World
Are Israel and Lebanon already at war?
This hasn’t been the easiest week for Hezbollah. It started with the terror organisation’s pagers mysteriously exploding, killing 37 people people (according…
Why the cost of replacing Britain’s border fleet has soared to £300 million
The fleet of border control cutters responsible for patrolling our waters (and at times for dealing with irregular migrants on…
‘Ignorant’ Lammy urged to retract Azerbaijan remarks
It’s a gaffe a day with David Lammy. Now the Foreign Secretary has come under fire after he hailed Azerbaijan…
Abbott: I’ve never had a nice chat with Starmer
Diane Abbott is on the warpath, and her target is Sir Keir Starmer. Earlier this week, the Labour MP hit…
Watch: James O’Brien attacks Nigel Farage in scathing rant
Good heavens. Does no one teach journalistic etiquette these days? This afternoon James O’Brien caused a stir on social media…
A vindication for our polling obsession
One of the entertainments that every election season brings revolves around polling. Every season seems to bring more and more…
McDonald’s did not make Kemi Badenoch working class
Is it possible to change your class? Not just superficially – in moving up and down the hierarchy of social…
Revealed: Starmer’s top five freebies
The Prime Minister has been generating scores of headlines lately – for all the wrong reasons. It has transpired this…
Was the Bank of England wrong not to cut interest rates?
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5 per cent. This was the expected outcome of the Monetary Policy…
Can Sadiq Khan save Oxford Street?
Oxford Street’s spiralling tawdriness is a miserable advert for London. The ‘candy’ stores and tourist tat ‘luggage’ emporiums, the gang…
End Tory leadership race early, says Tugendhat
While Labour’s dirty laundry over ‘frockgate‘ is being aired in public, it would be easy to forget there are still…
Labour minister: Freebies are ‘part of the job’
Dear oh dear. Things are only getting worse for Sir Keir, as it now transpires that the Prime Minister accepted…
Why aren’t some released prisoners being tagged?
As hundreds of prisoners are released early on to the streets of Britain, it’s vital that the authorities keep track…
There’s nothing wrong with being a ‘junior’ doctor
‘The wise bustle and laugh as they walk, but fools bustle and are important,’ wrote F.L. Lucas a century ago.…
The trouble with Trafalgar Square’s transgender tribute
Seven hundred and twenty-six plaster face casts of transsexual, non-binary or gender non-conforming people were unveiled yesterday in London’s Trafalgar…
Diane Abbott doesn’t understand fascism
Diane Abbott believes that Giorgia Meloni is a ‘literal fascist’. That must come as a surprise to the 12.3 million…
Why shouldn’t Sue Gray earn £170,000?
We are a day short of Sir Keir Starmer marking 11 weeks as prime minister. His first 76 days have…
What the Sue Gray row is really about
Another day, another story about Sue Gray. Today the BBC reports the details of Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff’s…
How the SNP damaged the independence cause
If you really want to annoy a Scottish nationalist, tell them the 2014 Scottish independence referendum had a lot in…
Sue Gray paid more than the Prime Minister
To Westminster, where more trouble is afoot. It now transpires the Prime Minister is paid less than, er, his own…
Pager bombs won’t stop Hezbollah
The killing of 12 people, including several Hezbollah members, and the wounding of thousands more when 5,000 pagers simultaneously exploded…
The mad, bad, sad world of Ryan Routh
Any journalist who has covered a war will recognise Ryan Routh’s type immediately – the war zone nutter. Routh is currently…
The poisoned chalice of trying to nationalise Thames Water
Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership election in 2020 on the back of a promise to nationalise public utilities. In…
Reform voters are ‘our people’, insists Badenoch
How to solve a problem like Reform? The Tories have been scratching their heads on the matter since their rather…
The future looks bleak for the SNP
Ten years ago today the Scottish independence referendum took place. The result was a resounding defeat for those who wanted…
