5 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: Iran's dictators have one final suicidal weapon they are now threatening to unleash. It will spell the end for them

A senior commander in Iran's Islamic Revol­utionary Guard Corps has warned that the regime, reeling from Israel's onslaught, might move to close the Strait of Hormuz.

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52 h. ago Labour to force academies to take thousands of violent and disruptive pupils permanently excluded from other schools

In the latest attempt by Labour to clip the wings of academies schools would be directed by councils to take pupils permanently excluded for physical violence or threatening to use an offensive weapon.

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3 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Israel holds the cards. Trump has been squared. The mullahs in Tehran must now fear for their existence

The United States did not participate in Israel's initial attacks on Iran but it certainly knew they were coming. Donald Trump admitted as much to the US media yesterday morning.

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5 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Starmer's claim to be 'investing in Britain's renewal' is delusional drivel in a class of its own

'Our first job was to stabilise the economy and public finances,' Keir Starmer tweeted yesterday morning, a few hours before Rachel Reeves delivered Labour's spending plans.

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1 week ago ANDREW NEIL: Like a clown running into a minefield, Musk threw caution to the wind, but he's right

When I boarded a flight for New York on Thursday, Donald Trump and Elon Musk were still sticking to the script: though the dizzy days of their bromance might be over, the separation was amicable.

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: Starmer is shifting Leftwards to save his own skin. And that means one thing: yet more tax rises are coming our way...

I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know,' sang Culture Club's Boy George in his huge 1980s hit Karma Chameleon. It could be Keir Starmer's theme song.

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: Putin just humiliated Trump. But was it a trap? There are White House whispers about what's coming next

It's taken long enough but Donald Trump is at last rethinking his benign view of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: Rachel Reeves has condemned us to a doom loop of economic despair. Brace yourself for a £30BILLION tax raid

Mark my words: there will be tax rises in the autumn. Big ones. Perhaps not quite as big as £40billion. But pretty hefty nonetheless.

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3 w. ago Cops heard tower block yob armed with screwdriver yell ‘Stab him’

The accused admitted having an offensive weapon and acting in a threatening or abusive manner.

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3 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: In 55 years of covering politics, I've never accused any UK government of routinely telling untruths. But Starmer & Co have taken lying and gaslighting to a deplorable level

How can you tell when politicians are lying? Their lips are moving. It's a hoary old joke but it can still be guaranteed to raise a rueful chuckle among British voters disillusioned with the political process.

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3 w. ago Tony Bloom has Hearts title blueprint in place as Andrew McKinlay reveals why Neil Critchley failed

Bloom has made a formal offer of just under £10m to acquire a 29 per cent stake in the Tynecastle club

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4 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: The rush to throw in our lot with Brussels is unfathomable. If this deal is the shape of things to come we are truly doomed..

It's a pretty good deal, alright - for the European Union. What crumbs did we gratefully accept in return?

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