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Why isn’t Gary Oldman playing Smiley again?
Following the huge success of the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – from the book of the same name…
Is Israel ready for a ‘new phase’ of war?
The toll wreaked from the events of 17 and 18 September has been extensive. According to the best estimates, more…
Ed Davey’s Lib Dems need to grow up
In a wetsuit and atop a jet ski, Sir Ed Davey hurtled towards the Brighton shore, descending on the Liberal…
Marine Le Pen looks unstoppable
Overlook for the moment the shenanigans surrounding French prime minister Michel Barnier’s attempt to cobble together a new government. One…
University isn’t sexy anymore
Freshers’ Week. It sounds so appealing, even to an uneducated counter-jumper like me who finds the word ‘uni’ so repellent…
Smart meters aren’t so clever
Smart meters were meant to make our lives easier. They were designed to help us reduce energy consumption and cut…
Morrissey’s martyrdom knows no bounds
Say what you like about Steven Patrick Morrissey – lead singer of The Smiths, the Mancunian miserabilist, ‘the Pope of…
No. 10 change tack on ‘wardrobe-gate’
A week is a long time in politics. Keir Starmer began the week sending out his senior ministers to defend…
Farage plots his next US trip
It’s his sworn ambition to become Prime Minister of the UK by 2029. But is Nigel Farage perhaps spending a…
Nigel Farage’s unlikely inspiration
Nigel Farage has just finished his keynote speech at the Reform party’s annual conference. In a performance enhanced by Eminem,…
PM must keep Tory switchers on side, warns report
Reform’s party conference is in full swing in Birmingham, as the leadership continue to hammer home their pivotal role in…
Lee Anderson takes a pop at Sadiq Khan – again
Ding ding ding! The gloves are coming off today in Birmingham, where Reform UK is hosting its day-long party conference.…
MPs slam Starmer over freebie fiasco
Sir Keir’s frockgate scandal is only gathering pace, it appears, after a rather calamitous week for the Prime Minister. Donations…
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Putin must not be allowed to win in Ukraine
‘Whatever happens, Vladimir Putin must not be allowed to win the war in Ukraine’. For the first time since being…
Britain is losing the spy game to Russia
Russia’s decision to kick out six alleged British spies in August prompted a strange sense of deja vu. After the…
Should Huw Edwards be stripped of his BBC pension?
With the Huw Edwards court case complete – and the disgraced BBC News presenter given a six-month prison sentence, suspended…
Britain is spending beyond its means
This morning marks a milestone – but it’s nothing to celebrate. Public sector net debt as a percentage of the…
Watch: Starmer’s top team ‘over-controlling’, says Jess Phillips
Sir Keir Starmer will be hoping his first Labour conference as Prime Minister this weekend goes better than the last…
The wickedness of Mohamed Al Fayed
The allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed are dreadful: the former Harrods owner has been accused of raping five women and…
Does the evidence support working from home?
I am sure that the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds picked up many useful skills in his previous job in local…
Is Rachel Reeves damaging the High Street’s recovery?
The former boss of Sainsbury’s, Justin King, warned on the Today programme this morning that Rachel Reeves has damaged the…
France – and even Michel Barnier – is tiring of Emmanuel Macron
France can’t go on like this. The country, and its overseas territories, are in chaos. On Wednesday night two men in…
Owen Paterson must regret his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out a challenge by former cabinet minister Owen Paterson. The ex-Tory MP,…
The freebie scandal could cost Keir Starmer
If you want a surefire indication that a politician has ended up on the wrong side of public opinion, it’s…
TGI Fridays was doomed from the beginning
Few will mourn the demise of TGI Fridays, which collapsed into administration this week. The restaurant chain’s 87 branches in…
