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Britain’s population problem cannot be ignored
Never before have English and Welsh mothers produced so few babies. New data, released by the ONS yesterday, shows the number of…
Labour will regret its war on bus passengers
Aside from debates as to what actually constitutes a ‘working person’, the Labour government does ostensibly seem clear as to…
Street lights are costing Britain too much
The East Riding of Yorkshire is flat, prosperously agricultural and slightly off the beaten track. Deeply conservative, it isn’t the…
Washing it all away in the Maldives
The Maldives is an unusual country. It’s Asia’s smallest country, but also the world’s most geographically dispersed. It has Asia’s…
The two Dearborns that could decide the election
Dearborn, Michigan Leave Detroit and drive down Michigan Avenue, past the liquor stores, abandoned houses and weed-strewn fields; eventually you’ll…
Why is Lindsay Hoyle telling off Rachel Reeves?
Is the Speaker being a bit precious with his complaint about pre-Budget announcements? Lindsay Hoyle made a statement in the…
Volkswagen’s woes are no surprise
Where did it all go wrong for Volkswagen? The German carmaker is said to be planning to shut several factories…
Why was I hounded for speaking up for women’s rights?
The evening of 2 June 2019 is something of a ‘sliding doors’ moment in my life. I had just read…
Watch: Speaker torches Reeves on Budget leaks
Sir Keir Starmer is known to detest leaks – but what about when it is the Prime Minister leaking himself?…
Japan could soon lose one of its best assets
What now? This is the question on everyone’s lips here in Tokyo after a dramatic general election which looks to…
The easiest way into America
There has been no shortage of coverage of the 10 million-plus illegal aliens who have stormed our borders, the 5…
Will the OBR’s £22bn ‘black hole’ review vindicate the Tories?
Are the details of the alleged £22 billion fiscal black hole about to be revealed? In addition to providing assessments…
Trump calls for America’s New Golden Age at Madison Square Garden
No one with an open mind — you can even scratch the adjective — no sentient sapiens period can have…
Russia is creeping towards stagflation
The Central Bank of Russia raised its benchmark rate to a twenty-year high of 21 per cent on Friday –…
Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months
The prisons are bursting but it seems there is room for at least one more convict. Tommy Robinson has today…
Keir Starmer is borrowing from Nick Clegg’s playbook
Keir Starmer has given up trying to define what a ‘working person’ is after last week’s debacle, announcing at the…
Will Labour return the Elgin Marbles?
They’ve handed over the Chagos Islands and are up for talking reparations. So what else of Britain’s heritage is Labour…
Does Rachel Reeves have to hike taxes?
Could Rachel Reeves’s ‘black hole’ be filled not through tax rises or even spending cuts but rather through getting an…
When will Sally Rooney boycott Britain?
I have a question for Sally Rooney. Why are you perfectly happy to engage with cultural institutions in the UK,…
Georgia’s elections didn’t have to pan out this way
The news that came out of Georgia late on Saturday was as saddening as it was predictable. For weeks, the…
Keir Starmer’s Budget reality check
It’s Budget week in Westminster. Over three months after Keir Starmer triumphed in the general election, his Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
I fear for Georgia’s future
Following this weekend’s fraughtly awaited election ‘results’ in Georgia – as important for the country’s direction as any since the…
Regime change in Iran is a bad idea
In 2012, as the Islamic Republic showed signs of buckling under the weight of US and EU sanctions, Senator John…
Keir Starmer, Karl Marx and the cant of ‘working people’
Labour has promised that, come what may, they will not be increasing taxes on ‘working people’. Well, jolly good. Those…
The long roots of Iran’s hatred for the Jewish state
As the dust settles on the latest confrontation between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, the nature of the…
