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Simon Heffer

Brisbane Times

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Why Britain can’t keep a prime minister

Why Britain can’t keep a prime minister

The favourite to succeed, Andy Burnham, seems to believe in nothing: he has tended to go along with the policies of whoever was leading his party at...

23.06.2026 20

Financial Review

Simon Heffer

Henry Nowak’s death is time’s up for Britain’s anti-racism obsession

It is appalling that this harmless young man should have had to die to alert the British government and public sector to the lethal dangers of their...

04.06.2026 10

Financial Review

Simon Heffer

The end of Andrew? Yes. The end of the Crown? Hardly

The black sheep of the royal family is in such outer darkness that he appears almost entirely dissociated from them. They will brush the dirt off and...

20.02.2026 20

Financial Review

Simon Heffer

Nanny-state health-and-safety fascism is shutting down British pubs

To drive around England, urban and rural, these days is to see an epidemic of recently closed boozers.

09.01.2026 20

Financial Review

Simon Heffer

Why Enoch Powell’s ghost is haunting politics in the UK and Australia

The Conservative English politician was gravely concerned about the effect of uncontrolled migration by people from different cultures.

12.10.2025 10

Financial Review

Simon Heffer

From Brexit to border chaos, Britain’s patience has snapped

The UK government has admitted the protesters against illegal immigration aren’t generally racist, they are just British people who feel ignored and...

29.09.2025 20

Financial Review

Simon Heffer

UK’s Afghan cover-up shows why no one trusts politicians

The row over the secret resettlement of thousands of Afghans highlights the shambles Labour has made of illegal migration.

18.07.2025 10

Financial Review

Simon Heffer