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On this day: The resignation of Margaret Thatcher

On this day: The resignation of Margaret Thatcher

(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On 28 November 1990, Margaret Thatcher left Downing Street for the last time, leaving the United...

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The Ajax scandal is worse than embarrassing

The Ajax scandal is worse than embarrassing
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Is Keir Starmer trying to hard to be a human being?

Is Keir Starmer trying to hard to be a human being?

(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Starmer’s cringe-making video address to his son for International Men’s Day only served to underline how odd...

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Under threat / Russia’s spy ship is a warning to Britain – but are we ready?

19.11.2025 7

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Labour: what the hell is going on?

Labour: what the hell is going on?

Kyle places tech as a key leaver for economic growth Against a backdrop of catastrophic briefings and an upcoming Budget doom, contenders are vying...

18.11.2025 3

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On this day: Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

On this day: Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

OVIEDO, SPAIN - OCTOBER 24: (L-R) Internet pioneers Vinton Cerf, Lawrence Roberts, Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee attend a media...

13.11.2025 4

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The ECHR is destroying British army morale

The ECHR is destroying British army morale
11.11.2025 10

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Prince Harry’s love letter to Britishness is thin gruel

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Photo by Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Prince Harry has never posed as a deep thinker, but his paean to...

11.11.2025 3

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Is the British Army right to invest in new battle tanks?

06.11.2025 7

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On this day: The Gunpowder Plot

5th November 1605, English conspirator Guy Fawkes (1570 - 1606) is arrested whilst attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in protest against...

06.11.2025 2

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Trump’s nuclear weapons testing is a dangerous idea

04.11.2025 3

The Spectator

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Is Nigel Farage right about Bank of England independence?

Nigel Farage has vowed to make sweeping spending cuts before introducing tax cuts if Reform get elected into government. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty...

04.11.2025 7

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Don’t take away Andrew’s Falklands medal

03.11.2025 3

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Why Christians should celebrate Halloween

31.10.2025 6

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Why is the army’s top brass waging war on private members’ clubs?

31.10.2025 10

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Is Keir Starmer right to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey?

28.10.2025 6

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Why are we even considering China’s ‘super-embassy’?

A protester at a demonstration at the proposed site of China's embassy. One day the story of China’s “super-embassy”, whether it is built or...

28.10.2025 4

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On this day: Big Bang hits the Square Mile

On this day, 27 October 1986: Big Bang hits the Square Mile, and changes the City forever. Eliot Wilson takes us through the financial revolution By...

28.10.2025 4

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Keir Starmer can’t blame the cabinet secretary for his own failures

22.10.2025 6

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On this day: Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar

The Royal Navy ship of the line and flag ship of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson the HMS Victory flying the famous signal "England expects that every man...

22.10.2025 9

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Inflation has doubled under Reeves and she has no plan to bring it down

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing difficulty in limiting government borrowing. Inflation is the unseen robber that diminishes our savings and...

21.10.2025 30

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On this day in 1814: The London Beer Flood

Customers and staff in a London pub, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On this day in 1814, the perils of drink would show...

18.10.2025 7

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Nato is far too complacent about Russian drones

16.10.2025 30

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Don’t raise a glass to Starmer’s plan for pubs

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, pulls a pint of beer at the Tower Hill Brewdog pub on July 6, 2020 in London,...

14.10.2025 8

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A judge has finally seen sense over the SAS’s ambush of three IRA men

10.10.2025 3

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On this day: Fox News hits our screens

On this day in 1996, Rupert Murdoch launched Fox News Channel and changed the American news landscape, writes Eliot Wilson Thirty years ago, 20th...

08.10.2025 6

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Conservative Party Conference: What can we expect?

Despite the naysayers, party conferences are not meaningless, so what can we expect from the Tories at Conservative Party Conference 2025? Eliot...

07.10.2025 3

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Kemi Badenoch finally has something to announce. But is anyone listening?

06.10.2025 8

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Will Europe put its money where its mouth is for Ukraine?

02.10.2025 4

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On This Day: Britain asks the IMF for a loan

English Labour Party politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey (1917 – 2015) at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton on 3rd...

01.10.2025 10

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On this day: The Bill of Rights is set in motion

On this day in 1789, the Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification. With the right to free speech still hotly contested 300 years later,...

30.09.2025 3

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Could Andy Burnham actually unseat Keir Starmer?

Andy Burnham has made a bold threat to Keir Starmer, but could he actually unseat the Prime Minister? Eliot Wilson takes a look It is hard to think...

30.09.2025 10

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On this day: Profumo proves the cover up is always worse than the crime

27th July 1963: Mandy Rice-Davies (1944 – ) who rose to fame for her part in the ‘Profumo Affair’ sits in a car with Christine Keeler (1942 –...

27.09.2025 8

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End of Trump’s state visit is no time for Britain to relax

AYLESBURY, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump talks at a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at...

23.09.2025 8

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Will Britain ever join the EU’s defence loan scheme?

19.09.2025 9

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Healey’s Palantir deal is a major boost for Britain’s army

18.09.2025 4

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If Tony Radakin couldn’t reform the MoD, who can?

16.09.2025 20

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Siddiq, Rayner, Mandelson: Starmer has proven himself a disastrous judge of character

Angela Rayner and Lord Mandelson are just the latest examples of Starmer’s erring judgement when it comes to character, writes Eliot Wilson Last...

16.09.2025 4

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Will Trump trip up Nigel Farage?

GOODYEAR, ARIZONA – OCTOBER 28: British politician Nigel Farage (R) praises U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear...

09.09.2025 6

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On this day in 1888: The Football League kicks off

Circa 1680, an early version of football (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Today in 1888, Aston Villa came to an anticlimactic 1-1 draw against...

09.09.2025 30

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On this day: The worst blazes of the Great Fire of London

A 120-metre long wooden model of London’s 17th-century skyline burns on the River Thames after it was set alight in a dramatic retelling of the...

05.09.2025 10

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Norway’s warship order is a boost for Britain’s defence industry

02.09.2025 4

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A Treasury reshuffle on the eve of a Budget is a bad sign for Reeves

Tax-loving Torsten Bell has been handed responsibility for economic policy Handing responsibility for the economy to a man who was director of...

02.09.2025 10

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Why a peacekeeping buffer zone in Ukraine won’t work

30.08.2025 9

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The Tories would never get away with Angela Rayner's hypocrisy - she should resign

29.08.2025 7

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