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What can we expect from Trump’s defence pick?
As President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations to executive positions gradually emerge, it is difficult to know what to expect next. Elon…
The humiliating emptiness of David Cameron’s legacy
The humiliating post-premiership of David Cameron is the gift that keeps on giving. He might have been gone from No.…
The world isn’t listening to Keir Starmer’s climate preaching
Keir Starmer said he was travelling to Cop 29 in Baku intending to “lead the world on climate change”. But…
The dystopian police investigation into Allison Pearson
Here’s a tip. If you’re having trouble getting the police to promptly attend after a burglary, tell them the scumbag…
League tables alone won’t force the NHS to change
When Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that over half the new tax rises in her first Budget would go straight into…
Why hasn’t Marco Rubio been announced as Trump’s Secretary of State yet?
Rubio, Rubio, wherefore art thou Rubio? How Little Marco, as Donald Trump dubbed him in 2016, must be squirming. It…
If anyone can fix America’s bloated state, it’s Elon Musk
Perhaps he will walk through the lobby of the Pentagon with a kitchen sink. Or fire the entire IT department…
Ireland’s suicidal Trump Derangement Syndrome
Ireland has a problem with America. Irish politicians and the country’s establishment would, of course, deny this. They would point…
How Ukraine can survive Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s triumph in the US presidential election is seen as a tragedy for Ukraine. Trump and Ukraine certainly have…
Would a Secretary Marco Rubio implement Trump’s policies?
What on earth is Donald Trump thinking? That’s what many realists and restrainers inside and out of Washington are asking…
Closing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields is a net zero own goal
Environmental campaigners are hoping to announce at Cop29 that they’ve halted two major oil and gas fields in the North…
How many parliamentary police are failing fitness tests?
They’re the redoubtable men and women who keep our legislature safe. But is the thin blue line around the Commons…
The Terminally Ill bill deserves to die
They tried, they really did. Dignity in Dying, the lineal descendent of the 1930s Euthanasia Society and therefore great-great-niece of…
The SNP must stop playing politics with the rulebook
There are 18 months until the 2026 Holyrood election and already talk is ramping up about who will stand. There…
How will progressives explain Amsterdam’s latest anti-semitic violence?
Since the scenes of Jews being hunted, beaten and kicked as they lay on the ground pleading for mercy in…
Who will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has this afternoon announced he will resign from the role after days of pressure…
MPs should take their time over the assisted dying bill
You don’t need to have a strong opinion either way on assisted dying to be concerned about the latest attempt…
Why Justin Welby had to resign
‘The scale and severity of the practice was horrific. Five of the 13 I have seen were in it only…
Surely no MP can vote for this assisted dying bill
There’s a beguiling simplicity to the idea behind Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, published yesterday. If…
Trump’s very catholic cabinet
Donald Trump’s second term administration is taking shape, and thus far it’s turned out to be impressively Catholic in its…
Justin Welby quits as Archbishop of Canterbury
In the past few minutes, Justin Welby has announced he is resigning as Archbishop of Canterbury over his handling of…
Will the NHS’s £22bn cash boost disappear into the abyss?
What will happen to the additional £22 billion allotted to the NHS in Labour’s first Budget? Will it transform the…
The realignment election
We’re sitting at the airport bar in Lansing, Michigan when we notice a MAGA hat next to the cash register.…
What’s gone wrong at Winchester Cathedral?
The Dean of Winchester, the Very Revd Catherine Ogle, has announced that she will be retiring on 1 May 2025.…
Sue Gray rejects Starmer’s non-job
Goodbye Sue Gray. A mere 32 days after taking a ‘short break’ from No. 10, Keir Starmer’s ex-chief of staff…
