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Jon Sopel’s Twitter U-turn
Dear oh dear. The left-wing Twitter scourge hasn’t gone quite as well as users may have hoped. Following Donald Trump’s…
Labour’s cuts are going to hurt our armed forces
Defence Secretary John Healey has announced more changes to the armed forces, detailing several capabilities to be cut to achieve savings of…
Angela Rayner has lost her edge
It was deputies’ day at PMQs. Sir Keir Starmer is busy flying around the world yet again. This time he’s…
Trump 47 is transforming what a cabinet means
The reaction in most elected Republican circles to the naming of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for the most prominent positions…
Badenoch’s substitute fails to land on Rayner at PMQs
Angela Rayner was so keen to get out of the traps with her criticism of the last Conservative government at…
Anti-personnel mines will be very useful for Ukraine
The decision by the Biden administration to supply Ukraine with thousands of anti-personnel mines will, I imagine, be greeted with…
The EU is heading for fresh financial doom
If it came from Nigel Farage no one would be very surprised. Or from one of the band of German…
Jeremy Clarkson’s time has come
It’s a reasonable bet that if Jeremy Clarkson stood for prime minister tomorrow, he’d win by a country mile. Some…
The truth about ‘workshy’ Britain
Is ‘workshy Britain’ a mirage caused by dodgy statistics? That is what the left-leaning think tank the Resolution Foundation is…
Why is the BBC staying silent on Reeves’s CV claims?
Rachel Reeves remains in the spotlight after weeks of scrutiny over her rather curious CV claims. Mr S documented the…
What on earth is Jaguar thinking?
Along with Aston Martin and Rolls Royce, Jaguar is, for most people, one of the great British blue chip motoring…
Let’s banish Band Aid
There’s no need to be afraid, but 40 years since the advent of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ by Band…
Inflation surge hits Britain’s ailing economy
Inflation rose to 2.3 per cent in the year to October, up from 1.7 per cent in September – its…
Could Ukraine go nuclear?
Should Ukraine have nuclear weapons? This is a question that was raised, a little insincerely, by President Zelensky recently as he…
DC officials brace for Trump’s reign
You better watch out, you better not cry… President-elect Donald Trump is coming to town. And according to a recent…
Joe Biden has put Ukraine in an impossible position
This week, Joe Biden lifted one of the many restraints placed on Ukraine in its war with Russia. The outgoing…
The farmers’ revolt makes me proud to be British
My first thought upon seeing today’s revolt of the farmers was just how gloriously normal it looked. For more than…
Why the farmers’ protest probably won’t work
Cold drizzle falling on tweed. That was the abiding image of today’s protest in Westminster which filled Whitehall with tens…
Watch: Clarkson blasts BBC in farmers’ protest interview
Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster this morning to protest the Labour government’s new inheritance tax plans. As protesters brandished…
Watch: Mandelson urges PM to end ‘feud’ with Musk
Well, well, well. Picking a fight with Elon Musk is hardly the wisest decision Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot have…
The case for practicing electoral abstinence
I have a confession to make. This year, I practiced electoral abstinence. By that, I mean I mostly tuned out…
Full timeline: Rachel Reeves’s CV claims
Dear oh dear. Rachel Reeves has ended up in something of a pickle over her employment history, with the Chancellor…
Farmers won’t be quick to forgive Labour
Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster today to protest the government’s plans to raise inheritance tax. Hundreds of men, women…
Hong Kong’s death by a thousand cuts
Overnight, dozens of influential figures in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement were sentenced to lengthy terms under the fiercest application of…
When will Starmer see sense on small boats?
Labour’s approach to tackling the small boats crisis is based around a dichotomy so overly simplistic that it should not…
