SARAH VINE says the chaos and incompetence over this week’s A-level results is the final betrayal

When my son sat GCSE mocks a few weeks into the spring term, I didn’t pay much attention — nor, I rather fear, did he. He was doing two of them early, in strong subjects for him: history and PE. His plan — like that of so many teenagers — was to treat the mocks … Read more

Trump takes aim at China accusing it of ‘mass worldwide killing’ by ‘incompetence’ over coronavirus

Donald Trump bashed China Wednesday morning for its ‘incompetence’ leading to worldwide deaths from the coronavirus pandemic – as the U.S. maintains the highest number of cases and deaths of any other country. ‘Some wacko in China just released a statement blaming everybody other than China for the Virus which has now killed hundreds of … Read more

Staggering incompetence of our public health fatcats

A couple of months back, the Taxpayers Alliance published what it called a Nanny State Rich List. It pointed out some extraordinary salaries being paid to various quango-crats keen on running campaigns urging us to use our phones less, have fewer soft drinks, pay punitive taxes on sugar and so on. Top of the league, … Read more

Staggering incompetence of our public health fatcats

A couple of months back, the Taxpayers Alliance published what it called a Nanny State Rich List. It pointed out some extraordinary salaries being paid to various quango-crats keen on running campaigns urging us to use our phones less, have fewer soft drinks, pay punitive taxes on sugar and so on. Top of the league, … Read more