Yesterday’s historic Dutch election victory for Geert Wilders is nothing short of seismic. After 25 years as The Netherlands’ political bogeyman, Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) has won 37 of 150 parliamentary seats, well ahead of his nearest rival (ex-EU commissioner Frans Timmermans’ left-wing alliance) on just 25. For Wilders, 60, this is a far cry […]
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Our present Chancellor follows a long line of predecessors who have spent their time in office talking big but in action have simply tinkered at the edges. I feel a sense of déjà vu when I hear and read comments coming out of Downing Street about the forthcoming Autumn Statement. Over the last few months we have
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A week may indeed be a long time in politics, but if recent events are anything to go by it’s also roughly the life expectancy of a conservative Home Secretary in the Rishi Sunak era of non-conservatism. Yes Suella Braverman is out, after she suicidally refused to lie about the extent of two-tier policing, the
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As predicted two days ago, it was inevitable that Rishi Sunak would cave in to outside pressure and sack Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Weak leaders have a habit of choosing the greater of two evils, and the writing’s usually on the wall when a Prime Minister expresses their ‘confidence’ in a colleague. Fearing a revolt
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(Photograph: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) In the aftermath of her Wednesday piece in The Times (‘Police must be even-handed with protests’), there’s every likelihood that Suella Braverman’s stint as Home Secretary could be coming to an end. As Rishi Sunak deliberates on whether to sack her, it’s important to note
Israel begins its final preparations for an expected ground assault into Gaza. Yet while the conflict has been created by an atrocious act of terror, it is Israel which is forced to defend itself from the liberal criticism of western voices determined to prevent Israeli forces exacting retribution on Hamas and creating the security conditions
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Political nicknames are not always on point. But in the case of Keir Starmer, the soubriquets of ‘Flipflop’ and ‘Captain Hindsight’ could hardly be closer to the money. In fact, there’s rarely been a politician more willing to straddle both sides of the fence than Sir Keir. On the issue of the Israel-Palestine war however,
(Photograph: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) That small strip of land to the west of England which self-identifies as a country has struck yet another blow for abject stupidity. Of course, I am referring to Wales. For sheer comedy value, Wales truly takes the Welsh Cake. It aspires
On Wednesday evening, thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors congregated to pray in support of Gaza. Roads were blocked off, and the adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) was broadcast at a dizzying volume. Where was this you might ask? Just outside Downing Street of course – where else? The demonstration was revealing more for what didn’t
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(Photograph: Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Unlike the Tory and Labour pilgrimages up north, last Saturday’s Reform UK Party Conference was held closer to Westminster, at London’s prestigious Hilton Metropole. While the British media did not appear particularly interested, the turnout was certainly more enthusiastic than the Conservative sojourn in Manchester,
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