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Paul McCartney never got over his filmmaking flop
Witnessing the recent imperial progress of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, it occurred to me how impossible it is to imagine…
Has AI just killed the podcast bro?
It’s a well-known psychological phenomenon: that time seems to slow down if you experience lots of new and unusual events.…
Is there really a private school exodus?
Will Labour actually gain some revenue for slapping VAT on school fees, or is it heading for fiscal embarrassment as…
Turkey’s döner kebab spat with Germany is turning nasty
Germany and Turkey have had a fair share of differences and tensions over the years. But their latest row –…
Macron’s EU gloom is well placed
Michel Barnier was interviewed on prime time television on Thursday night and not once in his 45 minutes of conversation…
What is Melania Trump up to?
For eight years, Melania Trump has done a brilliant job of keeping us all guessing. Is she, as gossips have…
Can David Lammy solve the Gibraltar dispute?
The British government is preparing to lodge a formal complaint with Spain over Gibraltar. Spanish military aircraft have twice flown…
When prison seems completely pointless
I met Daniel in a high-security prison, where I worked as a prison officer. He was just 21. We’d talked…
A remake of Cheers won’t work
One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1980s, Cheers, is set to return to our television screens. The show…
The case for – and against – James Cleverly
When is the best time to hit the front of a Tory leadership contest? In the final chain of the…
Scottish Tories fume over leadership rivals snubbing Scotland
Back to the Tory leadership contest which is gathering pace post-conference season. In a matter of days, MPs will cast…
Germany’s plot to face off Chinese car tariffs has failed – for now
Germany has voted to oppose a proposal by the European Commission to introduce additional tariffs on electric cars imported from…
Is this wife killer jumping on the Post Office scandal bandwagon?
Robin Garbutt is serving life in prison for murdering his wife, but is he innocent? His supporters say so. They…
Could Starmer sign away the Falklands too?
When Sir Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, he…
Ed Miliband’s ‘new era’ for energy policy is anything but
How the ground is shifting now that Labour finds itself in government and is actually responsible for UK energy policy.…
Vance proved he has what it takes to lead the GOP
The media told us that Trump made a colossal blunder in picking JD Vance, the childless cat lady hater and…
Fifteen top takes from Boris Johnson’s memoir
Boris Johnson’s new memoir Unleashed is to be published next week, and with the highly-anticipated account promising to be the…
Can Keir Starmer sell carbon capture?
The Prime Minister is in Liverpool today, outlining plans for green investment. Nearly £22billion is pledged for projects to capture…
Boris is right: we need a referendum on the ECHR
Nobody should be surprised that Boris Johnson favours a referendum on leaving the ECHR, as his book now makes clear. Boris…
Could the Chagos handover put the Diego Garcia military base at risk?
The decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has taken many by surprise. After years of painful negotiations,…
Ireland’s puritanical attack on smokers
While the UK braces itself for a budget so tight we can already hear the pips squeaking from across the…
Cleverly and Jenrick slam CCHQ machine
Who would want to work in Conservative Campaign Headquarters? The election this year was certainly not Tory high command’s finest…
It’s time to break the stranglehold on the migrant crisis debate
John Major and Nicolas Sarkozy are grandees of their respective centre-right parties. But the days when the Conservatives and the…
Labour in fresh ‘cash for croissants’ storm
It’s a day ending a ‘y’ – so there’s another Labour scandal brewing. After the ‘passes for glasses’ row about…
Boris and Liz in Chagos Islands’ blame game
Mauritius is getting the Chagos Islands – and a lot of Tories ain’t happy. Tom Tugendhat calls it a ‘shameful…
