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Joe Biden is all at sea on Israel’s war in Gaza
No amount of presidential bluster or White House spin can disguise the fact that the Biden administration appears increasingly clueless…
Brighton says ‘no’ to Eddie Izzard
‘If there’s one thing Eddie Izzard can’t be faulted on, it’s enthusiasm,’ Steerpike opined this week on the news that…
Why Kim Jong-un keeps crying
Crying in public is something we tend to associate with the North Korean people rather than their rulers – who are…
What Hugo Chávez failed to understand about Karl Marx
It’s 25 years this week since Hugo Chávez – an inspiration for leftwingers like Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn –…
Where was the White House when Guyana was sounding alarms?
Venezuela’s controversial Esequibo referendum received the support of voters on Sunday. In short, it asked Venezuelans if more than two-thirds…
Breakfast wine is where it’s at
In the old days (2019), mimosas and Bloody Marys were really the only the socially acceptable forms of alcohol that…
How mass immigration is worsening the housing crisis
Sometimes, what matters in politics is how one issue merges with another to produce an explosive reaction. In the 2010s,…
Starmer caught in Thatcher U-turn
Stop the presses: Starmer Chameleon has U-turned once again. In predictable fashion, he last night sought to row back on…
How progressivism locks the left into a suicide pact
For decades the American left has attempted to build a winning political coalition by convincing as many factions as possible…
It’s time for Humza Yousaf to end this gender bill farce
The first minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, has a painful choice following his latest defeat in the Court of Session…
What Joey Barton gets wrong – and right – about female football pundits
Joey Barton, the ex-Manchester City, Newcastle and QPR player, is in hot water again – this time over a series…
Is terrorism really a mental health problem?
When news first broke of the terrorist attack last Saturday in Paris, the French government rushed out a statement describing…
Prince Harry loses (again)
Good old Prince Harry has done it once again. In spite of all his strenuous efforts to avoid press intrusion,…
Hunter’s latest indictment is bad news for Joe Biden
Surprise! Surprise! Hunter Biden faced new charges on Thursday, after the Department of Justice accused him of failing to pay…
The disgraceful, ducking, diving, dodging college presidents
It was a clarifying moment, wasn’t it? The presidents of MIT, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania testifying for the House…
Boris defends partygate yet again
What does Boris Johnson want to come out of the Covid Inquiry? At the end of his second day of…
Sunak’s Rwanda Bill looks doomed
Rishi Sunak is pinning his hopes on emergency legislation, the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, to ‘Stop the Boats’. But…
Russia’s curious reaction to Britain’s hacking allegations
That Russia’s security services have been targeting British politicians and other high-profile figures won’t come as a surprise. But the…
Barbara Rymell deserved dignity
There is no getting around the death of Barbara Rymell. When I read the Telegraph’s story about this 91-year-old who died while care home staff…
The EU has become paralysed by its own bad decisions
In 2019, France’s president Emmanuel Macron famously called Nato ‘braindead’. Think what you will about the health of the defence…
The Rwanda Bill is going to be hugely contentious
On Wednesday, the government finally published its promised ‘emergency legislation’, after the Supreme Court ruled in November that the Rwanda…
KFC is right to take on the public health zealots
There was some good news for the people of Sunderland last month when local councillors managed to stop a small…
Jenrick’s resignation is a turning point for the Tory party
When he found out that a career-minded MP called Rishi Sunak had come out in favour of leaving the EU,…
Why Robert Jenrick was wrong to resign
Robert Jenrick resigned as immigration minister this evening over the government’s plan to amend the Rwanda scheme. Here is the…
What Jenrick’s resignation means for Sunak’s premiership
Rishi Sunak used his appearance before the 1922 committee this evening to tell MPs – once again – that the…
