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J.D. Vance dominated the VP debate
To manage expectations in the run-up to last night’s debate, Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, let it be…
Iran must pay for this attack on Israel
At age 85, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been risk-averse for much of his time in office. He…
Vance vs Walz was what a debate should look like
The most important takeaway from the vice-presidential debate between Senator J.D. Vance and Governor Tim Walz is that this is…
J.D. Vance made the case for Trump better than Trump
Tim Walz versus J.D. Vance was the anti-Trump debate. There were no references to the animal kingdom in this Vice-Presidential…
Badenoch is right: not all cultures are equally valid
Kemi Badenoch kicked up an almighty stink when she argued at the weekend that not all cultures are ‘equally valid’…
A debate night for Vance to remember and for Walz to forget
It’s not always easy to tell who wins a political debate. Sometimes performances need time for people to process them…
Michel Barnier’s government in name only
A trillion here and a trillion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Of course, France now owes…
Watch: Tugendhat jibes at Jenrick over special forces
Uh oh. There’s trouble in Tory paradise after leadership candidate Robert Jenrick made some rather questionable remarks about the armed…
Dorries: Kemi should be ‘disqualified’ from leadership race
This year’s Tory conference has seen a number of old faces as well as new – and the appearance of…
Tugendhat: My Roger Scruton row comments were ‘twisted’
It’s the final night of Tory party conference and tempers are fraying. Three of the four leadership candidates have ended…
Kemi Badenoch comes out fighting
It has been a busy Conservative conference for Kemi Badenoch, whose comments on Sunday about maternity pay have dominated the…
Will Israel fire back on Iran?
Israel has come under widespread missile attack from Iran. Some 200 ground-to-ground missiles were launched from Iran, according to Israeli…
Iran launches a missile attack on Israel
Iranian missiles are slicing through the evening sky over Tel Aviv as Tehran responds to the killing of Hezbollah leader…
Tonight’s vice-presidential debate might actually matter
Vice-presidential debates rarely matter in politics except as fodder for jokes and, for today’s lazier commentariat, memes of the lesser variety.…
Robert Jenrick may come to regret his ECHR killing claim
We have all found ourselves making a point and seeing the argument run away from us unexpectedly. Perhaps that was…
Badenoch’s feud with Farage continues
The Tory leadership race is ramping up — and so is Kemi Badenoch’s anti-Reform rhetoric. The contender for the top…
Jenrick reveals daughter’s middle name is Thatcher
It’s the second day of the big Tory leadership interviews at party conference and Robert Jenrick is on the main…
Robert Jenrick’s critics must calm down about his Star of David idea
Is Robert Jenrick plotting to surrender our sovereignty to the Israelis? Is the Tory leadership frontrunner engaged in some nefarious…
It’s a tough time to be Scottish
Hard-working Scots could be forgiven for resorting to a stiff drink tonight as they contemplate an extraordinary triple attack on…
Labour’s childcare confusion has gone on for too long
For parents with young children, it’s been a game of grandmother’s footsteps. First they heard from the new Labour government…
Rees-Mogg takes aim at Badenoch over Reform remarks
It’s day three of the Conservative party conference, and so far the blue-on-blue has been kept to a minimum —…
Why Hezbollah miscalculated – and Israel attacked
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the IDF spokesman’s office issued a laconic statement, according to which Israeli forces…
What Cleverly gets wrong about Sunak’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’
Back in the 1980s, the American business guru Tom Peters came up with the advice to companies to ‘under-promise and…
The danger of a ground campaign against Hezbollah
There has never been a better time in recent years for Israel to launch a cross-border ground attack against Hezbollah.…
A Tasmanian court has widened Australia’s gender divide
It’s hard to make head or tail of where Australia stands on the gender debate that has divided the West.…
