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Captain Tom’s daughter does it again
It’s an ITV drama just waiting to be filmed. The saga surrounding the family of the late Captain Sir Tom…
I can’t make up my mind about microdosing
I know that microdosing — the practice of taking a very small amount of a mood enhancing drug — has…
Costs of leaky parliament double in ten years
Cast your minds back to the new millennium: Tony Blair was in power, Robbie Williams top of the chart. It…
Reintroducing wolves to Britain is pure insanity
Should we release packs of ravenous wolves into the English countryside? The answer is so obviously ‘of course not, are…
Working from home is the new British disease
Over mighty trade unions. Short-termist management that prioritises profits over investment. And an education system that doesn’t produce enough scientists…
Will America eventually tire of Trump’s legal troubles?
In our age of mass attention deficit, the manifold legals trials against Donald Trump represent a big challenge. Maybe that’s…
Macron doesn’t care about migrants crossing the Channel
The British government is reportedly ‘frustrated’ with France for its failure to stem the numbers of migrants making their way…
Boris brings back cabinet tradition
When it comes to the Johnson government, ministers weren’t always judged to have done things by the book. But Mr…
Public sector pay pushes wage growth to record high
Public sector pay growth has jumped 9.6 per cent, the fastest rate since current records began 22 years ago. Private…
Germany shouldn’t ban the AfD
There are few countries in the world more conscious of the fragility of democracy than Germany. After the horrors of…
The Tories have invented a new philosophy – unpopulism
Steve Barclay is appalled. A source close to the health secretary has told the Mail that he is ‘appalled to…
The importance of remembering the Omagh bombing
On this day, 25 years ago, not long after the ink had dried on the Good Friday Agreement, a car…
WhatsApp is right to be angry about the UK’s encryption mess
The world’s biggest tech firms have lined up to lambast the latest incarnation of the Online Safety Bill and Investigatory…
‘No comment’: Biden’s response to deadly Maui wildfires
Let them eat pineapple? President Joe Biden, who was approached by reporters while leaving the beach on Sunday, declined to…
Is the Musk-Zuckerberg cage match off?
It may not come as a great surprise to readers that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will not, in fact,…
Men don’t belong at lesbian speed dating events
Lesbian speed dating sounds fun. It reminds me of the old joke ‘What does a lesbian bring on her first…
Should Britain send migrants to France’s former African colonies?
The cross-Channel migrant crisis would perhaps be solved in a single stroke if only French patrols would tow the boats…
Do the police think ‘lesbian’ is a term of abuse?
Reading that a 16-year-old autistic girl had been dragged from her home by seven cops after reportedly saying a female…
Why Keir Starmer should be wary of Blair
During his successful 2020 leadership campaign Keir Starmer claimed he was his own man, saying, ‘I can think for myself,…
What’s behind Zelensky’s latest purge?
President Zelensky has announced that he is dismissing the heads of all Ukraine’s regional military recruitment offices and replacing them…
Toilet politics needn’t be difficult
August is traditionally the silly season in politics but we seem to be stuck in silly decade of policy, and…
How the Tories plan to take the fight to Labour on the NHS
Brace yourselves for health week. After the rip-roaring success of the government’s ‘stop the boats’ week, you might forgive the…
Will the SNP ditch ‘fringe extremist’ Greens?
Is First Minister Humza Yousaf at risk of sacrificing crucial SNP votes by refusing to ditch his party’s coalition with…
The drop in language students has nothing to do with Brexit
The number of students studying modern languages is plummeting, The Sunday Times says today. ‘The number of pupils studying German…
The mystery of the Baltic god in Kent
One of the stranger events of the summer of 2023 is the sudden and unexplained appearance, one night in early…
