Andrew Neil

Sweden will offer migrants £25,000 to move back to their home countries. Yes, that's right, Sweden. The self-styled 'humanitarian superpower' with its 'open heart' towards refugees.

In the run-up to the General Election , Rachel Reeves boasted repeatedly of her qualifications for being Chancellor, even liberally embellishing her CV to bolster her credentials.

Working one day less a week and enjoying a three-day weekend, it must be admitted, does have its attractions. But it's important to realise what is being demanded.

Elon Musk and Dominic Cummings are in cahoots to upend British politics as we've known it, bringing down Keir Starmer in the process.

What a difference a year makes! Last January Rachel Reeves arrived at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos to be feted by its financial 'Masters of the Universe' and world leaders alike.

Today's inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States could not be more different from when he was sworn in as the 45th President eight long years ago.

'The Golden Age of America begins right now,' Donald Trump asserted right at the start of his inauguration address under the Capitol Rotunda.

Labour ministers must have watched Donald Trump's inauguration speech last Monday through their fingers and with mounting dread.

The Reeves plan will fail because it's based on the belief that Government generates growth rather than the animal spirits of a vibrant private sector - spirits she snuffed out in her first Budget.

It was five years ago this week that the first folk on British soil - two Chinese nationals staying in a York hotel, as it happens - tested positive for coronavirus.