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Putin is struggling to solve his Prigozhin problem
It’s satisfying when a jigsaw piece slots into place. Today we heard that Wagner leader Evgeny Prigozhin met Vladimir Putin in the…
How did Trans Pride allow itself to become a front for misogyny?
On Saturday, in Trafalgar Square, a man called for violence against women. Specifically, it seems, intellectually curious women, those unruly…
Sunak needs a plan B for illegal migration
When Rishi Sunak made ‘stop the boats’ one of his key pledges at the start of the year he mentioned…
Jeremy Hunt’s City reforms are far too timid
There will be some tweaks to the way that pension funds are allowed to invest their money. There will be…
Teenage boy arrested after teacher stabbed
A teenage boy is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder after a male teacher was stabbed at a Gloucestershire…
The CPS has completely caved to gender ideology
It would appear that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has finally caved completely to gender ideology. New CPS guidelines for…
Trans activists don’t help themselves
I’ve tried to stay out of the trans-rights conversation, honestly I have. There are a number of reasons for this,…
In memory of Lord Brown
The death of Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood means that Britain has lost a great jurist – but also, unusually in…
BBC suspend presenter over explicit photo allegations
For the BBC, it never rains but it pours. Having only just emerged from the row over Richard Sharp’s appointment,…
Is Mhairi Black Westminster’s laziest MP?
The dust is settling after the SNP Westminster group’s deputy leader announced she would be standing down at the next…
Has Labour just found an election-winning argument?
Will Labour and the Tories be heading into the next election ‘following the same tram lines on spending?’ That was…
God the ‘Father’ isn’t sexist
Calling God ‘Father’ may be ‘problematic’, pronounced the Archbishop of York at Friday’s formal opening of the General Synod. Watching…
Watch: protestor crashes Osborne wedding
George Osborne’s happy day hasn’t gone as smoothly as the ex-Chancellor would have liked. First, he had to call in…
The unlikely rise of Germany’s defence minister
An unlikely political star has risen in Germany. Boris Pistorius, a 63-year-old father of two is a career politician and,…
The troubling question of Ukrainian cluster bombs
When the war in Ukraine was only a few months old, Amnesty International published a report condemning what it had…
Labour has a way to go to win the Selby and Ainsty by-election
‘Absent’ seems to be the word that most often springs to mind for voters in Selby and Ainsty when asked…
The trouble with Tate Britain
Tate Britain has had a facelift. The gallery describes its ‘rehang’, unveiled in May, as a chance for visitors to…
How landmines scar a country
Afternoon is boom time in Quang Tri, Vietnam. Fifty years since the war here ended, and they’re still getting rid…
The problem with the word ‘problematic’
There have been groans of derision following the proclamation by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cotterell, that the opening lines…
Open a bottle with… two-Michelin-star chef Hans Neuner
Quizzed on how best to assimilate a new culture, travel writer and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain once uttered the famous…
Has the time come for the Dutch farmers’ party?
There are 17.9 million residents in the Netherlands, and this year the country expects 45,000 requests for asylum. Barges, tents and sports…
The BBC is falling short on its climate protest coverage
According to a YouGov poll this week 64 per cent have an unfavourable view of Just Stop Oil (only 17…
Is the SNP serious about decriminalising drugs?
It is hard to criticise the SNP government’s recent legislative record in Scotland, if only because there isn’t one. Almost…
Threads, Twitter and the misery of addiction
Could Threads kill Twitter? Tens of millions have signed up to Meta’s rival app since it was launched this week.…
The dark history of the SNP
The Scottish National party, under new and inferior management, continues to struggle out from under English oppression – colonialist oppression, as seems…
