Jean-Claude Juncker has helped Boris immeasurably
As of this afternoon, we really are getting close to the endgame. Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters today: ‘If we have a…
‘Remain or Leave?’ is no longer the key Brexit question
In an astonishing interview on the Today programme this morning, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson tried to explain why she…
The myth of Britain’s air pollution pandemic
It is a good thing that there is an air pollution bill in the Queen’s Speech today. We should not…
Don’t blame oil and coal companies for climate change
This year’s Nobel Prize for the silliest piece of scientific research must go to something called the Climate Accountability Institute,…
An inheritance tax cut would backfire on the Tories
Just when you thought that the Tories were getting into a position where they might be capable of winning the…
Boris Johnson is more like Bill Clinton than Donald Trump
Why do so many people try to compare Boris Johnson with Donald Trump? There is a US president whose manner…
Why Grant Shapps shouldn’t accelerate the ban on petrol and diesel cars
How fortunate that electric vehicle technology has moved on to the extent that transport secretary Grant Shapps is able to…
It’s unfair for Britain to take Tooba Gondal and other Isis brides back
I am sure that Tooba Gondal, the latest Isis bride to beg for a return to Britain, would, as she…
Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the market for specialist medicines
Amid Labour’s jubilation over the Supreme Court decision yesterday it would have been easy to miss Jeremy Corbyn’s latest attack…
Why the Court’s ruling may help Boris Johnson
In one respect Gina Miller is right. Today’s Supreme Court decision is bigger than Brexit. We are now in a…
Bailing out Thomas Cook would have been a mistake
The biggest victim of the failure of Thomas Cook is the worldly reputation of its eponymous creator – a sober…
The EU has failed again to strike a free trade deal
So once again we learn just how committed the EU is to free trade. A trade deal with the South…
School climate strikers should answer these two questions
“The Earth is dying”, “the world is on fire”, we’re undergoing an “environmental extinction”: just three of the sentiments which…
The hypocrisy of those outraged on behalf of Ben Stokes
I can understand why Ben Stokes and his mother would rather not be reminded of the murder of the cricketer’s…
The BBC’s latest attack on Netflix is galling
Lord Hall of Birkenhead is feeling pretty bullish about the quality of the organisation he leads. “We’re not Netflix, we’re…
The legal war of attrition against Brexit
Another week, another step along the road to Britain’s transformation into a kritarchy – rule by judges. Last week, the…
John Bercow and the abandoning of the Speaker’s impartiality
According to John Bercow he has chosen to step down on 31 October because it would be the ‘least disruptive…
Do Remain MPs understand the mood of the country?
That the obsessions of Westminster do not necessarily coincide with those of the country has been obvious for a long…
Remainers may regret not backing an October general election
So there goes the reputation of Boris Johnson’s henchmen as cunning operators. It has been a bad week for Dominic…
The rebel MPs don’t know what they want
Was there ever such a principled stand over a such a feeble cause? If today’s Tory rebels were intent on…
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