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Where did it go wrong for the Scottish Greens?
Dear oh dear. Things haven’t been going well for for the Green party lately and now they’ve just got a…
Britain might be in a wage-price spiral
The Bank of England has raised the base rate yet again, this time to 5.25 per cent, a high not…
Robin Harper is right: the Scottish Greens have ‘lost the plot’
Robin Harper, the first Green parliamentarian elected in the UK, has resigned from the Scottish Greens, saying his former party has ‘lost…
Britain’s growing army of pensioners should be delivering pizza
Over-50s could deliver pizza. They could try their hand at Uber driving. Or they could put in the occasional shift…
Chess doesn’t need Rishi Sunak’s cheesy cheerleading
There’s something embarrassing about Rishi Sunak’s plan to revive chess in Britain. The PM is set to announce half-a-million pounds…
Is Scottish Labour embarrassed of Starmer?
They had balloons, handmade posters and a big red van lit up with ‘Michael Shanks: A Fresh Start’ flashing on…
Report: Meghan Markle backed for president by Biden’s sister
From the palace to the White House? Joe Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, endorsed Meghan Markle as a woman she…
Lizzo and the problem with Fat Activism
Remember when we all loved Lizzo? In 2019 ‘Juice’ (the last great party anthem BP – Before Pandemic) was a…
America’s female footballers should sing their national anthem
Just four members of the US football team at the Women’s World Cup sang their country’s national anthem before their game against…
‘Do you not speak English?’: Trump ally blasts BBC’s Chris Mason
Poor old BBC political editor Chris Mason got a rude awakening during his interview with Donald Trump’s former aide this…
A Saudi-Israel peace deal would be a game-changer
It emerged this week that the head of the Mossad, David Barnea, slipped quietly over to Washington in July to…
Rishi Sunak is right to hedge his bets on oil and gas
It is quite right that the Prime Minister has chosen to approve new licences for oil and gas extraction in…
How wine gums helped me win my Tory selection battle
To the uninitiated, Tattersalls is an historic and world-renowned bloodstock auction house in Newmarket, Suffolk. Since 1766, the finest race…
Donald Trump can run but he can’t hide from his 6 January indictment
The surprising thing isn’t that Donald Trump was indicted. It’s that it took this long. After Attorney General Merrick Garland…
Donald Trump charged with bid to overturn 2020 US election
Former president Donald Trump has been indicted, again, by Special Counsel Jack Smith — this time over his efforts to…
Modi’s cheetah rewilding project is coming unstuck
Political vanity projects come in all shapes and forms but invariably turn out badly. One such is India’s ‘Project Cheetah’,…
Burma’s generals aren’t really pardoning Aung San Suu Kyi
The brutal generals ruling Burma – or Myanmar as they officially call it – seem to take us for fools.…
‘Lazy girls’ aren’t what’s hurting the British economy
The current government will do almost anything to avoid reforming welfare or the NHS. Last month, we were informed school…
Why can’t football pundits be more like cricket commentators?
For the armchair sports fan, there is some reassurance as the sun sets on another fabulous Ashes contest: the football…
Why is China purging its nuclear missile force?
The top commanders of China’s nuclear forces have been targeted by President Xi Jinping in his latest purge, adding an…
The drone attacks on Moscow are only just beginning
A drone has hit a tower in Moscow’s financial district – just two days after the building was targeted in another attack. In…
Will regressive alcohol duties destroy Britain’s drinks industry?
What is duty on alcoholic drinks for: to raise revenue or to make us better, more sober people? A close…
Sydney’s cocaine wars are spiralling out of control
The illicit moment of surreal euphoria from snorting a line of cocaine comes at a heavy price of misery and…
The sinister truth about the war on cars
When I was a girl in the 1970s, we didn’t have a car. We always took the train from our…
Is France’s loss Russia’s gain in Niger?
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Niger following the coup d’état in the west African country on 26…
