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Has Rachel Reeves lost control of spending?
Some thought Rachel Reeves’s experience at the Bank of England meant she ‘knew how to run the economy’. She would…
The UK’s debts are horrifyingly large
There is a big danger in today’s government borrowing figures for September being a little less bad than was expected…
The cowardice of the Chris Kaba case
Since 2010, British police have shot dead 30 people. This works out at an average of around 2.1 people per…
The TV industry should be worried about AI
ITV are searching for an ‘AI expert’ to ‘create TV shows, films and digital content’, and to use this possibly…
Labour should be wary of scrapping short prison sentences
What is the point of a short prison sentence? David Gauke will no doubt think carefully about that question now…
Badenoch beats Jenrick in Mumsnet ratings
The Tory leadership contest will wrap up in less than two weeks and members have been busy casting their votes…
Mass prisoner releases aren’t working
Today, over a thousand offenders will walk out of jail early as part of the government’s ongoing emergency scheme to…
Newcastle, Saudi Arabia and desperate decline of English football
Is a major scandal over the sale of Newcastle United to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund…
Khan takes a pop at Kuenssberg over election tweet
To City Hall, where tonight Sadiq Khan welcomed journalists from across the city to a Diageo-sponsored drinks reception. The London…
Do we really need more ‘national conversations’?
Other than being fired out of a cannon to raise funds for the NHS, what could Wes Streeting possibly learn…
The problem at the heart of the Chris Kaba case
There are few moments more serious than when the state takes the life of a citizen, when a police officer…
Too many people are being recalled to prison
One of the new government’s first decisions was to announce that most prisoners would be released 40 per cent of…
Why Kamala Harris will lose
When you look back on the 2024 presidential election and try to understand why it was that Kamala Harris lost,…
The turnout election: a tale of two ground games
In the past two months, the Harris-Walz campaign has texted five times asking me to join its door-knocking efforts in…
Unpacking the race for the US Senate
In the middle of the most chaotic presidential election in the modern era, with its death race through senility, assassination…
Is Tim Walz an ‘old friend’ of China?
The term “old friend of the Chinese people” has a sentimental, almost innocent ring, but the Chinese Communist Party regards…
The life and times of Sheldon Whitehouse, the last patrician liberal
It is not often that an American politician publishes a book of genuine interest. It is even less often, breaking…
The Florida abortion question that could shape national policy
Lorien Hershberger checked every box: she grew up in poverty, was pregnant just out of high school and her boyfriend…
Inside the frazzled mind of the undecided suburban mom voter
I’m a registered Independent voter, part of the coveted suburban mom vote, and as I file this in the dying…
Why Wes Streeting’s ‘prevention’ agenda is sinister
Who could possibly object to Wes Streeting’s plan to turn the NHS ‘from hospital to neighbourhood’ and from ‘sickness to…
Why do Britain and Germany need their own defence pact?
It is a standard feature of modern politics that government announcements are preceded by announcements of announcements. The ground must…
Keir Starmer’s concerning decision to ditch Shakespeare’s portrait
Politicians are said to campaign in poetry and govern in prose. In the case of Keir Starmer, he campaigned in…
The strange paradox of Britain’s treatment of miscarriages
Since this month, the UK government has been able to send mothers condolences for the deaths of children whom it…
The endgame: Biden’s quest for a foreign policy legacy
President Joe Biden only has a few more months before he steps out of the White House, hands over the…
Donald Trump is bringing the joy at just the right moment
Donald Trump is many things. Most of all, he is the quintessential American entrepreneur. He sees the upside in everything.…
