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America’s Russian influence media scandal is unlikely to be the last
Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin and Lauren Southern aren’t household names, but they each have enormous, dedicated followings online.…
Israelis have had enough of Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu is the great survivor of Israeli politics, but his grip on power is slipping. ‘You can fool some…
Agatha Christie and the curious truth about Miss Marple
If we are to believe Agatha Christie, then the author was not at all like her creation Miss Marple, the…
Inside Zelensky’s not-so-fresh reshuffle
In Ukraine, there is a joke: never waste time memorising the names of ministers – they’ll be replaced soon enough.…
Veterans’ champion quits with blast at Starmer
Labour have been encouraging plenty of controversy recently with the growing allegations of cronyism surrounding recent civil service and public…
Marine Le Pen is crucial to Michel Barnier’s survival
Michel Barnier, the OAP appointed yesterday as Prime Minister of France, is a sensible fellow, even if at 73 he…
Expanding the sugar tax won’t save any lives
Labour may not have been forthcoming about most of their tax and spend plans during the election. But on one…
Top Labour donor in ‘operation integrity’ storm
It’s a day ending in ‘y’, which means another Labour scandal. Today marks the return of Lord Alli, the media…
How select committees could cause trouble for Keir Starmer
It’s not just the Tories facing a big vote next week. Across the House of Commons, MPs will be choosing…
BBC bias on Israel set to be probed
More bad news for the BBC. Following the fall-out from the Corporation’s catastrophic handling of the Huw Edwards affair, a…
Could Germany resurrect Britain’s Rwanda migrant scheme?
When Keir Starmer became Prime Minister he immediately dumped the Tories’ Rwanda deportation scheme. The Labour leader said the £310…
Ian McKellen’s comments about the Queen are a step too far
Of all the people who might come forward to attack the memory of the late, lamented Queen Elizabeth II, Sir…
Watch: Miliband blasted over energy bill ‘false promises’
Another day, another drama. This time Ed Miliband is in the firing line after his opposite number took aim at…
A dispatch from Ukraine’s Pokrovsk: Heartbreak at the station
The sounds of protracted artillery battles boom and echo over the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk with a nerve-wracking consistency. From…
‘Paddy-bashing’ and the blind spot of progressives
There’s a new book out that depicts Irish people as gurning ginger-haired imbeciles who do Irish jigs in the garden…
Labour’s term-time holiday crackdown won’t work
In the bestselling book Freakonomics, the authors Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt outline an experiment which involved fining parents…
Starmer could regret trying to woo trade unions
The last two and a half years have seen a dramatic revival in trade union militancy, with working days lost…
Night czar’s City Hall no-show
Over to the Mayor of London and his minions. While the Prime Minister has been busy giving pay rises to…
Labour’s plan to abolish hereditary peers is pointless
Labour’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill to the Commons – which was presented today and will have its first…
Tories call for watchdog inquiry into Labour cronyism row
Back to Whitehall, where the row over civil service appointments continues to gather pace. It transpires that the Conservatives have…
Michel Barnier is France’s new PM. It’s hard to think of a worse job
Michel Barnier is the new prime minister of France. Best known in Britain as the EU’s chief negotiator during the…
Watch: Labour blasted over ‘shoddy’ Lords reforms
To the Lords, where this afternoon an urgent question was granted on the subject of hereditary peers. It follows today’s…
Labour’s early prison release scheme can’t afford to fail
Are you ready for SDS40? You might need to be if you’re unlucky enough to live in a high crime…
There’s nothing wrong with a Japanese flamenco dancer
Japanese dancer Junko Hagiwara has become the first non-Spaniard to win one of Spain’s most prestigious flamenco competitions. Yet when…
Why France blames Britain for the Channel migrant crisis
Only hours after twelve migrants drowned attempting to reach England from France another group set out. This time they were…
