is losing.…
Banning Marine Le Pen from politics would be a grave mistake
Paris prosecutors last week recommended that Marine Le Pen be jailed and banned from public office for five years. The…
Processing your Trump trauma (with orange soup)
It’s amazing how many people have responded to what they think of as the shattering catastrophe of Donald Trump’s victory…
Keir Starmer’s desperate cosying up to Beijing
Keir Starmer has met President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, telling the Chinese leader that…
How effective will Ukraine’s ATACMS be?
Last night, US President Joe Biden authorised Ukraine to use American ATACMS – or Army Tactical Missile Systems – against targets in…
Is deadly weather being ‘supercharged’?
So that’s it then: the Guardian has declared that we are all being scorched, drowned and blown over by climate…
Why Labour’s policing targets won’t work
This week, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to announce new police performance targets. Perhaps the government has been stung…
How many farmers will be hit by Labour’s inheritance tax raid?
Tens of thousands of farmers will descend on Westminster in their tractors tomorrow to protest at inheritance tax changes that…
British Sikhs blast Starmer’s ‘incompetence’
Another day, another Downing Street drama. This time No. 10 is in trouble with the British Sikh community after it…
What really caused Vladimir Shklyarov to fall to his death?
At approximately 1 a.m. on Saturday, 16 November, Vladimir Shklyarov fell to his death from the fifth floor of his…
Will the BBC learn from Donald Trump’s victory?
The grandly titled CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, Deborah Turness, described Donald Trump’s re-election as ‘a dramatic night…
Britain’s farmers could revolt
Historians may already be pinching themselves in disbelief. It is looking as though Starmer’s government may be being pitched into…
Ukraine will make the most of its new firepower
Overnight, the news of Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles on Russian soil has been sinking in.…
What will Putin do about Biden’s parting gift to Ukraine?
At the very moment most people seem to have forgotten of his existence, President Biden has slowly but purposefully shuffled…
Get ready for farmageddon
Is Westminster ready for farmageddon? Tomorrow will see the greatest political demonstration for a rural cause since the repeal of…
Elon Musk and the age of the troll
There has been a cheering new development in the struggle against scam phone callers. AI can now be used to…
The end of NeverTrump
Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in the 2024 election saw the end of a host of political assumptions — about the…
Biden allows Kyiv to strike inside Russia with US missiles
Joe Biden has 64 days left in the White House – and clearly he intends to make the most of…
There is a culture of ‘fear’ in the Church of England, says Bishop of Newcastle
Louise Haigh: ‘If we hadn’t taken the action, the fare cap would have been lifted entirely’ With the current £2…
