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Should the MoD be using AI for our defence strategy?
Eyebrows have been raised, to put it mildly, at the news that the Ministry of Defence is using an artificial intelligence programme…
How will Israel retaliate against Iran?
When Iran attacked Israel last week with a barrage of missiles, one thing was certain: Israel would hit back hard.…
There’ll never be another tennis hunk like Rafael Nadal
In the pantheon of all-time tennis hunks, Rafael Nadal sits at the apex. The hunkiest ever to do it. In…
Half of Labour voters disappointed by Starmer
All is not well with the Labour lot just now – and the party’s supporters are rather unimpressed. Polling from…
France is finally opting for austerity
After the binge, the bill? The new French government of Michel Barnier presented the main lines of its proposed 2025…
Britain could pay a heavy price if it fails to crackdown on Chinese EVs
The European Union has joined the United States and Canada in slapping tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs). It’s a…
The likelihood of a Boris Johnson comeback
There’s been plenty of drama in Westminster this week with Keir Starmer reshuffling his No. 10 team and the Tories’…
Nick Clegg embraces Brexit benefits
Well, well, well. In his new job as president of global affairs at Meta, former leader of the Liberal Democrats…
Labour must tread carefully to avoid killing off Britain’s growth
Happy Friday: the economy is growing. After two consecutive months of no growth, GDP picked up in August, rising by…
France is losing the fight to keep its teachers safe
It is a year almost to the day since a French schoolteacher was killed by a young Islamist. Dominque Bernard,…
How postal votes could deliver Donald Trump the White House
Watch or attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies, and you may well see something surprising: an electronic billboard encouraging people…
Does the Guardian need reminding that Hamas are the bad guys?
The Guardian has found a new minority it wants to shield from offence. A new oppressed group it might shed…
Starmer’s first 100 days could not have gone worse
Labour marks 100 days in power tomorrow, but there is precious little for Keir Starmer to celebrate. It is a…
Princess Kate has shown why she is so vital to the royal family
The news that the Princess of Wales has been able to return to public-facing duties is both hugely welcome and,…
Guardian deletes controversial 7 October review
Uh oh. To the Grauniad, where trouble is afoot. It transpires that the paper’s review of One Day in October,…
Rachel Reeves’ Budget is falling apart
It could be 30 per cent. Or 35 per cent? Or perhaps 39 per cent? Heck, who knows, if Rachel…
Treasury: no plans for Reeves’ robes
It’s tough times at the Treasury for poor Rachel Reeves. With three weeks to go until Labour’s first Budget, every…
Pro-life buffer zone residents could face £10,000 fines
Welcome to the land of the unfree – otherwise known as Scotland. John Swinney’s SNP government have laid out its…
Ron DeSantis’s climate bill has nothing to do with Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton has left more than two million homes and businesses in Florida without power and threatens to be a…
Labour under fire over Taylor Swift policing fiasco
Dear oh dear. It transpires that the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper received a free concert ticket to Taylor Swift’s shows…
Can HS2 be fixed?
Choose your expression: ‘stuck between a rock and a hard place’; ‘I wouldn’t start from here if I were you’;…
The Cuban ER doctor’s long-shot Senate bid in Washington State
Dr. Raul Garcia seems to follow a long Republican tradition in Washington State. He’s a fifty-three-year-old, Cuban-born ER physician who’s…
It’s time to stop the war on Malbec
The German historian Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz wrote about British tastes in alcohol in the eighteenth century: ‘In London they liked everything…
Wimbledon won’t be the same without line judges
It will soon be the end of an era at Wimbledon. From 2025, the All England Club has announced that…
The ‘Green Budget’ could leave Rachel Reeves red-faced
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published its yearly Green Budget, weeks ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first fiscal event. It’s…
