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Another election? Mr Caine is taking the Michael

This week I was all geared up to slag off Rachel Reeves and now, thanks to Michael Caine, I can’t. I hope you’re happy, Michael. Is that what you...

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Pink fishy goo makes bad news palatable

Have you ever asked yourself a question along the lines of: “If you had to choose not to eat bread or not to eat potatoes, what would you go...

17.11.2024 10

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Why be an early bird, if you don’t want worms?

Good news for regular users of Euston station in London! One day they will die. Then they won’t have to go to Euston station ever again. Most...

03.11.2024 10

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What the Dickens is Robert Jenrick trying to tell us?

Last weekend, in answer to the question “What was the last book you read?”, Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick said A Tale of Two Cities....

20.10.2024 10

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What went wrong with Starmer’s Gray matter?

When Sue Gray resigned as the prime minister’s chief of staff last week, she said it was because she “risked becoming a distraction to the...

13.10.2024 8

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How low will a Tory go in order to stand out?

Have you ever played a party game called “Margaret Thatcher’s dinner party”? It may have other names. Each guest must think of a famous person,...

06.10.2024 30

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The Lib Dems have prospered by swapping values for jet skis

What do the Lib Dems want out of life? It’s hard to be sure. They’re buzzing at the moment, assembling last weekend for a seaside conference two...

22.09.2024 20

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The pub garden smoking ban is a drag on our freedoms

All the recent discussion of the pub garden smoking ban the government says it’s considering reminded me, I was surprised to discover, of Margaret...

08.09.2024 10

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I’m lost in the foothills of a mountain of TV

The latest research shows that people who work from home spend loads of the time, when they’re supposed to be working, watching TV. What do you...

07.07.2024 10

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Against all odds, it seems we hate to see bookmakers losing

Shall we make this interesting? You must be hoping I will. So, come on, let’s spice things up, introduce a bit of financial jeopardy. What do you...

30.06.2024 9

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Integrity is a rare gift, so why do we expect our politicians to possess it?

How important do we think it is for our political leaders to have integrity? It’s a more complicated question than it seems. We’re quite...

23.06.2024 30

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Now they think they’ve lost, the Tories are full of big ideas

The Tories are full of ideas at the moment. They’ve announced three major new policies in the past week. It feels like someone asked Rishi Sunak,...

02.06.2024 50

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Keep your shirt on, Keir, all this bluster over Nike’s St George’s Cross is a false flag

The new Nike version of the St George’s Cross, revealed earlier this month, looks very nice. I’m sure everyone is agreed on that. It’s neat and...

31.03.2024 6

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Japan shows up Britain’s impoverished councils

I’m halfway through a stay in Japan, the land of the free public toilet. City squares, riverside walks, bus interchanges in the middle of nowhere...

21.03.2024 10

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If you hate Amazon, blame Rishi Sunak

Sitting in slow-moving traffic on the M1 the other day, I found myself looking at an enormous Amazon warehouse. It took 10 minutes to get past it, a...

25.02.2024 10

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I’m not keen on our aversion to keenness

Controversy raged last week over the issue of whether or not the Princess of Wales has regularly been called “Katie Keen”. In Endgame , his new...

03.12.2023 9

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