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Forget Brexit: Boris’s toughest task will be energising his exhausted party
Boris Johnson will now be receiving plenty of unsolicited advice about how to be Prime Minister. As his victory speech…
Boris Johnson’s risky strategy is to be himself
Boris Johnson is the new leader of the Conservative party. He has defeated Jeremy Hunt by a two to one…
Roger Scruton gets his job back
Roger Scruton has been reappointed as head of a government housing body after he was sacked in April following a magazine interview…
Why we can’t ignore the case of Jessica Yaniv
In Canada right now, a group of female workers, at least one of whom is a migrant, are coming under…
Boris Johnson will soon be the most popular leader in the world
Only one person in Britain now believes that Boris might deprive us of a Jeremy Hunt premiership. That person is…
How much bother will the Gaukeward squad cause Boris Johnson?
How much bother will the Gaukeward squad cause Boris Johnson? Barring one of the biggest political upsets of the past…
How Tom Watson reinvented himself to become the new challenger to Corbyn
Tom Watson has had more reinventions than Kylie Minogue has had mid-performance outfit changes. His performances over the years have…
Boris’s critics are only making him stronger
If, as expected, Boris Johnson heads off to Buckingham Palace next Wednesday to become Prime Minister, I fear that a…
Is Boris wrong to claim Islam set the Muslim world back?
I do love the Guardian. As the years go by almost no publication continues to give me such constant amusement.…
Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Hunt is up to the job of being PM
The Final Showdown, as the Sun/Talkradio’s debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt was billed, clarified some important points for…
Johnson and Hunt try to unite the Tory party in final leadership debate
Tonight’s Sun debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt was far more relaxed than last week’s head-to-head clash. But it…
Donald Trump’s stupid smart attack on the Democratic ‘Squad’
Just when you think @realDonaldTrump has lost his ability to shock, he outdoes himself. He tweets what he’d call ‘a…
On the standard of political debate
Just received this update from the Brexit Party: ‘Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage threw down a challenge to Tory leader-elect Boris Johnson:…
The European fighters who battled Isis – and were abandoned by their governments
Foreign fighters are returning from the battlefield — not Islamists but the Americans, Europeans and South Americans who fought to…
A Halloween no-deal Brexit is no longer a scary prospect
Project Fear is back after a seasonal break. Far from resolving anything, Theresa May’s decision to delay Brexit back in…
Labour’s losing its old heartlands. Backing Remain could make things worse
A moderate, halfway-competent Labour party could crush the Tories. But given that Labour members are Corbynite in inclination, what are…
Why governments should spend big on tech
I was talking to a large Silicon Valley video-conferencing firm the other day. ‘Just for interest,’ I asked, ‘what would…
What’s really going on in Hong Kong?
If you believe the American and British media, the people of Hong Kong have launched a democratic revolution and are…
Billy Connolly and the death of free speech
I hope readers will forgive me for returning to a subject I addressed here recently. It was a reflection on the…
Some women have penises. If you won’t sleep with them you’re transphobic
I’m bored with writing about politicians and Brexit so this is an article about genitals instead. Feel free to make…
Why Boris Johnson’s team fear the tide is moving against him
William Hague is not noted for agonies of self-doubt. But the former Tory leader’s judgement, in his Telegraph column on…
Portland Antifa are the real fascists
If you were ever in any doubt that so-called anti-fascists are, in fact, fascists, take a look at this picture…
Will parliament be able to stop the next PM leaving without a deal?
Since the referendum we have seen a steady escalation of the battle between the Commons and the government over Brexit.…
Joe Biden starts strong but fizzles out in the Democratic debate
Day 2 of the Democratic presidential debates was a touch feistier than day 1, likely because the heavy hitters shared…
Prince Charles’ irresponsible support for homeopathy
You might have thought that many of the world’s scientists and doctors had come to an unequivocal decision on homeopathy:…
