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How Justin Trudeau caved to Putin
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West was certain that its sanctions were worth the pain. But there always was a…
Bleak, vapid and banal: why are the Tory leadership videos so awful?
The Tory candidates have released a set of videos presenting their claim to become Britain’s next prime minister. Frontrunner Rishi…
China’s Ponzi banks are teetering
What began as a run on a handful of provincial banks is rapidly morphing into one of China’s worst financial…
How far will Tugendhat go?
There were three leadership launches in Westminster this morning. Rishi Sunak, the frontrunner, spoke at the QEII Centre; Kemi Badenoch,…
The big question over Kemi Badenoch’s bid
Kemi Badenoch has just completed her leadership launch. Although she is an outside bet, her campaign has been building momentum…
Cutting taxes isn't irresponsible
Everyone is supposed to have their 15 minutes of fame. Perhaps I have just had mine, after the contenders for…
Cakeism is Boris Johnson's true legacy
The smirk on the faces of politicians and journalists when they talk about ‘cakeism’ shows how Boris Johnson degraded public…
End of quote. Repeat the line. Joe Biden can’t go on
How much longer can the global disaster that is Joe Biden’s presidency go on? Surely there comes a point when…
How Love Island killed sex
Love Island’s annual ‘heart race challenge’ – where contestants perform jokily seductive dances on the opposite sex – took place last week,…
The problem with euro-dollar parity
The euro is nearly level with the dollar. It should not matter in theory, because of the relatively low share…
The case for Liz Truss
The past six years have been a turbulent and controversial time in British politics. Through them all, one person consistently…
The desperate drive to be the next Tory leader
There’s a scent in the air around the Tory leadership contest. It is the whiff of desperation. The aroma of…
Is Sunak really a big state believer?
There’s something strange happening in Tory politics. It’s not surprising to see leadership candidates taking special aim at the current…
The problem with being anti-woke
I’m going to do something that will likely annoy you, dear reader: I am going to make an argument about a…
Biden is the emperor with no clothes
The emperor is naked. The public knows it, and they’re finally beginning to speak the obvious truth. The emperor, in…
Who’s backing who? Mordaunt takes second
Only two Tory MPs will make it to the membership for a final election – which is why the number…
The Hunter Biden iCloud leak double-standard
Another day, another deeply compromising story about America’s first son. This weekend, a hacker on the 4chan messageboard claimed to…
Tory leadership race tightens as MP threshold raised
The 1922 Committee has this evening agreed to change the Tory leadership rules so as to raise the threshold of…
Jamie Wallis fled car crash in heels and leather mini skirt
Just because Boris Johnson has gone, don’t expect the legal fines for Tories to go away. Jamie Wallis, the Member…
Of course Rishi Sunak doesn’t have any working-class friends
I see there’s much chortling over the fact that Rishi Sunak once said he had no working-class friends. It was…
Penny Mordaunt and the Tory transgender divide
As war rages in Europe and inflation rockets, the Tory party is tearing itself apart in its hunt for a new…
Could Sunak implode?
There are few positions so perilous as being the frontrunner in a party leadership contest. Just being the heir apparent when…
Are some Tory candidates about to be ruled out?
The Tory leadership contest is a very crowded place – with Liz Truss overnight becoming the tenth candidate to declare…
The fatuous idea that politicians must be ‘in touch’
I was in Hyde Park on Friday watching an open-air Pixies show with very great delight when somewhere between ‘Vamos’…
Live blog: Truss declares, Gove for Kemi, rule change?
MPs are returning to Westminster after a long weekend in their constituencies. What are they returning to? Yesterday, three more candidates…
