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Labour’s shake-up risks making the NHS even more bloated
Labour’s plan to reform elective care is nothing new. Successive governments over the last twenty years have tried and tested…
Trump’s presidency could spell the end of Iran’s regime
Donald J. Trump returns to the Oval Office for the second time as the least interventionist American president since 1941.…
The truth about Dominic Cummings and Elon Musk’s ‘sabotage plot’
A few centuries ago, when I worked on the Daily Telegraph under the editorship of the now Lord Moore, there…
Scotland’s drugs consumption room could save lives
Being a drug addict has never been sunshine and roses, especially not on the cold, rainy streets of Glasgow. At…
Trump 2.0 is more than a ‘vibe shift’
People don’t like to use the term ‘vibe shift’, but I suspect it will turn out to be rather more…
Could Farage’s autocratic streak wreck Reform?
Ten Reform party councillors in Derbyshire have resigned in protest at Nigel Farage’s ‘autocratic’ control of the rising party and…
When will Tulip Siddiq be sacked?
It’s rare that a world leader knows the name of a junior minister in the British government – let alone…
Press barred from grilling Starmer’s Chagos chum
There are just eight days to go until Donald Trump takes office. So the question much of Whitehall is asking…
‘Islamophobia’ and the grooming gangs scandal
At PMQs this week, Kemi Badenoch told MPs that Labour’s adoption of the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslim’s…
How green is the government’s car service?
The government’s green credentials are in the firing line – and not for the first time. In office, Keir Starmer…
I’m worried about what Labour might do to our schools
In my first lesson teaching Year 8 in inner-city Birmingham, one boy, seeing the opening slide of my ‘Introduction to…
The unstoppable rise of Christianity in football
Christianity is thriving on the football pitch. Despite the declining number of Christians in the UK, Instagram, X, and other…
Syria’s Christians face an uncertain future
When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham…
Where Wales went wrong
There is no land more lovely than Wales. I have walked through a magical forest to splash in the shallow,…
Give Trump’s realism a chance
In one place at least, the reaction to Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal has…
Keir Starmer wants to redefine crime and punishment
How far should a government go to stamp out people smuggling? This month, the Home Office is set to introduce powers that…
Ex-Labour MP arrested – days after attacking ‘unacceptable’ Elon
It was just six days ago that the Ivor Caplin, the former Labour MP for Hove, emerged from obscurity to…
Morrisons turns on Rachel Reeves
Poor old Rachel Reeves. Whether it’s being besieged by the bond markets or savaged by the Sinosceptics, it has not…
It’s unlikely Rachel Reeves is going anywhere
Rachel Reeves, who is now fighting for her political life, was instrumental in helping Labour secure a landslide majority at…
Trump has a point about Greenland
As the second Trump term looms in the near distance, it’s become a bit of a cliché to say that…
What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg owe to the mainstream media
Censorship and the silencing of dissenting voices has been a defining feature of the 21st century. It’s curious, because it wasn’t…
Will Palestinians give peace a chance?
Time and time again, people look to those outside of the Middle East to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After decades…
France’s problem is Algeria – not Elon Musk
Emmanuel Macron has a problem and its name is not Elon Musk. It is interference of an altogether more dangerous…
The solution to Spain’s problems
It’s not often that a country can solve a serious, endemic problem quickly, easily and at no expense at all.…
The LA dream has burnt out
Last year, I wrote here about the dark side of LA, after the Friends actor Matthew Perry was found dead in the…
