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Gavin Mortimer

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Starmer and Macron’s desperate bid for global relevance

Iran has declared that the Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open’ in an announcement that has been welcomed by Donald Trump. In response to the...

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The populist, the princess and a very French love story

Princess Maria Carolina de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles isn’t a name that rolls off the tongue – but it’s now on the lips of every socialite and...

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Europe must stay one step ahead to ‘smash the gangs’

Belgium is becoming the new point of departure for the gangs who traffic migrants across the Channel to England. It is reported that small boats are...

16.04.2026 10

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Bardella, the princess and a very French love story

Princess Maria Carolina de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles isn’t a name that rolls off the tongue – but it’s now on the lips of every socialite and...

14.04.2026 10

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France’s migration hypocrisy

Four migrants drowned in the Channel yesterday when they were swept away by strong currents. The two men and two women who died were among dozens of...

10.04.2026 10

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Céline Dion doesn’t do politics

It’s the most talked about comeback in France since Charles de Gaulle came out of retirement in 1958. The general may have launched the...

06.04.2026 10

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Britain should brace itself for a small boat surge

According to a report in the French press today, the border between France and the United Kingdom is ‘at risk of being left unprotected’. The...

30.03.2026 10

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Old France defies the far-left – but for how much longer?

The left achieved a rare success in Paris on Sunday with the victory of Emmanuel Grégoire in the capital’s mayoral election. The Socialist...

23.03.2026 10

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Marine Le Pen's rise seems unstoppable

The first round of voting in France’s municipal elections has laid bare the country’s deep fractures. In a turnout of 56 per cent yesterday, none...

16.03.2026 10

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Labour’s lawfare has broken British army morale

A French soldier was killed on Thursday evening in the Erbil region of Iraq. In announcing the death of chief warrant officer Arnaud Frion, President...

14.03.2026 10

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Who dares sins / Labour’s lawfare has broken British army morale

A French soldier was killed on Thursday evening in the Erbil region of Iraq. In announcing the death of chief warrant officer Arnaud Frion, President...

14.03.2026 10

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England’s rugby team and Labour are both set to lose

Humiliated, disparaged and the object of global scorn for their lily-livered incompetence. But enough about the England rugby team. Last week was...

13.03.2026 10

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Emmanuel Macron is having a good war

It is not just Donald Trump who believes Keir Starmer has failed to channel Winston Churchill. Now Cyprus have given the Prime Minister’s leadership...

06.03.2026 20

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Does Labour have the stomach for Mahmood’s asylum policy?

As of Monday, migrants arriving in Britain no longer have the right to claim permanent asylum. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has changed the rules so...

03.03.2026 20

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Why Europe is terrified of standing up to Iran

America’s war on Iran has revealed much about its allies. Israel is as steadfast as ever, as secretary of war Pete Hegseth pointed out on Monday....

03.03.2026 10

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Why Europe is terrified of standing up to Iran

America’s war on Iran has revealed much about its allies. Israel is as steadfast as ever, as secretary of war Pete Hegseth pointed out on Monday....

03.03.2026 20

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British politics is turning French

An editorial in Friday’s Le Figaro (France’s equivalent to the New York Times) is headlined “Mélenchon or the moral suicide of the left.” The...

28.02.2026 20

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Off-piste skiing is a middle-class folly

An avalanche in the French Alps claimed the lives of two skiers this week. In total, 30 skiers have lost their lives in one of the most...

27.02.2026 10

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The killing that has divided Washington and Paris

Washington’s warning last week about the spread of far-left violence in France did not go down well in Paris. In an interview on Sunday, France’s...

25.02.2026 10

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France can no longer ignore the menace of left-wing violence

Police in France arrested nine people on Tuesday evening in connection with the death of a 23-year-old student in Lyon last Thursday. Most of those in...

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France can no longer ignore the menace of left-wing violence

Police in France arrested nine people on Tuesday evening in connection with the death of a 23-year-old student in Lyon last Thursday. Most of those in...

18.02.2026 100

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Americans are erasing European culture

Did Mariah Carey mime or not when she headlined the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan? That was the main takeaway from last Friday’s...

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Americans are erasing European culture

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Epstein has brought down France’s Peter Mandelson

09.02.2026 10

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Why Macron has declared war on X

04.02.2026 10

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Football / Spare us Europe’s World Cup hypocrisy

28.01.2026 10

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Overlord / English protestors in Calais are the left’s useful idiots

28.01.2026 30

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Should trains have child-free carriages?

26.01.2026 30

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The EU vs the farmers

23.01.2026 10

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The EU vs the farmers

22.01.2026 20

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How Macron’s ‘macho’ act fell apart

20.01.2026 10

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Marine Le Pen is unstoppable

17.01.2026 20

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TikToks won’t stop illegal migration

13.01.2026 10

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The imposters who pretend to be heroes

09.01.2026 40

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France's revolting farmers could bring down Macron

08.01.2026 30

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Merci mission / George Clooney has been seduced by a French fantasy

07.01.2026 20

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Mission accomplished / Was Maduro’s capture the greatest special forces raid in history?

05.01.2026 50

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Britain has lost faith in Labour's plan to 'smash the gangs'

02.01.2026 40

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France is becoming a nation of sexless puritans

16.12.2025 10

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Prude awakening / France is becoming a nation of sexless puritans

15.12.2025 40

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Stopping the boats will be harder than Jordan Bardella thinks

12.12.2025 30

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Bardella and Le Pen are closer to power than ever before

10.12.2025 10

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David Lammy is wrong about Brexit and the EU

05.12.2025 10

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Weapons of war / Why the prospect of peace in Ukraine is troubling Macron

01.12.2025 20

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France’s military service rollout is about more than Russia

28.11.2025 10

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