Labour’s hypocrisy on immigration is now exposed for all to see
Unless the Government slashes net migration, its pledge to end the housing crisis is a total sham

Unless the Government slashes net migration, its pledge to end the housing crisis is a total sham
The Energy Secretary’s ambitions are racing beyond the real world limitations of the National Grid
And the end of free passage for Iran to supply Hezbollah is more than welcome
Tavistock whistleblowers and the Cass Review reshaped care for transgender children in the UK. In the States, the veil is slowly lifting
Far from seeking growth, the Prime Minister’s policies seem likely to maintain the “managed decline” he condemned earlier this week
The courts and public opinion have turned against a project that has advanced the opposite of equality
Plus: Holding Assad to account; new nuclear power plants; drugs to tackle obesity; Notre-Dame’s example; more GPs; and home fires burning
It would be best to be on guard for the unforeseen consequences of Assad’s departure
The contrast between the president-elect’s energetic diplomatic manoeuvres and Joe Biden’s disappearance couldn’t be more striking
We may be at a point in our politics last seen 100 years ago: a major party could be swept away by an upstart
Gozen Soydag lost her job at a Catholic school for expressing her Christian beliefs. Had she been a Muslim, would they have sacked her?
Why do we all assume that Putin’s capacity for endurance is infinite?
The Syrian civil war could have been ended years ago had the former president not failed to act on his ‘red line’
Mandarins are quite happy to design schemes to give away taxpayer money but are less interested in knowing how it is spent
If we are to start with an honest analysis of the real and damaging divisions within our society, we cannot simply point the finger
‘You can be sure the enemy would give much for the smallest facts on how they operate’
The Chancellor will not boost the UK investment and consumer confidence her budget has damaged by visiting Brussels
Britain’s patchy service could be about to get an upgrade – if we want it enough
And take on the public sector unions in doing so
Labour is creating a market laden with fear that will condemn more to a life of worklessness
Corbyn, Galloway and others have a lot of living down to do
It keeps happening. Decommission warships, and straight away you need them back
Plus: The Prince of Wales in Paris; Eddie Stobart as Father Christmas; the demolition of M&S; civil servants’ performance; and bossy London
Warfare and balkanisation may well continue
And a new acoustic for Notre-Dame
Proper teaching and strict discipline will go by the board in favour of ‘progressive’ nostrums
The lisping would-be opthalmic surgeon triggered a civil war by torturing schoolboys to death
Assad’s overthrow is welcome news. But our enemy’s enemy is not our friend
The Prime Minister’s vision, such as it is, is minor and crab-like
Britain’s taxpayers won’t acquiesce to unlimited demands to prop up public finances
There is just a chance that the sun might shine brighter tomorrow
This mindset, that the state can fiddle and ban its way out of every social problem, just takes on ever-more staggering proportions