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North Korea isn’t scared of the UN
It surely comes as no surprise to hear that North Korea does not like the United Nations. The hermit kingdom…
More evidence that the Budget raises taxes for workers
Six days on from the Budget, and things don’t look any better for Rachel Reeves’s claim that her Budget won’t…
The danger of America’s long presidential handover
As the US presidential race rollercoasters towards its finale, many Americans are already bracing themselves for a close and highly…
Labour’s hospital smoking ban is doomed to fail
I have spent a quarter of a century caring for people dying from smoking. Deaths of this sort are not…
The meme election comes to a close
For most of American history, elections took a long time. Many of the gaps that still exist today between when…
A consequential, divisive, troubling election about big issues
Republicans and Democrats, who disagree so virulently on so much, at least agree on two things. Both say it is…
The Trump-Harris election has broken America
‘Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all,’ said Balfour. Tell that to the American political class on…
Five of Labour’s worst Trump attacks
The countdown is on, with just days left until the result of the US presidential election is announced. With pollsters…
The sheer joylessness of Kamala Harris
Whatever happened to Kamala Harris’s promise of ‘joy’? Joy was in catastrophically short supply among her supporters I met in…
How accurate are the US election polls?
Is Donald Trump going to lose Iowa? That’s the conclusion many US pundits came to after a bombshell poll over…
Has the police watchdog learnt nothing from the Chris Kaba debacle?
The uproar following the acquittal of Police Sergeant Martyn Blake over the death of Chris Kaba exposes a deep unease…
Has Kemi Badenoch formed a unity cabinet?
In approximately 12 hours, all UK news will take a back seat as the world looks to the United States…
Farage: Reform membership has surged since Badenoch win
At long last, the Tory leadership race concluded at the weekend after Kemi Badenoch was crowned victor on Saturday. But…
Gamblers are putting their money on a Trump triumph
It’s polling day across the pond and Steerpike is keen to have a flutter. Opinion polling in the US election…
Trump makes his final pitch in Michigan, sticking to tradition
Grand Rapids, Michigan Former president Donald Trump appeared for what will be his last ever presidential campaign rally Monday night…
A ripple, not a wave, will decide the US election
What can the 2020 and 2016 elections, the previous votes in which Donald Trump was the Republican nominee, tell us…
The trouble with Guy Fawkes night
My reaction to fireworks is a bit eccentric. Lovely, I think, but can’t they be more meaningful? To be more…
Why a Trump win may not rock the boat as much as you think
If you didn’t know any better, you might think the 2024 US presidential election was a make-or-break moment for America…
France’s drugs war is spiralling out of control
Even by the bloody standards of what France has become under Emmanuel Macron, the carnage last week was horrific. In…
The ‘joy’ of fireworks isn’t worth the misery they inflict on animals
The crowd gathers, wrapped in thick coats and scarves, the crisp air mingling with the scent of hot chocolate and…
The cult of Paddington has gone too far
‘Kindness is like marmalade – a little goes a long way,’ Paddington Bear tweeted recently. But it isn’t only imaginary…
Joe Rogan endorses Trump after eleventh-hour Elon Musk interview
Donald Trump’s podcast bonanza just paid off with the biggest win possible: a formal endorsement from Joe Rogan, whose massive…
Laura Trott’s Commons debut gives a clue to Kemi’s tactics
What difference has Kemi Badenoch’s victory made to the way the party talks about education? Badenoch doesn’t want to make…
Meet the MAGA porn stars
I’ve worked in the porn industry for nearly two decades — through the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. Yet this…
Raising university tuition fees will only delay the inevitable
Universities in the UK desperately needed Bridget Phillipson’s announcement this afternoon of a rise in tuition fees. The Education Secretary…
