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Britain is being pulled under by debt
Britain is slowly drowning in debt. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in the…
Israel risks rewarding Hamas’s kidnapping
What weapon is stronger than F-16s, drones, targeted strikes, disciplined and war-hardened ground troops, and even nuclear weapons? Hostages. Despite…
Dirty tricks have gone too far
Last week, John Power reported on Labour’s alleged ‘dark arts’ strategy: a cynical ploy to damage Nigel Farage and his…
Labour MSP charged over child sex abuse images
Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with the possession of indecent images. The 52-year-old…
How justified is climate-change alarmism?
For decades, the picture of Earth’s future – as laid out by journalists and climate scientists alike – has been bleak.…
Why I am never doing the ‘Pete & Bobby Challenge’
A terrifying thing appeared on my Twitter feed this morning. Secretary of Health and Human Services and bear-fighter Robert F.…
The Epping tipping point
Yesterday’s injunction granted to Epping Forest council giving the government three weeks to stop using the Bell Hotel for asylum…
White House joins TikTok – despite US ban looming
To the Land of the Free, where Donald Trump’s administration has been busy, er, setting up a TikTok account. The…
Dan Jarvis is the model of a modern flailing minister
I wonder how No. 10 decides which minister is up for the ritual humiliation of the Today programme each morning.…
Closing hotels won’t stop the migrant crisis
After yesterday’s landmark decision on the Bell Hotel in Epping, the next question must be: where do we go from…
Free money is back – but don’t get excited
There is not a lot of good news on the British economy at the moment: prices are rising rapidly, job…
Ex-Scottish Labour councillor joins Reform UK
Well, well, well. The Scottish Tories have lost a number of councillors to Nigel Farage’s ranks and now Labour appears…
Putin hasn’t made any real concessions yet
After the jaw-dropping spectacle of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska, there was another full day of theatre on Monday as…
Trump must not make concessions to North Korea
When dealing with rogue states, being pessimistic often means being realistic. The much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin…
Listen: Labour minister’s car crash asylum hotel interview
Dear oh dear. As Steerpike wrote on Tuesday afternoon, asylum seekers will be removed from the Bell Hotel in Essex…
Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ would distort the housing market
Rachel Reeves’s rather crude strategy is becoming painfully clear. Between now and the Budget she intends to float ideas for…
Are British troops prepared to defend Ukraine?
The events of the last few days – the Trump/Putin summit in Anchorage, the visit of European leaders to the…
Is inflation here to stay?
Inflation is up again. CPI climbed to 3.8 per cent last month – up from 3.6 per cent in July,…
Australia’s relations with Israel are lying in tatters
Australia and Israel are – were – traditional allies. A former leader of Australia’s Labor party and then president of…
Can Friedrich Merz save Germany from becoming irrelevant?
Friedrich Merz arrived in Washington this week alongside Europe’s most senior leaders, ostensibly to coordinate the continent’s response to Trump’s…
Trump must not give Kim Jong Un the recognition he craves
When dealing with rogue states, being pessimistic often means being realistic. The much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin…
Elon’s coming for your marriage
When Elon Musk quietly enabled “waifu mode” for his Grok chatbot earlier this year, the outrage was swift and familiar.…
Can Trump end mail-in voting?
President Donald J. Trump, burned in 2020 at the height of Covid by some states’ shenanigans ranging from rule changes…
The Bell Hotel’s closure is not the end of the story
Protest works. That will be the take-home message to activists across the country, now that Epping Forest District Council has…
Does no one care about Britain’s soaring gilts?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is threatening a round of tax rises. RMT is on strike over the bank holiday. And…
