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Stephen Daisley

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Against the death penalty, even for Axel Rudakubana

24.01.2025 2

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Axel Rudakubana should never have been free to kill

22.01.2025 7

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Nine reasons why Trump means business this time

Nine reasons why Trump means business this time
22.01.2025 20

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It’s no surprise that democracy is losing its appeal

It’s no surprise that democracy is losing its appeal
15.01.2025 8

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Devolution is shortchanging England

The English taxpayer is not the primary audience for the Scottish government’s annual Budget, but one wonders what they might make of today’s...

04.12.2024 1

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The slippery slope to the return of the death penalty

Parliament has voted to proceed with Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, which will see the NHS offer terminally ill people the opportunity...

30.11.2024 3

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Britain has a blasphemy law in all but name

Anyone outraged by Labour MP Tahir Ali calling on the government to introduce blasphemy laws has clearly not been paying attention, for there are...

28.11.2024 3

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Why Scots are less angry than the English

The Scots have long been stereotyped as dour, miserable whingers, and we finally have proof that this is pure slander. Ailsa Henderson, a political...

26.11.2024 4

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The International Criminal Court must fall

The arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant should be the last the International...

22.11.2024 5

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Democrats don’t need their own Joe Rogan

One of the new cliches of American politics is that progressives need their own Joe Rogan. The comedian turned podcaster has an audience that is...

15.11.2024 7

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How will progressives explain Amsterdam’s latest anti-semitic violence?

Since the scenes of Jews being hunted, beaten and kicked as they lay on the ground pleading for mercy in Amsterdam, antisemites have sought excuse,...

12.11.2024 5

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Liberals, wake up

Whenever Jews are killed or beaten, on 7 October or last night in Amsterdam, well-meaning sorts solemnly intone that this latest outrage must be a...

08.11.2024 3

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Will Democrats blame Israel for Kamala Harris’s defeat?

One of the few western nations where public opinion was in favour of Donald Trump returning to the White House is Israel. Israelis trust him as the...

06.11.2024 1

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My unsolicited advice to Kemi Badenoch

If there are two things new leaders of political parties dread, it’s unsolicited advice and Scotland. The advice because, even when it’s helpful,...

02.11.2024 2

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Make Halloween scary again

It was the early evening of 31 October and I was three years old, sitting in the living room with Mum, on the brink of bedtime, when I turned to...

30.10.2024 10

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Is Russell Findlay the Kemi Badenoch of Scotland?

When Russell Findlay stood to be Scottish Conservative leader, he talked the familiar language of ‘change’. I predicted that this would translate...

29.10.2024 1

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What Fight Club got right

There are three great makers of popular man-art working in Hollywood today – Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan and David Fincher – and all three...

26.10.2024 1

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Murray Foote’s departure is yet another blow to the SNP

The SNP just can’t catch a break. The party is still reeling from a catastrophic general election result, a backlash over its decision to mimic...

18.10.2024 1

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Scotland / The SNP will regret expelling John Mason

You might have missed the news that the SNP has expelled one of its MSPs, announced as it was following the death of Alex Salmond. John Mason has...

16.10.2024 1

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Rebel respected / Salmond’s critics can’t ignore his lasting legacy

When he lost his Gordon seat in the 2017 general election, Alex Salmond told his count and those watching – friend and foe – that ‘you’ve not...

12.10.2024 1

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The SNP is in a donations row of its own

The thing about being holier than thou is that you actually have to be holier. Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s leader at Westminster, has made much of...

09.10.2024 1

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What the West could learn from Israel

A brief update from Agence France Presse underscores the shift in power in the Middle East. The report, citing a German source, tells us that Joe...

09.10.2024 20

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Britain should just join the United States

Ruth Cadbury is hard at work campaigning for Kamala Harris ahead of November’s presidential election. It’s what you might expect from a...

04.10.2024 10

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Iran launches a missile attack on Israel

Iranian missiles are slicing through the evening sky over Tel Aviv as Tehran responds to the killing of Hezbollah leader and terrorist mastermind...

