James Ball
02 September 2026
Keir Starmer’s resignation shows him for what he really is
The former PM promised he’d stay around, but he didn’t. Instead, he spoiled Burnham’s first day in Westminster, and has left him facing a tricky by-election
Read the full article31 August 2026
How luck finally ran out for Milo Yiannopoulos
The early adopter of right wing outrage has been kicked out of America - showing tens of thousands now do his tired schtick better than him
Read the full article28 August 2026
From ‘lanyardians’ to ‘Yookay’, the strange new language of Britain’s right
Reform, Tory and Restore voters believe everyone agrees with them – a sign they are becoming increasingly detached from everyday life
Read the full article20 August 2026
How long before Reform dump Zia Yusuf?
A party rift is deepening over the self-styled ‘shadow home secretary’
Read the full article19 August 2026
Sorry Andy – Manchester and ‘the north’ aren’t the same thing
Just because it worked in the big city, doesn’t mean it’s going to work across the north. If you want to understand the problem, just go to County Durham
Read the full article14 August 2026
Farage’s victory is a defeat – now we can finally get to the truth about his money
Reform's leader thought calling a by-election in Clacton would change the game - but this bitter winner has ended up back where he started
Read the full article12 August 2026
Mark Zuckerberg is back, and still talking bollocks about AI
The Facebook founder has written an essay about artificial intelligence because his fellow tech bros have done the same - it’s a 6,500-word nothingburger
Read the full article11 August 2026
What the hell has happened to John Cleese?
The genius comedian backs Rupert Lowe and shares racist memes – he’s turning into Basil Fawlty
Read the full article10 August 2026
The Thetford mob is coming for Burnham
Racist rioters have exposed the failure of Labour’s appeasement of Britain’s far right. Now the PM must act
Read the full article05 August 2026
Has-bin: This could be the end of Nigel Farage
Reform’s leader expects to win Clacton comfortably – but scandals that could envelop the party are widening
Read the full article29 July 2026
Elon Musk says money won’t matter by 2036. Does that make his companies worthless?
If this wild prediction came true, it would make his own companies virtually worthless
Read the full article27 July 2026
Why Andy Burnham’s winning streak can’t last
The new PM has made a flying start. But financial danger lurks ahead
Read the full article22 July 2026
Farage’s speculation about Widdecombe’s murder could make it harder for justice to be done
Britain’s laws on contempt of court may be a relic of the pre-internet age, but they are still in force. If you break the rules, you can collapse a trial
Read the full article21 July 2026
Andy Burnham’s ruthless reckoning for the Starmerites
The new PM was expected to redeploy a few of his predecessor’s loyalists - but they have been purged from his Cabinet
Read the full article18 July 2026
Deeply odd, deeply scary: My 48 hours with Truss, Farage and the new right
The first CPAC GB conference was chaotic, confused and sparsely attended – but also a harbinger of danger to come
Read the full article15 July 2026
If Burnham doesn’t pick Miliband as chancellor it’ll be his first big mistake
He’s by far the most qualified candidate for the job. If Burnham doesn’t put Ed in No11, he will have weakened himself from the start – just like Starmer
Read the full article10 July 2026
The Democrats have screwed up – big time
They picked Graham Platner as a candidate in Maine because he was a bit like Joe Rogan. But it didn’t work. In fact, it was a complete catastrophe
Read the full article08 July 2026
Nigel Farage has tried to be too clever – and there’s an obvious problem with that
The man who would be PM will now spend the summer fighting for his political life against a man dressed as a bin
Read the full article06 July 2026
The unravelling of Nigel Farage
The Reform leader is on the brink thanks to his own personal flaws – most fatally an unwillingness to turn down a quick buck
Read the full article01 July 2026
An evening with the last of the great Brexit denialists
A bunch of Brexiteers got together for a Telegraph panel to mark a decade since Brexit. It was a delusional evening, with a surprise ending the following day
Read the full article30 June 2026
The American right’s war on Britain
Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, MAGA is working in concert with the British far right to rebuild the UK in a Trumpian image
Read the full article23 June 2026
The hidden dangers that could wreck Andy Burnham: The Movie
Spoiler alert: The budget is low, the cast is flawed - and a lot is being pinned on the new leading man
Read the full article19 June 2026
Burnham’s launchpad, Farage’s failure: All the winners and losers of Makerfield
A good night for Vorderman, Miliband and Lowe, a bad one for Kenyon, Polanski and Streeting
Read the full article15 June 2026
This is how Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar house of cards could collapse
His fortune and empire are more fragile than his IPO’s backers believe
Read the full article11 June 2026
A devastating resignation that finishes Starmer – and possibly Burnham too
John Healey's resignation is a nightmare for the PM, and the man who wants to replace him
Read the full article10 June 2026
In Makerfield the Burnham tragedy is already taking shape
As PM, he would face all the same constraints as Starmer, Sunak and Johnson. If he makes promises he can’t keep, then like the others, he’s done for
Read the full article03 June 2026
Our ‘pure cold rage’ should be at Farage and Robinson
The police made a terrible mistake with Henry Nowak. But deliberately stoking racial tensions for personal advantage is despicable
Read the full article01 June 2026
The dangerous rise of Restore
Yes, Rupert Lowe’s party might take votes from Farage – but they are quietly nudging Reform, the Tories and even Labour towards the far right
Read the full article28 May 2026
Exclusive: Reform failed to tell the UK’s data watchdog about Farage’s ‘hacked’ phone
Party faces new questions over the alleged Russian cyberattack it claims sparked the £5m Harborne donation scandal
Read the full article27 May 2026
Dear Tony Blair: Please shut up
The former PM’s latest intervention on Labour’s direction is flawed - and compromised by the millions he has taken from AI’s backers
Read the full article26 May 2026
Inside the EU’s crisis war room
A hidden Brussels unit plans the continent’s disaster response - and citizens want it to do more, not less
Read the full article16 May 2026
Tommy Robinson’s pointless, confused, US-funded march
If the hard right rabble rouser has to cross the Atlantic for financial backing, what does that say about his level of support in Britain?
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