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Kemi Badenoch’s leadership pitch? Tough love
It’s a busy day for the Tory leadership race in Westminster as the six candidates attempt to build momentum and…
The AfD is winning over Germany’s youth
‘We are the party of the youth!’ When the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party launched its state election campaign…
Scrapping one-word Ofsted verdicts is a mistake
The decision to scrap one or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools is good news for teachers – but…
How Creative Scotland was corrupted by gender ideology
Loath as I am to indulge in the national pastime of Scottish exceptionalism, we do pretty well when it comes to…
Labour want to Frenchify the economy
It is not that long ago that the new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that his would be the…
Labour must beware crying wolf about a run on the pound
As winter approaches, and fuel prices go up, Keir Starmer’s honeymoon period is well and truly over. The Labour government…
Angela Merkel played a key role in the rise of the AfD
To no one’s great surprise, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) romped to victory in Sunday’s election in the eastern state of…
How long will Germany’s anti-AfD ‘firewall’ last?
Berlin awoke this morning in a state of shock. Although opinion polls had predicted that the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…
Starmer rehomes ‘unsettling’ Thatcher painting
To Downing Street, where a painting of a former prime minister has been causing quite a stir lately. Sir Keir…
How long will Starmer’s new MPs stay loyal?
It’s show time for Keir Starmer as MPs return to parliament today following the summer recess. The Prime Minister and…
The war on smokers has gone too far
You’d think, wouldn’t you, that after winning a giant mandate from the electorate and having not yet done anything to…
What the AfD’s ‘historic victory’ means for Germany
Alternative für Deutschland’s success in east German state elections marks a major blow to the government in Berlin. The AfD…
Scottish Nats still haven’t worked out why they lost
Unlike a slightly more high-profile reunion event, the ticketing website for the Scottish referendum tenth anniversary show is not expected to crash.…
The strange case of Pavel Durov and Emmanuel Macron
The arrest of Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging app Telegram, has not only raised questions about the charges…
The AfD is set to win its first ever state election
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party is set to make history and take control of at least one of Germany’s…
This could be the first right-wing Scottish Tory leader in years
The Scottish Conservative leadership election is now Russell Findlay’s to lose. The West Scotland MSP has secured three big endorsements:…
Labour’s puritanical attack on vaping
On Times Radio this morning Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, said that she wanted the government to…
Why Netanyahu is being blamed for the Israeli hostage deaths
The heartbreaking news that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages has caused rage…
The ICC is right to pursue Benjamin Netanyahu
On 20 May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan tried to push the borders of the ‘permissible’. In an extraordinary rebuke of…
The Irish elite are terrifyingly out of touch
For the average member of the Irish political, media and NGO complex there are several political issues in Ireland which…
How Labour should deal with China
Keir Starmer’s geopolitical in-tray will arguably be one of the most daunting in recent history. The Prime Minister faces a…
The cynical manipulation of ‘dynamic pricing’ for Oasis tickets
Given my unequivocal feelings about the Oasis reunion, I was, apparently, one of the few people in Britain who was not attempting…
A four-day week is bad news for workers
When I was a young reporter on the Daily Express in the 1980s I was sent to Belfast to cover…
How to end the Tory leadership chaos cycle
In the eight years since David Cameron resigned as prime minister, the Conservatives have had four different leaders. Soon it…
The Venezuelan practice of property invasions has emigrated to America
Viral footage showing armed Venezuelan gang members taking over an apartment complex in a Denver suburb has shocked thousands, especially…
