For generations, people have voted against the party they fear rather than for the party they truly believe in. That has produced decades of compromise, mediocrity and sub-optimal government. Britain deserves better than choosing the least bad option.

Obama interfered in Britain’s referendum. Now we are supposed to listen to him lecture us about progressive politics. No. Get to the back of the queue.

I have been saying for years that Brexit was never properly completed. Now Burnham is openly talking about freedom of movement, the single market, a customs union and potentially rejoining the EU. This is what happens when unfinished business is ignored.

I reject the attempt to make this sound extreme. If you come here legally for work, you are here under conditions. Those conditions include an expiry date. When that date comes, you leave unless Britain has explicitly granted you another lawful status.

Britain bans shale fracking at home. Then imports LNG from the United States, much of it produced from shale gas. In 2025, 74% of our LNG imports came from America. We outsource the production, import the gas and pay the bill.

There is nothing revolutionary about looting shops, smashing businesses and attacking police officers. It is criminality. Meloni is right to treat it as such. Break the law. Face the consequences.

Andy Burnham’s greatest political asset right now is that people have not worked him out yet. He is still being judged on personality. Sooner or later he will be judged on delivery. That is when the honeymoon ends. Eyes on the budget.

There is no global utopia. Countries compete for energy. They compete for resources. They compete for industry. They compete for strategic advantage. This government should stop behaving as though national interest is something to be embarrassed about.

Domestic crime is an absence of national security as well, in one sense. When we are letting, in all these undocumented people from France, young men, fighting-age men coming to the United Kingdom, committing crimes against the people of the United Kingdom, that's a national security issue. We see it through a criminal justice prism, but actually that's a national security issue. And we are setting aside the security of this country, both in terms of our international engagement as well as the way we governed ourselves domestically. Our criminal justice system is not fit for purpose. It's fallen apart. I think part of the reason is that we've had 30 years effectively of left-wing government. Yes, the Tories were in office for 14 years, but they behaved like a left-wing government. And a left-wing government is long on welfare, long on handing out freebies to everyone, long on spending on the NHS, but they never talk up the need for criminal justice, for bearing down on crime, for national security, for funding the armed forces. That is the preserve of the right wing. And even though the Tories were in office for 14 years, they were not behaving like a right wing party. We desperately need to reacquaint ourselves with that form of political philosophy if this country is to stand a chance.

Victims do not get to opt out of what happened to them. Families do not get to opt out of grief. So why should a convicted killer get to opt out of sentencing? They should be made to attend, by hook or by crook.

A landlord was reportedly receiving £1,790 a month from the council. He was offered £4,500 a month to provide the same property for asylum accommodation. The taxpayer is funding both arrangements. The government is using public money to outbid its own councils for housing.

Five years ago Sir David Amess MP was brutally stabbed to death by an Islamist terrorist while meeting his constituents. Now pro-Palestine activists are filming themselves spitting on his memorial. A country with backbone would have drawn a clear line when Sir David was murdered. Instead, we are seeing mob rule, intimidation and anarchy, all apparently with the tacit approval of the government.

Britain recruits trained health workers from developing countries, stripping those countries of people they desperately need. Then the British taxpayer sends billions overseas in aid to help support those same countries. At the same time, British-trained doctors and nurses leave for countries where they can earn far more. And Westminster’s answer is to replace them with cheaper labour from abroad. That is backwards.

I have said it repeatedly and I will say it again, Britain left the institutions of the European Union, but we did not leave its regulatory web. We voted to leave. We never did.

This is how immigration systems work across much of the world. You come on a visa. You obey its terms. When it expires, you leave. A temporary visa does not make you a native. It does not give you an automatic right to stay forever. And it certainly does not oblige the host country to bend its rules around you. The visa ends. You leave. End of story.

Paris is burning. Milan is erupting. Europe is becoming more unstable by the week. And Andy Burnham looks at all of this and thinks: “Yes. Let’s get closer to Brussels.” You could not make it up.

We are in an abusive relationship with our own government. For years the public has been hammered by Covid lockdowns, Ukraine, the Middle East and a relentless cost-of-living crisis. All the while, Britain has been sitting on its own energy reserves. Now, with prices surging and geopolitical risk rising, the Government suddenly approves Jackdaw. Why now? Because reality has finally smashed through the ideology. Every country needs cheap bountiful energy. It is critical for prosperity and security. Our government has been and is abusing us.