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It takes a lot to unite Nigel Farage and Sir Ed Davey, but the Bank of England has managed it. Listen to this article The pair have both condemned the...
I rarely give much credit to Sir Keir Starmer, but he was right to stay out of the initial American and Israeli strikes last weekend, not least...
By James Hanson At the last general election, the front page of the Labour manifesto was simple. It featured a large photo of Sir Keir Starmer and a...
By James Hanson On my LBC show yesterday, we discussed the affordability crisis facing many young people in the UK today. It was provoked by the...
By James Hanson It gives me no pleasure to say this, but Donald Trump is right for once. The British government’s deal with Mauritius to hand over...
By James Hanson Oh how Sir Keir Starmer could do with remembering the words of Margaret Thatcher. During her speech to the 1980 Tory conference, she...
By James Hanson Given one of our favourite national pastimes is talking about the weather, you’d have thought we’d be a bit better at dealing...
By James Hanson Labour MPs will be glad to see the back of 2025. Over the course of the last 12 months, the government’s net approval has fallen ...
By James Hanson As a Londoner who’s both witnessed and been the victim of crime in the past year, there’s something especially galling about the...
By James Hanson What is it with local councils these days? First, a woman from London was fined £150 by Richmond Council for pouring the dregs of...
By James Hanson Welcome to Rachel Reeves’ Britain, where if it moves, the government will tax it. Having entered power 16 months ago with a pledge...
By James Hanson Almost everything wrong with Britain in 2025 can be traced back to one fact: our economy isn’t growing. According to the Resolution...
By James Hanson Has there ever been a trade union more spectacularly wrong about everything than the British Medical Association? It should tell you...
By James Hanson In a strong field, David Lammy might just be the most incompetent member of this shambolic government. As Foreign Secretary, he...
By James Hanson Once upon a time, the Conservative Party conference really mattered. Thousands of members travelled from all over the country for it....
By James Hanson Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Liverpool needing to fend off threats from two very different foes. To his left, a challenger from...
By James Hanson Is it just me, or have we been here before? A Labour PM under siege, a stagnant economy, stubbornly high inflation, militant trade...
By James Hanson There’s a crisis across the channel - and this time it’s got nothing to do with small boats. France has been plunged into fresh...
By James Hanson I love the tube. I use it every day and it remains the quickest, most convenient, and most quintessential way of getting around the...
17 July 2025, 14:24 | Updated: 17 July 2025, 14:29 By James Hanson Our economy is on the rocks, growth is non-existent, legal and illegal...