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Brits blast failing NHS over diversity hires and gender ideology
It’s not looking to be a good week for Sir Keir Starmer’s lefty lot and it’s only Monday. This morning,…
Watch: King Charles heckled by Australian protestor
To Australia’s Parliament House, where King Charles gave his landmark address today. But it wasn’t all plain sailing for the…
Ignore the heckling, Charles’s Australia visit has been a triumph
If King Charles and Queen Camilla were feeling a tad apprehensive about their reception in Australia, they needn’t have worried.…
Parents should be worried about Labour’s trans plans
Keir Starmer’s new Office for Equality and Opportunity – launched earlier this month – purports to ensure that ‘equality is at the…
Is it time to ban the boy band?
It was Oprah Winfrey, I think, who said that ‘if you come to fame not understanding who you are, it…
What is the point of the Commonwealth?
The Commonwealth is outdated, pointless and increasingly irrelevant. What better time to point this out than on the day when…
The brilliance of Trump’s McDonald’s stunt
Former president Donald Trump spent his Sunday afternoon sporting an apron standing in the drive-thru window of a McDonald’s in…
Jeremy Hunt’s fantasy Budget
As Rachel Reeves prepares what is potentially the most difficult Budget in a generation, a question occurs: what if the…
Does Wes Streeting’s ten-year NHS plan amount to anything?
The Health Secretary is making a big fanfare about a cash boost in the Budget and a new plan to…
Iran is playing a dangerous game
A drone exploded in a sleepy Israeli seaside town yesterday. The target of the attack was Benjamin Netanyahu. By luck,…
Ireland has become a hostile environment for Jews
Is Ireland the most anti-Semitic country in Europe? Most Irish people would vehemently disagree. But if you asked: ‘is Ireland…
This is the election of the longform podcast
We’re a long way from 2015. Nine years ago, Barack Obama rolled up to a soundproofed garage outside the comedian…
Is Stalin-worship back in Russia?
As if the Russian political barometer hasn’t fallen low enough, news comes that it has yet to reach the bottom…
John le Carré and the perils of resurrecting Smiley
Next week, a new novel comes out featuring George Smiley, John le Carré’s meek, mild, fiercely intelligent Cold War spymaster.…
Meloni’s migrant crisis success must be unbearable for Macron
When the 27 leaders of the European Union met in Brussels this week, the migrant crisis was high on the…
Nepo babies will never know the joy of making it on their own
Did you know that Bruce Springsteen’s son, Sam, is a fireman? Fireman Sam Springsteen. It sounds like a joke, but…
How Iran’s proxies are spreading in Africa
Yahya Sinwar died more like a mob hoodlum than the ruthless head of a paramilitary terrorist movement. He was caught…
I’m worried about drone terrorism
In 2018 an event occurred that really deserved more attention. A military parade was being addressed by Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela,…
The new worst team in baseball
To this day, the exact origin of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is unknown. It may be easy to…
AOC sets the stage for herself at Pennsylvania Harris-Walz rally
State College, Pennsylvania Cockburn wandered curiously up a bustling College Avenue in State College yesterday toward the State Theatre, where…
A day of violence in Tokyo
It has been an alarming day in Tokyo as political terror returned to the streets of the capital. A man was arrested for throwing…
Here come the stealth taxes!
When Rachel Reeves’s ambition was to find £22 billion, it was already clear that she would need to find more…
Labour can’t help Kamala Harris
The news that Labour is sending volunteers to assist Kamala Harris’s campaign is an outrage. In what world is it…
North Korean soldiers will become Putin’s cannon fodder
Hermit kingdoms usually keep themselves to themselves, but now, North Korea is reinventing the moniker by which it has long…
How the Tories changed their tune on Nigel Farage – and Reform
A year ago, the Reform party had an average poll rating of six per cent and was as good as…
