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Scottish Tories fume over leadership rivals snubbing Scotland
Back to the Tory leadership contest which is gathering pace post-conference season. In a matter of days, MPs will cast…
Germany’s plot to face off Chinese car tariffs has failed – for now
Germany has voted to oppose a proposal by the European Commission to introduce additional tariffs on electric cars imported from…
Is this wife killer jumping on the Post Office scandal bandwagon?
Robin Garbutt is serving life in prison for murdering his wife, but is he innocent? His supporters say so. They…
Could Starmer sign away the Falklands too?
When Sir Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, he…
Ed Miliband’s ‘new era’ for energy policy is anything but
How the ground is shifting now that Labour finds itself in government and is actually responsible for UK energy policy.…
Vance proved he has what it takes to lead the GOP
The media told us that Trump made a colossal blunder in picking JD Vance, the childless cat lady hater and…
Fifteen top takes from Boris Johnson’s memoir
Boris Johnson’s new memoir Unleashed is to be published next week, and with the highly-anticipated account promising to be the…
Can Keir Starmer sell carbon capture?
The Prime Minister is in Liverpool today, outlining plans for green investment. Nearly £22billion is pledged for projects to capture…
Boris is right: we need a referendum on the ECHR
Nobody should be surprised that Boris Johnson favours a referendum on leaving the ECHR, as his book now makes clear. Boris…
Could the Chagos handover put the Diego Garcia military base at risk?
The decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has taken many by surprise. After years of painful negotiations,…
Ireland’s puritanical attack on smokers
While the UK braces itself for a budget so tight we can already hear the pips squeaking from across the…
Cleverly and Jenrick slam CCHQ machine
Who would want to work in Conservative Campaign Headquarters? The election this year was certainly not Tory high command’s finest…
It’s time to break the stranglehold on the migrant crisis debate
John Major and Nicolas Sarkozy are grandees of their respective centre-right parties. But the days when the Conservatives and the…
Labour in fresh ‘cash for croissants’ storm
It’s a day ending a ‘y’ – so there’s another Labour scandal brewing. After the ‘passes for glasses’ row about…
Boris and Liz in Chagos Islands’ blame game
Mauritius is getting the Chagos Islands – and a lot of Tories ain’t happy. Tom Tugendhat calls it a ‘shameful…
Handing over the Chagos Islands is a grave mistake
The British government’s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a profound strategic error, rooted in a…
Israel’s enemies always underestimate its sheer bloody-mindedness
From sunset on Wednesday until sunset today, Jews around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. It comes…
Doctors and the trouble with the BBC
The BBC’s daytime soap Doctors will soon vanish from our screens after 24 years. But while the final episodes make…
Britain should just join the United States
Ruth Cadbury is hard at work campaigning for Kamala Harris ahead of November’s presidential election. It’s what you might expect…
MPs to be given historic vote on assisted dying
Keir Starmer is pressing ahead with his promise to give MPs a free vote on assisted dying laws. This evening,…
Starmer’s friend revealed as Mauritius’ chief legal adviser
There was national outrage this morning at the news that Sir Keir’s Labour has decided to cede sovereignty of the…
Police Scotland slammed over leaked Isla Bryson memo
The end of Nicola Sturgeon’s premiership was mired in controversy over her plans for trans rights, her botched gender reform…
Tugendhat clashes with Cleverly over Chagos Islands
With less than a week to go until MPs vote in the Tory leadership race, a row has blown up…
Why is the police probe into Nicola Sturgeon taking so long?
As Scots look ahead to the 2026 Holyrood election, support for the Scottish National Party continues to plummet. One scandal…
You can’t deal rationally with the rail unions
The idea that the government had somehow managed to draw a line under the rail strikes by offering drivers and…
