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Why the migrant crisis will shortly affect British seas – and possibly the EU...
The crisis that that has hit Italy and Turkey will come to the coast of Dover, sooner or later, and pro-European politicians should be particularly worried. For Conservative prime ministers, trouble...
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A shift towards Brexit? Don't bet on it
There is reason to be sceptical of the surge to Leave, says Peter Kellner. Here is a mid-course correction. Two weeks ago I argued that telephone polls are providing a better guide than online...
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Sometimes, it is the patient who makes the doctor feel better
I walked through the waiting room, out of the front door, and found Alan basking in the sunshine with Jess, his black Labrador, at his feet. Out-of-hours work had been busy the night before and I was...
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A Marxist at ITV, the Hitch’s deathbed “conversion” and the antibiotic...
The week in the media, from drugs to pub irregulars. Did Christopher Hitchens, the famous atheist and raconteur, throw in his lot with the deity at the last minute? Larry Taunton, an American...
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Tories fail to block police probe into election fraud allegations in Thanet...
A judge has granted police more time to investigate Conservative expenses in the Kent constituency during the general election. The Conservative MP for Thanet South has failed in his bid to stop...
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The new X Factor line-up of old faces proves the show is beyond even nostalgia
When will someone give The X Factor a Do Not Resuscitate order? This morning, The X Factor announced which judges will be returning for the 13th season: Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, Nicole...
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How Jeremy Corbyn will use workers rights to keep Britain in the European Union
The Labour leader will "go heavy" on workers' rights in a speech on the European debate. How do you get six million Labour voters to keep a Conservative Prime Minister in their job? That’s the...
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If the Tory rebels can’t deprive David Cameron of office, they will deprive...
The Prime Minister would survive a confidence vote but the Brexiters could wreck his agenda. The parliamentary office of Graham Brady contains one of the most closely guarded secrets in Westminster....
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Do we want to drift towards a Tory Brexit, or make the case to end austerity...
On 24 June, we will still have a Tory government. That means if we vote for Brexit, we're also likely to be voting for more Tory cuts. The referendum campaign so far has been mainly focused on the...
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Labour’s BBC beef intensifies as Jeremy Corbyn supporters boo and hiss Laura...
Audience members at the Labour leader's EU speech had a hostile reaction towards the BBC political editor doing her job. It's no secret that Jeremy Corbyn sees the BBC as biased against him. He spelt...
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Jeremy Corbyn's speech on Europe was cleverer than you think
Jeremy Corbyn's difficult balancing act puts the Remain campaign under pressure - but keeps the Labour show on the road. What do Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron want out of the European Union? The...
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The story of Brad and Jenny: why boyfriends humiliate girlfriends for social...
Brad Holmes rubs chilli on his girlfriend Jenny Davies’ tampon and becomes a media sensation – but why does she put up with it? Jenny Davies is “Britain’s stupidest female”. At least, that’s what the...
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Commons confidential: Band of Benns
People are sniggering at Hilary Benn's “St Crispin’s Day speeches”. But who are the chief gigglers?The sound of suppressed tittering can be heard at shadow cabinet meetings every time Hilary Benn...
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Leader: The IMF smashes its own consensus
IMF researchers have concluded that the neoliberal consensus has often done more harm than good. For the government, their results on austerity and the state will make for uncomfortable reading. For...
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A nature lover? Only if there are people around me at all times
People often seek out nature because they want solitude. The truth is, I like people. I set off for a walk in the rain the other day, zipped up in a waterproof and determined to enjoy it, having just...
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Why, after years of gay-free cartoons, I can’t get excited about Finding...
Disney can’t be lauded as heroes for, all of a sudden, being fine with an entire section of the world’s population. On first viewing, I managed to completely miss the supposed lesbians in the...
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Karen was tiny, pretty, 21 years old – and lived under Waterloo bridge
After Karen died, her family told me she wasn’t really homeless, and she “liked a lot of boys”. I met Karen ten years ago. She was 21 years old – tiny, pretty, a blonde. She lived under Waterloo...
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The Home Office still has questions to answer on the Snooper's Charter
Changes so far deal with small points of language, rather than the technical or cost issues consistently raised by critics. The Investigatory Powers Bill has now received a full going-over by the...
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What's the opposite of eyecatching? Whatever it is, that's the new Warcraft film
With the cheapest-looking CGI and crummiest sets ever to have reached the screen, it's up to the plot to save Warcraft: The Beginning. . . The science-fiction chamber piece Moon was so good that it...
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When Paul McCartney opens up in a radio interview, he delights
The 73-year-old McCartney was stupendous, not to mention uncharacteristically straight, on Mastertapes. For a musician who has long held the conviction that revealing too much in an interview is wrong...
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