I so sympathise with this after getting a silly quote for a skiing holiday this year- which was about the price of a modest family car. Told them to stuff it and we headed off for winter sun in Gran Canaria for a 1/3 of the cost... spectator.co.uk/article/why-th…

The Labour Party has long ceased to be the party of the working class. It is now overwhelmingly the political project of the metropolitan middle classes, especially those in the public sector or with institutions, including the law, charities, quangos, NGOs, that feed off public

#OnThisDay in 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared 8th May as Victory in Europe Day. Later today we will mark the 80th anniversary of #VEDay at the National Memorial Arboretum. Follow us throughout the day as we pay tribute to the Second World War generation.

Wow

One of several reasons not to get carried away by today's better UK GDP data... 👇 The more timely business surveys suggest that the recovery in the private sector has already lost momentum, with April looking grim again 👇

The Lord of the Rings gave me my moral compass spectator.co.uk/article/the-lo…

Quite a visual metaphor that one…

Conservatives now 4th. We are getting to an inflection point where the Tory vote may simply disintegrate. Problem is that removing Kemi is no answer to this- unless you can change recent history at the same time

Patrick O’Flynn will be greatly missed spectator.co.uk/article/my-fri…

Now do Rings of Power

Oh, this is wonderful writing and jollity on a stick: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

Good morning from actress Niv Sultan, who plays the lead as Mossad agent operating inside Iran in the hit Apple TV series “Tehran”.

What a beautiful piece of writing. Astonishing portrait of Starmer which both friend and foe should read newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…

I agree- Labour and the Bank of England are on a collision course: The Bank of England is increasingly out of touch with economic reality capx.co/the-bank-of-en… via CapX

Great article. Fraser Nelson confirms my view that we are indeed living in a pre-revolutionary era. We are on the edge of changes even more seismic than 1979 thetimes.com/comment/column…

Britain as a failed administrative state? The idea is not as mad as it sounds… telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…

Amen brother ... capx.co/clarksons-farm… via CapX

What's particularly distasteful about #Glastonbury2025 is how hate - in particular Jew hate, but also hatred of Conservatives, the Armed Forces and so on - has been monetised by the pop industry, the festival organisers and their acolytes. Big Tech, Big Pharma... Big Hate.

Glastonbury is becoming more hate filled every year. It’s sad to see.

Oh look! Does Mossad really fly around Iran in an airoplane marked MOSSAD wearing special Mossad suits?