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Cameron is wrong to threaten Israel with an arms embargo

23 March 2024 11:49 pm

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron is threatening to suspend arms sales to Israel. The Telegraph reports that the former prime…

Kate’s critics should be ashamed of themselves

23 March 2024 8:40 pm

Who is this speaking with a sneer on their lips and contempt in their voice before news of the Princess of Wales’s…

What happened to the post-Brexit free trade deals?

23 March 2024 6:00 pm

When people talk about the ways the Conservatives have squandered this parliament, and with it their first and best opportunity…

Where did it all go wrong for Brazil’s football team?

23 March 2024 5:45 pm

When England play Brazil in a friendly at Wembley tonight they will go into the game as firm favourites to…

Kemi Badenoch’s diversity crusade doesn’t go far enough

23 March 2024 5:38 pm

This week, the equalities minister and business secretary Kemi Badenoch took aim at Britain’s woke bureaucracy. The government’s Inclusion at…

In praise of bin men

23 March 2024 5:00 pm

I’ve always had a soft spot for bin men – or refuse collectors as we generally call them these days.…

How Ukraine’s drone attacks can hit Russia where it hurts

23 March 2024 5:00 pm

On the morning of 16 March, Ukrainian drones struck multiple refineries in the Samara region of Russia, For more than a week,…

Putin has questions to answer over the Moscow terror attack

23 March 2024 6:24 am

As Russia comes to terms with what seems to be the largest terrorist attack on its soil in recent times,…

The enormous dignity of the Princess of Wales

23 March 2024 5:55 am

The statement, when it came, was remarkably simple and delivered with enormous dignity. Dressed simply and sitting outside, the Princess…

Princess of Wales asks for privacy after cancer diagnosis

23 March 2024 5:23 am

After weeks of speculation over the Princess of Wales’s health since she underwent abdominal surgery in January, Kate Middleton has…

Kate reveals cancer diagnosis

23 March 2024 5:06 am

The Princess of Wales this evening revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer, and that she is being treated…

How activism swept the civil service

23 March 2024 4:14 am

The Scottish parliament’s decision to ban its staff wearing campaigning lanyards may seem like a small step. But could it set…

Revealed: Reform leader issues letter of complaint to ‘out of touch’ Mail group

23 March 2024 1:25 am

Richard Tice is on a mission to crack down on ‘defamatory and libellous’ slurs against his party as the election…

Why is New Zealand’s deputy PM rowing with Chumbawamba?

22 March 2024 11:28 pm

In their musical heyday, the English anarchist punk band Chumbawamba enjoyed a reputation for having an irreverent attitude towards those…

Nike should leave the St George’s Cross alone

22 March 2024 10:56 pm

England’s football kit has changed dramatically over the years but one feature typically remains unchanged: the cross of St George.…

Fake Labour minister polls better than real frontbenchers

22 March 2024 10:30 pm

While the polls continue to predict a Labour victory at the next election, it’s not all rosy for Sir Keir…

Who really betrayed the Great Escape prisoners?

22 March 2024 8:55 pm

Anyone for whom a screening of the film The Great Escape is an annual Christmas tradition will know how strong…

Britain’s high street is still stuck in recession

22 March 2024 8:06 pm

So, is the recession over? The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) retail sales figures show that sales volumes were flat…

Watch: Douglas Murray schools Al Jazeera journalist on Israel-Gaza conflict

22 March 2024 7:34 pm

When you’re interviewing an expert, it never hurts to come prepared. But when Al Jazeera journalist Jane Dutton quizzed Douglas…

What do plummeting birth rates mean for the future of the planet?

22 March 2024 6:34 pm

Few Britons will have heard the phrase ‘apocalyptic winter’, but that may soon change. It’s how Italian politicians describe the…

Only radical reform will save our overcrowded prisons

22 March 2024 5:00 pm

What should we do when there’s no cell space left in our disordered jails? The prison population figures published yesterday…

Watch: Justin Welby takes a pop at CofE ‘whiteness officer’ job

22 March 2024 4:12 am

Just when you think the woke wars can’t get more ridiculous, they do. It transpires that the Diocese of Birmingham…

The Swiss are cutting interest rates. Why can’t we?

22 March 2024 12:45 am

Mortgage rates will finally start to come down again. Consumers will have a little more money in their pockets. And companies…

The Bank of England is edging closer to an interest rate cut

22 March 2024 12:14 am

The Bank of England has voted to keep rates at 5.25 per cent – but there are signs that a rate cut…

Varadkar’s true achievement was screwing over the Brits

22 March 2024 12:09 am

The departure of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach yesterday should really be marked by Irish nationalists with elaborate memorials and tributes…