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David Cameron’s message on Iran has the best chance of being heard

The world had good reason to be thankful for the RAF this weekend – not for the first time. British jets took to the skies over Iraq and Syria in...

16.04.2024 6

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The housing crisis is being sustained by selfish Nimbys

It wasn’t the author’s intention, but their poster caught my eye. Tied up on the railings, on my way to the station, the signs drew attention to a...

02.04.2024 3

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We can laugh at Putin’s election, but the toothless West is the real joke

Wasn’t the Russian election exciting? The battle of ideas. The scrutiny. The rhetorical cut and thrust of those TV debates. My favourite aspect is...

19.03.2024 10

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Two modest Budget policies that will have radical consequences

“Headroom” has become a surefire winner in games of Budget Bingo – the word is always going to be uttered by the chancellor of the day. It...

12.03.2024 10

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Jeremy Hunt's last chance

The pressure is on for Jeremy Hunt. After a year of the Government searching high and low for ways to “reset” the terms of political trade, all...

04.03.2024 7

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Farewell Lee Anderson, you were never really the Red Wall spokesman

Sometimes in politics, as in life, it may be necessary – or unavoidable – to offend somebody. It’s not ideal, of course, and most of us would...

26.02.2024 2

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The death of Navalny poses a difficult question for ordinary Russians

Alexei Navalny was a brave man. Braver than you or I would likely ever be. Braver, more importantly, than you or I will ever have to try to be, if we...

19.02.2024 2

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Trump has forgotten the art of the deal

It’s one of many rich ironies of Donald Trump that while he made his name synonymous with The Art of the Deal, much of his business career has...

12.02.2024 8

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I worried Saudi money would corrupt Newcastle United - but this is worse

As a Newcastle United fan and a journalist, my reaction to news of the club being bought by Saudi Arabia was somewhat conflicted. Like every other...

05.02.2024 5

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A vaping ban will unite the Tories... against Sunak

The understanding of risk among politicians and public policymakers is simultaneously vital to national success yet all-too-often absent. Placing...

29.01.2024 10

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Keir Starmer's own party could be his biggest headache

Last week in this column I explored the ways in which the Conservative Party might fight back, or fall into infighting, if the Labour landslide...

22.01.2024 6

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The Tories face political obliteration - and could be out of power for years

“Tories facing 1997-style general election wipeout” was the headline accompanying the new YouGov mega-poll seeking to forecast the outcome of the...

15.01.2024 7

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The Vinted tax is just the start

The last thing most people want to hear of is a new tax to coincide with the new year. The latest controversy is the so-called “side hustle tax”...

09.01.2024 5

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Tory big beasts should fear their own 'Portillo moment'

It isn’t a great sign for Rishi Sunak that the editors of ConservativeHome have restored “Who should be the next leader of the Conservative...

02.01.2024 20

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2024 will be the greatest democratic year in history

2024 is set to be the greatest democratic year thus far in human history. By the chance combination of electoral cycles, more than two billion people...

25.12.2023 7

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The rush to digitise historical documents is an act of reckless hubris

Death is so often a useful starting point for history and archaeology. Not only because it marks the moment when someone joins the skeletal community,...

19.12.2023 3

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The Government took back control - and allowed immigration to skyrocket

Whichever way you cut it, the days of David Cameron’s promise to limit net numbers to “tens of thousands” are far, far behind us. Meanwhile,...

12.12.2023 5

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Keir Starmer's biggest champion? Ridiculously it's Rishi Sunak

If the Church of England was once “the Conservative Party at prayer”, The Telegraph could at one time have been described as the Conservative...

05.12.2023 10

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James Cleverly can break the UK's immigration deadlock

The person who did a job before you is not your responsibility – you aren’t to blame for their choices, nor can you change what happened on their...

28.11.2023 7

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Rishi Sunak's smart reshuffle has redrawn battle lines – and undermined Keir Starmer

“He was the future once.” David Cameron’s jibe, deployed in his first PMQs as leader of the opposition in 2005, had two effects: it signalled a...

13.11.2023 6

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Why, after 20 years and billions of pounds, is counter-terrorism not working in the UK?

The UK’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy – abbreviated as Contest – was launched 20 years ago, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. At the...

07.11.2023 5

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When it comes to WhatsApp, politicians live by different rules to the rest of us

Parliament and the nation have been told numerous times in recent years about the dangers of end-to-end encryption. It is a friend to terrorists. A...

31.10.2023 5

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When dictators like Putin and Lukashenko tell us who they are, we should listen

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – the leader of Belarus’s government in exile – became a famous dissident unexpectedly. In 2020, her husband, Sergei...

24.10.2023 5

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Keir Starmer is within touching distance of success - but will he blow his biggest test?

You will be unsurprised to learn that Wallace’s Laws of British Politics ™ run into the hundreds. Some are self-explanatory, such as: “Every...

10.10.2023 2

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Labour underestimate the Lib Dems at their peril – they could have 50 seats after the elections

Party conferences are an aspect of politics that are particularly hard to explain to political non-combatants. As a battle-scarred (and only slightly...

25.09.2023 3

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No plans, no policies: does anyone actually know what this Government is up to?

What do you know about what the Government is currently up to? It’s a genuine question, which illustrates a serious point about the current state of...

19.09.2023 6

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Let's not be naive, China won't stop its targeting of our country

News of alleged Chinese spies in Westminster may be shocking but it should not be surprising. Beijing has good reason to attempt to target the UK both...

11.09.2023 2

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