01.10.2024 3

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This is Israel’s greatest victory since the Six-Day War

There is a satirical Israeli song from the Second Lebanon War, ‘Yalla Ya Nasrallah’, with the chorus: ‘Come on, oh Nasrallah/we’ll fuck you...

28.09.2024 2

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Israel goes for Hezbollah’s leadership

Israel has carried out a daring air strike against Hezbollah’s headquarters. The Islamist terror group’s underground command centre, located...

27.09.2024 1

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You reap what you sow, Sir Keir

The public response to Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers accepting gifts from Labour donors and others has been what you might expect: rhymes with...

27.09.2024 3

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Why is Labour so puritanical?

Can you be a progressive without being po-faced? I wonder sometimes, especially when I read that public health minister Andrew Gwynne is considering...

24.09.2024 2

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Is Scottish Labour really back?

Labour’s first conference from government in 14 years might not be taking place against an ideal backdrop, with the Prime Minister and other...

24.09.2024 2

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No, Rich Lowry didn’t say the N-word

Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review, is being cancelled for calling Haitian immigrants the N-word. One problem: he didn’t. Lowry was...

21.09.2024 7

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Now we know how Keir Starmer will fall

After coasting his way to No. 10, Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership has got off to a pretty cursed start. Some of this wasn’t his fault, such as...

17.09.2024 1

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The real significance of the winter fuel row

The question of whether to scrap winter fuel payments to all but the poorest retirees is a very British debate, in that it’s any sort of debate at...

10.09.2024 4

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The Greens are turning on the SNP

The SNP hasn’t wanted for its woes lately but now there is fresh trouble on the way. Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, tells the BBC...

08.09.2024 3

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Centrist dads / Why are people so shocked that Starmer isn’t perfect?

The 1997 Christmas special of The Mrs Merton Show probably doesn’t feature in many people’s formative political memories, but it remains with me...

30.08.2024 2

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The Scottish Conservatives leadership race is surprisingly interesting

Something interesting is happening in the Scottish Conservative leadership election, and while I appreciate you might be sceptical about the...

24.08.2024 4

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The SNP is learning there’s no such thing as a free lunch

During his time as Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond was accused by the Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont of fostering a ‘something...

21.08.2024 1

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Will Russell Findlay be a ‘fighter’?

Russell Findlay has launched his bid to be the next Scottish Tory leader as the party descends into a civil war over the propriety of the electoral...

19.08.2024 3

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Are Scottish nationalists having delusions of grandeur?

The Scottish nationalists are aggrieved. What’s new, I hear you ask. Well, a diplomatic row, one which has prompted some decidedly undiplomatic...

15.08.2024 1

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The oldest hatred is thriving in Britain

Britain’s antisemitism problem continues to grow. A report from the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that monitors racist attacks and...

09.08.2024 1

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Murdo Fraser’s plan for Scotland

With just 24 hours until nominations open in the Scottish Conservative leadership contest, Murdo Fraser has stuck his hand up. That makes six...

07.08.2024 2

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The UN would have Israel accept attacks on its citizens

The slaughter of 12 children on an Israeli soccer pitch was awful, of course, but it’s important not to overreact to these things. That is the...

29.07.2024 1

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Keir Starmer has just made his first misstep as Prime Minister

In dodging calls from his party to remove the two-child cap, Sir Keir Starmer is making one of his first noteworthy mistakes as Prime Minister....

22.07.2024 1

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Israel hits back at Houthi drone attack

Operation Long Arm, the code name for Israel’s counter-terror strikes in Yemen, sends a message almost as forceful as the payload of its F-15s....

21.07.2024 2

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Europe should prepare for President Vance

Foreign policy will have been low on Donald Trump’s list of considerations when deciding to anoint J. D. Vance as his running mate. The Ohio...

17.07.2024 3

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The National is a paper in need of help

Since its launch in Scotland in 2014, the National newspaper has made a name for itself for several reasons, none of them particularly good. It is...

16.07.2024 3

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What explains Trump’s silence?

As the Democrats go into a very public meltdown about Joe Biden’s fitness to be their presidential candidate in November, there is an unusual...

11.07.2024 1

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