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Why I resigned as immigration minister
This evening, Robert Jenrick resigned as immigration minister after disagreeing with the government’s plans to amend the Rwanda scheme. Here…
Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration minister
In the past few minutes, James Cleverly has confirmed that Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister. He was asked…
Inside Sunak’s meeting with MPs on his Rwanda ‘Plan B’
Rishi Sunak made an impromptu appearance at the 1922 committee tonight as he sought to sell his ‘Plan B’ on…
Boris argues that Covid mistakes were inevitable. Is he right?
Boris Johnson had clearly come to the Covid Inquiry intending to be magnanimous about everyone, even advisers like Dominic Cummings…
Sunak unveils his ‘emergency legislation’ on Rwanda
Three weeks after the Prime Minister’s ‘emergency legislation’ to make the Rwandan scheme viable, tonight it is finally here. The…
Suella Braverman’s deadly warning for the PM
While it would be unfair to suggest that Tory MPs only care about holding onto their seats at the next…
Boris is right about the Covid WhatsApps
It is hard to feel much in the way of sympathy for Boris Johnson, whose questionable leadership during the pandemic…
Badenoch overhauls gender recognition list
Ahead of Suella Braverman’s big statement this afternoon, it was the turn of another Brexiteer to face the Commons. Kemi…
Behind the anger of the young American Hamas apologists
“Goddess, sing of the cataclysmic wrath,” opens Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Iliad. The goddess Homer summoned isn’t named,…
Has Sunak done enough to fix the Rwanda plan?
When the Supreme Court found against the government on the Home Office’s Rwanda policy in November, the plan appeared to…
Is this the fall of Nicolas Maduro?
Venezuela’s dictator Nicholas Maduro has been embarrassed. In a transparent bid to rally political support, he asked voters to demand…
Banning journalists won’t solve Man United’s problems
Manchester United, a mess of a club on and off the field, has come up with a novel solution to…
Omid Scobie’s royal tell-all flops
For a couple supposedly desperate for privacy, Meghan and Harry have an interesting definition of what it means to escape…
Did Maori MPs mean to insult King Charles?
The co-leaders of New Zealand’s Māori party, Te Pāti Māori, have defended their actions at the swearing-in ceremony at parliament…
The war in Gaza is at a tipping point
The conflict in Gaza could be about to reach a defining moment. After weeks of air strikes, artillery bombardments and…
There’s a reason the market is rejecting electric cars
They are cheap to run. They rarely break down. And perhaps most of all they are far better for the…
A review of Britain’s airport slots is long overdue
When passing through an airport, the average traveller is unlikely to give much thought to the invisible economic forces that…
Why are fewer people buying electric cars?
The rebellion of 26 Conservative MPs against the government’s zero electric vehicle (ZEV) mandate couldn’t have come at a worse…
Is Nicolas Maduro planning to annex part of Guyana?
Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro seems to be in something of a political pickle. On Sunday, he held a referendum on…
The mistakes of Prohibition still haunt us
On December 5, 1933, exactly ninety years ago, the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed, formally lifting the ban on alcoholic beverages that…
Cleverly’s battle to send flights to Rwanda is not over yet
James Cleverly has just signed a new treaty with Rwanda that the UK government hopes will lead to the deportation…
The reason Xi and Putin liked Henry Kissinger
On Henry Kissinger’s passing, Xi Jinping published a letter, extolling this ‘old friend of China’ as a man of ‘outstanding strategic…
Tory right want migration crackdown to go further
Uh oh. Less than a day has passed since James Cleverly announced his new five-point immigration plan and already there…
Why Nella Rose was booted from I’m a Celeb
Farewell Nella Rose, second to be voted out of the jungle on the 2023 series of I’m A Celebrity… As always,…
If France can ignore the ECHR, why can’t we?
A couple of weeks ago, according to a story broken last Friday in Le Monde, the French government did the unthinkable. ‘MA’,…
