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Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?
In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…
Watch: Nish Kumar meets his match on women’s rights
Who says Britain no longer produces quality telly? Mr S this weekend thoroughly enjoyed the sight of Nish Kumar –…
Trussites inspire their peers in parliament
So. Farewell Then. Nadine Dorries. The departure of the bestselling author from parliament got Mr S wondering just which books…
Net Zero is condemning more Brits to energy poverty
Here’s another great idea from the net zero establishment: only heat your home when it is warm and sunny outdoors.…
How Georgia Meloni plans to stop the boats
Few can argue that the arrival of 100,000 illegal migrants to Britain from France by small boat since 2018 is…
Is the game up for Justin Trudeau?
In the dog days of summer, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government are skating on thin ice…
What went wrong at the Open University?
The Open University is a cherished British institution. The sociologist Michael Young, who went on to become a Labour peer,…
Why is the RSPCA defending the American Bully dog?
Britain is caught in the jaws of a dangerous dog. In the past two years, fatal dog attacks in the…
Nadine Dorries blasts Sunak in first interview since resigning
It’s only been a day since Nadine Dorries announced her resignation as an MP – in a scathing letter released…
Danny Bonaduce’s guide to survival
It’s just after nine on a gray Pacific Northwest morning, and Danny Bonaduce, the once winsome redheaded child star of…
The real origins of Putin’s war
In 1992, Richard Nixon assessed the future of Russia in a remarkably prophetic interview. ‘Russia is at a crossroads’, said…
A woke witch hunt has taken over the arts
Remove the preconceptions that stop you seeing clearly, and it is hard to tell the difference between how the arts…
Why is HS2 costing so much?
The members of the Denham Waterski Club are among the few people in the Chilterns who are grateful for HS2.…
The disturbing rise of the rural Greens
In the shire counties of England, a dark force is rising. No, this isn’t a dreadful attempt at Tolkien fanfiction,…
What’s the point in being a 1 percent presidential candidate?
Who is Perry Johnson? It is a question not many American voters can answer. He has a grand total of…
Nadine Dorries is vindicating Sunak’s refusal to ennoble her
After waiting for months, Nadine Dorries has today served her resignation – as several MPs have done recently. But, enraged by…
Nadine Dorries isn’t making life easy for Rishi Sunak
Nadine Dorries has finally bowed to pressure from Labour, the Liberal Democrats and her own party and quit as an…
Nadine Dorries quits again with final blast at Rishi
Nadine Dorries is off – and this time it’s for real. Following weeks of criticism, the former Culture Secretary has…
Things look grave for Luis Rubiales after his World Cup kiss
What’s in a kiss? More perhaps than just a moment of bliss. It was really rather stupid of Luis Rubiales, the…
Disinfo-nation: the new censorship is here to stay
Lying is the great American pastime. We’ve been at it ever since some of the Pilgrim fathers shined on some…
Happy birthday, Hollywood
Prohibitively expensive. So huge it’s basically impossible to navigate without a car. Where the Kardashians live. These are the hard…
We shouldn’t fear replacing Putin
Well it took two months, but the inevitable happened this week: Yevgeny Prigozhin, one time chef and later war-criminal extraordinaire…
The Kremlin is sanctioning me – but why can’t they get my name right?
Journalists love being put on blacklists. In a profession that prides itself on holding the powerful to account, there’s no…
Why did the Co-op debank feminists – but let Rose West keep her account?
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any madder, you find out the following: at the Co-operative bank, if you’re…
Ukraine steps up its drone warfare against Crimea
In the early hours of this morning, Ukraine launched 42 unmanned drones at the annexed territory of Crimea, the Russian…
