Skegness has always been a place people go to, rather than through. That matters more than it sounds. It sits at the edge of Lincolnshire, facing the North Sea, with no obvious reason for anyone to pass by unless they meant to be there in the first place. It is, in the literal sense, the … Read more
Small boat crossings fell again this month — down almost 65% in October. After a 20% drop in August and a slight bounce in September, the last three months are down 30% on 2023 and 60% on 2022, the peak year for crossings. This is, on the surface, great news. Crossing the Channel in small … Read more
The Conservatives are in permanent decline, unable to arrest their slide in the polls. They haven’t managed to poll beyond third place since April, and defections to Reform UK are now dangerously frequent. Danny Kruger became the first shadow cabinet minister to jump ship last week. Few think Kemi Badenoch will still be in place … Read more
In case you hadn’t noticed, The Telegraph has gone bonkers. Completely batshit. Once, it was the grown-up voice of British Conservatism — stiff upper lip, officer class, snobbish but sensible. Now it prints provably false nonsense in a tone of shrieking hysteria designed to farm clicks, likes, and shares. In the last year alone, The … Read more
Do We Really Spend £1 Billion a Week on Benefits for Foreigners? No. Last weekend, The Telegraph ran an eye-catching headline: Cue a flurry of shares from Reform UK supporters and the usual angry right-wingers on social media. Unsurprisingly, most hadn’t read the article—just the headline. The piece itself was behind a paywall, which didn’t … Read more