Opinion
Argument and analysis from writers who say what they think, on the political fights, cultural arguments and public decisions that are shaping Britain.
The man who built a career demanding transparency won't apply it to himself
Nigel Farage made his comeback railing against a bank that hid its files from him. Now he is the one under investigation over money he did not declare, and the transparency he demanded of others is nowhere to be found.
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OpinionNigel Farage is running from scrutiny and calling it democracy
He resigned the moment the standards inquiry closed in, and called it a crusade. Nigel Farage has built a career on taking the money and the applause, and leaving the country to pick up the bill.
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OpinionBritain is thinking small. It's time we started thinking like champions - Mick Booker
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Three years on GB News and pub debate still beats anything Westminster can offer - Lee Anderson

Want to get Britain moving? Stop paying capable people to sit at home - Andy Preston

'Whatever his nationality, Harry is on a passport to hell'
Harry is the world's least happy millionaire...

Reeves' Spring Statement was not just insulting - it was dangerous
OPINION: Farmer James Wright tears into Reeves's Spring Statement which didn't mention farming once despite the sweeping rule changes she enacted in October
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'The Conservatives need more democracy not less in order to reform the party,' says Kevin Foster
Former Immigration Minister Kevin Foster suggests how the Tories should prepare for the next general election

There's new horror in the old world of the Middle East, says Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver says the Israel-Hamas war is 'the ugliest, most brutal, most obscene game of all'

Under Labour we are left with less of a Nanny State and more of a Bully State
OPINION: Our police officers are becoming enforcers for Labour's Bully State, even clamping down on football fans enjoying themselves, says Peter Bleksley.

'We have an economically illiterate cabinet who are running our country into the ground'
OPINION: 'We're actually heading towards this Government costing households an extra £1,000 a year'

Britain is BROKEN...Don't believe me? My train journey home was like a scene from World War II
Alex Story is an Olympian, entrepreneur and writer on economic and social issues

Lammy must decide if he's Caribbean or British - there's £22bn riding on it
Kelvin MacKenzie is the former editor of the Sun newspaper