Daniel Hannan

Until recently, you'd have assumed that the banks were more interested in profit than in posturing. And you would have been shocked at their refusal to invest in defence firms or allow them any services.

Rachel Reeves ' budget will come to be understood as the turning point, the moment when the post-1979 consensus was abandoned.

The challenge will be winning over voters attracted by an angrier style while still looking like a prime minister in waiting

Sometimes, you need to live abroad to appreciate what is special about this country.

A moment's thought reveals the flaw. The traffickers do not provoke the demand; they service it. The root cause of the influx is the desire of young men from poorer countries to reach Britain.

For Sir Keir Starmer, this is the worst possible result. Donald Trump is the most thin-skinned politician on the planet, and determines his foreign policy on the basis of whether other leaders suck up to him.

Britons! Know your place! If Donald Trump imposes tariffs on EU exports , you must suffer, too! We may not have shown you much love these past eight years, but we expect your loyalty!

Donald Trump is signalling that he is open to the kind of trade deal that successive British governments have been pushing for for 40 years. Will Labour grab his offer?

Yvette Cooper's immigration strategy is based on a lie. A powerful lie, a comforting lie, a lie that she may well have come to believe herself. But a lie none the less.

Trump may make sensible decisions on deregulation, but his is morally unfit. Starmer may be doing dreadful damage to Britain, but he is not wicked. If we can't hold such ideas in our heads, we are already devils.