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Blue-collar Toryism comes to Scotland

4 October 2021 5:50 am

Like all good fables, Douglas Ross’s speech at Tory conference had a beginning, middle and end. Act One detailed the…

Czexit could be closer than we think

3 October 2021 4:12 pm

Is Czexit closer than we think? Ahead of the Czech general elections in October, the rise of an anti-EU party…

Getting down to levelling up

3 October 2021 4:01 pm

It is often assumed that Britain’s Conservatives are on the same journey as the US Republicans, shifting their voter base…

The rise and rise of hate hoaxing

3 October 2021 3:00 pm

Last week, some racist graffiti was found at Parkway North and Parkway Central schools in the Midwest American state of…

Will Starmer move against the Socialist Campaign Group?

3 October 2021 2:25 pm

The Conservative party conference begins tomorrow in Manchester. Coming at a time of fuel shortages, tax rises and post-Covid drift,…

The next real estate crisis could come from China

3 October 2021 9:33 am

Debt is as much a part of the real estate business as bricks and mortar. And as the great New…

Who’s afraid of the Florever Purge?

3 October 2021 8:35 am

October is upon us, which means it’s horror movie season. And a new release promises ‘a dark dystopian story’ that depicts ‘terrifyingly evil’ behavior.…

Democrat powerbroker's faith in the experts

3 October 2021 6:07 am

Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s former governor and Democratic power broker, is seeking to return to his old job in 2021. Polls…

Boris Johnson and the Tory identity crisis

2 October 2021 12:01 pm

The Tory conference in Manchester will be a relatively muted affair. In part, this is because — as I say…

Keir Starmer and the agony of the Corbynistas

2 October 2021 11:53 am

Carole Vincent briefly became the unexpected poster girl of Labour’s remaining Corbynites when she heckled Keir Starmer during his leader’s…

Don’t let the assisted-suicide lobby hijack ‘dignity’

2 October 2021 11:31 am

The assisted-suicide debate begins with a contest over language, a war over a word. That word is ‘dignity.’ The Swiss…

America’s campus culture wars come for St Andrews

2 October 2021 9:14 am

The University of St Andrews has been keen on American imports for some time. Americans make up 16 per cent…

Six of the worst Scottish minister Humza Yousaf scandals

2 October 2021 3:10 am

It can be a difficult task picking out the most incompetent minister in the Scottish government. There’s Sturgeon’s deputy John…

Keir Starmer's Bond blunder

1 October 2021 11:57 pm

Oh dear. Less than 24 hours after David Lammy (of all people) claimed Labour should not get involved in identity politics,…

Harriet Harman calls for Cressida Dick to resign

1 October 2021 8:53 pm

Labour’s Harriet Harman has called for Cressida Dick to resign as chief of the Metropolitan Police after Wayne Couzens was…

A government of drunken sailors

1 October 2021 3:50 pm

It seems strange, but just two decades ago the United States government had a balanced budget. Bill Clinton had run…

In defense of brilliant idiot athletes

1 October 2021 2:44 pm

I don’t care what LeBron James thinks or says. That’s why, unlike the many conservatives who have turned their backs…

Blame Biden for the sinking infrastructure bill

1 October 2021 1:01 pm

President Joe Biden, facing a crisis on the southern border, a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, and a breakdown of relations…

Meet Japan's latest unloved leader

1 October 2021 8:09 am

Japan will soon have yet another new prime minster: Fumio Kishida. He will be the country’s third leader in as…

The Met must face the truth about Sarah Everard's murder

30 September 2021 9:36 pm

‘We are sickened, angered and devastated by this man’s crimes which betray everything we stand for,’ said the Metropolitan Police…

Was furlough the worst £70 billion ever spent?

30 September 2021 8:00 pm

Concorde obviously. The Iraq War perhaps? Or Scottish devolution? It is not hard to come up with a list of…

Was Labour conference a success for Starmer?

30 September 2021 6:20 pm

There is relief in the opposition leader’s office this morning following a broadly warm reception to Keir Starmer’s speech at…

Congress’s defense budget is pure madness

30 September 2021 4:40 pm

The United States Congress is divided on pretty much everything these days. But there is one agenda item that traditionally…

The green movement flirts with violent sabotage

30 September 2021 3:49 pm

‘What actions are you recommending for the pro-life movement?’ the New Yorker Radio Hour host asks his guest, a tenured…

It’s time for James Bond to die

30 September 2021 9:09 am

I saw the new James Bond last night, but after reading today’s reviews I’m not sure I watched the same…