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At least Rachel Reeves is trying
Rachel from accounts is settling up. In a speech at Siemens Healthineers near Oxford, the Chancellor signalled her commitment to…
Is Rachel Reeves right that there is no trade-off between growth and net zero?
Why is it that some lies get endlessly repeated without ever being challenged, even though they are quite obviously wrong?…
Can’t the UK pay its ‘Head of Tariff Strategy’ more than £55k?
Donald Trump is back in the White House and the UK is playing catch-up once again. Whether it’s Mandelson grovelling…
James Tooley’s ordeal is over – but why was he ever suspended?
It’s wonderful to hear that Professor James Tooley, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, has been reinstated after a…
Sadiq splurges £2.1 million on statues commission
Another day, another City Hall scandal. Mr S can today reveal that Labour’s London mayor Sadiq Khan has splurged a…
Where Kemi Badenoch keeps going wrong at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch may well have been right in the points that she made at Prime Minister’s Questions, but she managed…
Where is Ed Miliband?
It’s a busy day for the Labour lot, what with Rachel Reeves’s big growth speech this morning and Sir Keir…
I can’t stand Stanley Tucci
I love Italian food, and I love food writing and TV shows, so you might think I’d love Stanley Tucci.…
Rachel Reeves tries to reverse Labour’s economic gloom
As expected, Rachel Reeves used her big – and long – growth speech this morning to back the expansion of…
Do Rachel Reeves’s growth plans go far enough?
Has Rachel Reeves got her growth? Today’s speech from the Chancellor in Oxfordshire was not this government’s first attempt to…
Trump has exposed the hypocrisy of Gaza’s allies
US President Donald Trump has reiterated his call for Egypt and Jordan to accept residents of Gaza into their territory,…
Will the SNP government lose yet another health minister?
To Scotland, where today the SNP government’s embattled Health Secretary Neil Gray is in the firing line. The Scottish Tories…
Will Marco Rubio kibosh the Chagos deal?
There’s a new sheriff in town. Trump’s election means a new Secretary of State; the world’s most powerful foreign minister…
Reeves blasted for backing third Heathrow runway
Growth is the flavour of the month for Sir Keir Starmer’s government, with Rachel Reeves this morning delivering a big…
Why Britain needs growth
‘Growth’ – the focus of the Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech this morning – can be a confusing word. It’s intangible,…
Mandelson grovels to Trump on Fox News
Oh Mandy. It’s now nine days since Donald Trump was elected – and our new man in Washington is still…
The name’s Melania, Melania Trump
In her favorite room of the White House, the Yellow Oval room, stands Melania, in a black Dolce & Gabbana…
Labour will regret extending the BBC licence fee
The BBC licence fee is dying as millions of Britons realise that they do not need a television; they can…
The NHS isn’t solely to blame for its failure to reform
Can the NHS reform itself? MPs on the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC) say it doesn’t know how to. It…
Like the Louvre, Macron’s presidency is falling apart
Emmanuel Macron has promised to return the Louvre to its former glory in an ambitious renovation project that is forecast…
Hollywood luvvies have become Donald Trump’s useful idiots
In events that were foreseeable to anyone outside America’s cultural elite, the actress and popstar Selena Gomez is facing an…
Why Rachel Reeves’ growth plan is doomed to flop
The wait is over. After six months in government, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided that today is the day…
DeepSeek shows the stakes for humanity couldn’t be higher
What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI system that’s shaken the world, and what does it reveal about our future? While…
Reform is on the up – but it could easily come unstuck
British politics is in a new place: the combined polling score of Labour and the Conservatives is below 50 per…
Enter Atelier Arena
What do the musicians Paul Weller and Daryl Hall, the gallerist Iwan Worth, and the actor Gary Oldman have in…
