Ukraine is now winning the war, but I fear it will lose the peace
Limited wars end in negotiations. Therefore, unless the Russo-Ukraine conflict takes a calamitous turn that engulfs us all, jaw jaw, as Winston Churchill said, will replace war…
Britain cannot afford chaos at its ports
P &O Ferries is, by some measures, a strategically important company to the UK. It handled about 15 per cent of all freight cargo in and out…
Have the Tories finally found their star to knock Labour off its anti-racism high horse?
Unveiling the Government’s plan for tackling race inequality was never going to be a cakewalk for Kemi Badenoch. When the Sewell Report was first published, Labour’s Clive…
How Putin’s phoney war on woke fooled the populist Right – and Left
It’s hard to articulate moral principles when you’re shelling hospitals, but Vladimir Putin has been doing his best. In his latest televised address, he listed the values…
C’est si bon! Joanna Lumley falling in love with Paris is the pick-me-up TV we all need
Bonjour, my gorgeous darlings. We’re watching Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World (ITV), and this first episode is in Paris. Oh, it’s heavenly. Divine. Just look…
Next BBC political editor to be a woman as broadcaster settles on all-female shortlist
The next BBC political editor is almost certainly going to be a woman, after the corporation settled on an all-female shortlist for the £260,000 a year role….
Sheikh shuts down P&O Ferries in battle with unions
Ministers were first told about P&O’s decision to sack staff on Wednesday night. It is a major embarrassment for Mr Johnson and comes just hours after he…
Arnold Schwarzenegger invokes his ‘broken’ Nazi father as he tells Russian soldiers ‘Putin lied to you’
Arnold Schwarzenegger has made an impassioned attempt to tell Russian soldiers, and the Russian people, the truth about the war in Ukraine. Describing himself as a “longtime…
Sick Douglas Ross races to recover ahead of Scottish Tory conference to avoid Boris Johnson ‘snub’
Douglas Ross is determined to overcome illness to attend Boris Johnson’s speech at the Scottish Tory conference on Friday over fears his absence would be viewed as…
Will Douglas Ross’s truce with Boris Johnson croak, like his voice? Only time will tell
There will be more croaks than jokes on Friday when Boris Johnson and Douglas Ross meet to smooth the serious rift that exists between them. The Prime…
Taxes have reached ‘high water mark’ under the Conservatives, vows Oliver Dowden
A recruitment drive for new candidates from outside London and the south east will start to find the “very best people”. Candidate assessments will be carried out…
Ukraine tells Europe: If Joe Biden can call Vladimir Putin a war criminal, so can you
However, some analysts suggested that Mr Biden’s remark may have “cost a lot of people their lives” by jeopardising ongoing peace negotiations with Russia. Harry Kazianis, a…
Macron to seize energy firms and ramp up defence spending to €50bn to boost France’s ‘independence’
He later confirmed he intended to raise the state’s stake in electricity utility EDF. France, which owns 84 per cent of EDF, had reportedly been mulling on…
Russia planning lightning advance to encircle Ukrainian army and claim victory
Dr Kaushal told The Telegraph that any subsequent advance would not be easy for the Russians, adding: “The warship shelling of Odesa reported on Thursday and amphibious…
Sadiq Khan: Met officers who strip searched black teenager should be charged with gross misconduct
Police officers who strip searched a black schoolgirl while she was on her period should be sacked if they are found guilty of wrongdoing, Sadiq Khan has…
Labour MP pulls out of Nigel Farage’s anti-net zero rally
A Labour MP has pulled out of Nigel Farage’s rally against net zero after pressure from the party’s leadership. Graham Stringer was set to appear at the…
Angela Rayner burst into tears after trolls blamed her for killing of Tory MP Sir David Amess
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner “burst into tears” and was left “scared out of her wits” after being blamed over the alleged murder of Sir David Amess,…
Teaching of race ideology in schools is ‘absolutely terrifying’, warns minister
The teaching of race ideology in schools is “absolutely terrifying”, the equalities minister has said, as she warns that children should not be asked to take the…
Boris Johnson has increased taxes as much as New Labour did, says IFS
The IFS report said: “If the Chancellor’s plans remain unchanged, next month will mark the beginning of a steep ascent in the path of UK taxation. “It…
Rebellion plot over Priti Patel’s ‘immoral’ plan to process migrants offshore
As many as 50 Conservative MPs will next week try to force the Home Office to drop plans to process asylum seekers’ claims outside of the UK….
Russians target Priti Patel and Ben Wallace with fake video calls
Explaining how the call was set up, Mr Wallace said: “A government department referred me to a request for a phone call with the Ukrainian prime minister,…
‘My £180k portfolio is shrinking – how can I generate more income from my investments?’
Donald Brown, investment manager at Brewin Dolphin, said: Mr Steer has several holdings in his portfolio, so at first sight it looks very diversified. But the underlying…
Spooked lenders pull long-term mortgage deals
Lenders have pulled their long-term mortgage deals to stop homebuyers locking in cheap repayments as they prepare for further increases in interest rates by the Bank of…
What rising interest rates mean for house prices
Now that the Bank Rate has risen to 0.75pc, if lenders immediately pass the increase onto mortgage borrowers, the monthly costs would rise to just over 43pc…
Questor: this China trust has halved but is not going to fall further – it’s time to buy
He was speaking before yesterday’s strong recovery, when the trust’s shares gained 16pc as part of a wider rally following intervention by Beijing. China’s State Council said…