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Will Brits feel richer if inflation halves?
The government’s objective to ‘halve inflation’ by the end of the year seems to be back on track – for…
Sadiq Khan takes a pop at Lee Anderson over asylum seeker comments
Has Lee Anderson finally gone too far? Still reeling after finding out his son turned vegetarian at university (‘shocking, absolutely shocking’), the…
What the stabbing of Ian Watkins says about our prisons
This weekend, armed assailants tortured a prisoner and held him hostage in HMP Wakefield for six hours, before specialist prison…
The SNP is failing poor Scottish students
When she became first minister, Nicola Sturgeon told the nation that improving Scotland’s education system was at the top of…
Chinese cities are being sacrificed to save Beijing
Bazhou and Zhuozhou, two small cities to the south of Beijing, have been submerged in record floods since late July, when…
Amanda Abbington is right: drag queens aren’t for children
The Transgender Thought Police are impossible to please. The sooner Amanda Abbington realises, the better. The star of Sherlock and…
Sir Humphrey covers up, again
Good old Sir Humphrey. Tories, Labour, Lib Dems – whoever is in power, he always seems to win. In recent…
The Tories are heading for electoral evisceration
‘Whoever wins in September, the party will be stuck. Even in power it remains incapable of generating and delivering credible…
Britain has a productivity problem
First the good news – the fall in living standards may be coming to an end, with wages starting to…
Nicola Sturgeon’s splurges on airport VIP services
Despite it being the SNP’s main political goal, Scotland came no closer to becoming an independent state during Nicola Sturgeon’s…
We’re living through Barack Obama’s third term
One of the big questions in Washington and across the country as Joe Biden’s very public decline has accelerated is:…
Arise! Scottish nationalists could soon have their first Lord
It’s not every day a supporter of Scottish independence is in the running for a peerage, least of all from…
Watch: Matt Hancock’s cringeworthy Barbie singalong
Can Matt Hancock sink any lower? Considering that only last year he lost the whip for abandoning his constituents to…
The politics of exam results
August always means an anxious wait for results days, but this year pupils will be feeling particularly apprehensive. England’s exams…
What does Scottish Labour stand for?
North of the border, the long-anticipated by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West has finally been confirmed. This constituency is classic…
Mick Lynch is stuck in the past
Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT, has never felt truly English. In conversation with Iain Dale at the…
Fining landlords over illegal migrants will make renting even worse
As part of a slew of measures to freeze illegal immigrants out of the economy, the Tories have announced tougher…
Nato membership for Ukraine would guarantee peace in Europe
Although Western support to Ukraine’s defence effort continues unabated, the honeymoon between Kyiv and even its staunchest allies is decidedly…
Is Alex Salmond dreaming of a comeback?
Alex Salmond is hosting a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this week. It’s called ‘The Ayes Have It’ and…
Sunak can’t blame landlords for not stopping illegal immigration
Small companies will face massive fines for not checking the papers of everyone they hire. Landlords will be put out…
Suella’s Ascension Island plan doesn’t go far enough
There is nothing new under the sun. The idea of opening an asylum processing centre on the British overseas territory…
Could Corbyn derail Sadiq’s mayoral campaign?
Since the election date for next year’s London mayoral election was announced, Sadiq Khan has been putting on a show…
Inside the tussle over the Truss gongs
Another month, another resignation honours list. It was a row over Boris Johnson’s peerages that led to Rishi Sunak facing…
First-time buyers fleeing London do so at their own risk
Have high house prices succeeded where decades of government efforts at regional development have failed? That is, have they managed…
Could China spy on us through our electric cars?
Ulez currently may be Westminster’s favourite talking point, but sharper MPs and ministers are more concerned about the emissions from…
