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Why won’t the jokes about Rachel Reeves’s CV go away?
Why do jokes about Rachel Reeves’s CV persist? One explanation is simple: it’s funny. The Chancellor’s public persona is strait-laced and…
Named and shamed: the PMQs time wasters
You’re an ambitious backbench Labour MP with a weighty constituency caseload, legislation that you’re interested in improving, and a few…
South Korea’s political chaos is far from over
Had you have taken a direct flight from London to Seoul yesterday afternoon, by the time you would have landed…
Kemi let Starmer off the hook again
Labour thinks it can win on immigration. Their new strategy was road-tested today at PMQs as backbencher Olivia Bailey opened…
BBC presenter under fire over failure to declare extra work
Another day, another drama at the BBC. Now it transpires that one of the corporation’s top newsreaders Clive Myrie failed…
Marc Guehi has exposed the flaw in football’s Rainbow Laces campaign
Is the Football Association’s Rainbow Laces campaign about inclusivity or not? The FA doesn’t seem to be able to make…
I’m A Celebrity has been enjoyably dull
The current series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! has been a big contrast to the previous…
PMQs has become painfully predictable
Kemi Badenoch had an odd line of attack at Prime Minister’s Questions: she chose to pursue Keir Starmer over what…
Masterchef gives me the creeps
Eating porridge with my daughter this morning (me brown sugar; her honey) I was telling her about Ready Brek, and…
A true popular uprising is taking place in Georgia
Georgia’s government recently decided to spend money on fresh black ‘Robocop’ uniforms for their riot police, with shiny new helmets…
Will Sue Gray get a peerage?
Sue Gray may no longer be Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff but that doesn’t mean she isn’t still making…
The OECD has changed its tune on Britain
Is the OECD doing Labour’s PR for it? I ask only because of its bullish prediction for UK economic growth…
A failing steel company is the last thing the state should buy
It could be backing the hottest start-ups in Artificial Intelligence. It could be nurturing space businesses, or flying taxis, or…
South Korea’s President Yoon will be lucky to escape jail
Six hours. That was the duration of the profoundly disturbing and simultaneously farcical version of martial law invoked by South…
Blame the EU for what’s happening to France
Michel Barnier’s government is likely to be toast by teatime when a vote of no confidence is tabled in France’s…
South Korea has a long history of martial law
Yesterday afternoon South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol made the shock TV announcement that he was putting his country under…
The right reason to give back the Elgin marbles
I took my daughter to Athens for a short holiday at half-term. She is studying Ancient Greek at GCSE, which…
Can Starmer help get children ‘school ready’?
It takes a lot of effort for ‘Johnny’ to take off his coat every morning when he joins his reception…
The problem with the FA’s rainbow laces furore
The suits who run football in this country can always be relied upon to make a pig’s ear of things.…
Poll: public back NFU over Reeves
When you’re in a hole, stop digging. These words of wisdom are yet to be heeded by the bright young…
Was the Emir of Qatar’s visit a good idea?
As the first day of the Emir of Qatar’s state visit to Britain draws to a close, all those involved…
Conservative Home founder joins Reform
The ravens really are leaving the Tower. Last week, it was Andrea Jenkyns quitting the Tories; this week it is…
Vegans aren’t saints or sinners
Vegans are a people both widely admired and hated. That is the conclusion of a report earlier this week, one…
Commons back proportional representation bill
There have been a lot of political firsts this year: Labour’s supermajority, Reform UK’s Westminster seats and the incorporation of…
Why has South Korea’s president declared martial law?
In a dramatic and unnanounced move, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday in a live…
