Under intense pressure to get a grip after his party’s abysmal performance in the Hartlepool by-election and local elections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seeking tried-and-tested talent. A new key appointee is Deborah Mattinson as director of strategy. Supporters point to her work as pollster and strategist for former Labour leaders including Neil Kinnock, … Read more
Is an elephant a person? Most people would give you a straightforward no to that question. But New York’s highest court will soon hear arguments from campaigners that Happy, a 50-year- old female Asian elephant at Bronx Zoo, should be given some of the rights of a legal person. The campaigners don’t think that Happy … Read more
Is an elephant a person? Most people would give you a straightforward no to that question. But New York’s highest court will soon hear arguments from campaigners that Happy, a 50-year- old female Asian elephant at Bronx Zoo, should be given some of the rights of a legal person. The campaigners don’t think that Happy … Read more
Common sense has now been defeated in this country. There is really nowhere to turn if you still believe in it. For years, many have assumed that a reasonable, conservative, Christian view of life was still upheld in several important places. But they have been wrong. The Long March of the Left through the institutions … Read more
Just two weeks ago the European Parliament finally ratified our agreement with the EU. Now we can start to make it work. This agreement gives us full control over our own laws, courts, borders and money. It ends alignment with the EU and thereby gives us freedom to reach trade agreements with the rest of the … Read more
Prince Harry’s brutal attack on his dad’s parenting ability in a US podcast this week has many royal watchers speculating that relations between Prince Charles and the Sussexes have hit rock bottom. But the heir to the throne remains determined to find a way back into the royal fold for his wayward son and wife … Read more
Prince Harry’s brutal attack on his dad’s parenting ability in a US podcast this week has many royal watchers speculating that relations between Prince Charles and the Sussexes have hit rock bottom. But the heir to the throne remains determined to find a way back into the royal fold for his wayward son and wife … Read more
Boris Johnson told Parliament this week there will be a full public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. It’s something many people have been demanding for many months. But the reaction was sceptical at best, cynical at worst. Nobody doubts the need for an inquiry. The Covid death toll in this country has passed … Read more
Boris Johnson told Parliament this week there will be a full public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. It’s something many people have been demanding for many months. But the reaction was sceptical at best, cynical at worst. Nobody doubts the need for an inquiry. The Covid death toll in this country has passed … Read more
However tricky the past few months have been, however much I’ve longed to see my family or spend time with friends, whatever difficulties my children may have encountered through missed schooling or isolation, one thing I shall be eternally grateful for is that no one I love appears in this picture. Not my parents, who … Read more