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Millions love Jordan Peterson. His next project? God
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim sat down with the controversial Canadian psychologist.Jordan Peterson, best known for the self-help book 12 Rules for Life, has become a guru to m...
Are the police attacking our free speech?
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The police are investigating The Telegraph's Allison Pearson for a social media post despite everyday crime going largely unsolved.Essex Police chose ...
You're hired: Why Trump has given Elon Musk a top job
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And how Labour's Budget it threatening family firms.President-elect Donald Trump is handing out big jobs before his January inauguration and has annou...
William Hague on Justin Welby, cancel culture, and why he wants to run Oxford
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned - the former Conservative Party leader reacts in real time.William Hague, former Tory leader and foreign sec...
Will the Archbishop of Canterbury have to resign?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Welby is facing growing calls to resign after a report found the Church of England covered up “abhorrent” abuse.The review said Archbishop ...
Kemi Badenoch's biggest backer reviews her first week
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And Trump will leave NATO, says his former national security adviser.Kemi Badenoch has completed her first week as Leader of the Opposition. Kamal and...
Starmer's Trump problem: Is the special relationship dead?
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's win puts Keir Starmer and Labour in an awkward position.The PM leads a party that has described Donald Trump as racist, misogynistic an...
How Trump won and what it means for the world
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reaction from Washington DC on a night of drama as Trump takes back The White House.ItIt is a stunning victory that will go down in history. Only the ...
Trump surges towards Presidential win
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It looks as if Donald Trump is very close to victory in the US election, as he defied a major poll and won the state of Iowa after picking up a wave o...
US Election: Inside the final Trump rally
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s polling day in America and the candidates have made their final pleas to the public, with both choosing the vital swing state of Pennsylvania t...
A new shock poll - is it over for Trump?
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The idea that Kamala Harris is ahead in Republican stronghold Iowa has America reeling - but how much can we read into it?With just twenty-four hours ...
Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative leader
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live reaction from the result announcement in central London.Kemi Badenoch has secured a resounding victory in the Conservative leadership election, d...
The US pollster who says an election landslide is still possible
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And lessons from cycling 4000 miles across America.All the polls put next week’s US presidential election on a knife edge. But Republican pollster K...
Budget: who are the biggest losers?
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t be a worker, don’t have a pension, and certainly don’t be a farmer. The dust has settled after yesterday’s Budget and we’re focusing o...
Will Labour's Budget derail the economy?
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was Labour’s first Budget in 14 years and they’re back to their old playbook: tax rises and big borrowing, despite promising to deliver economi...
Your guide to the seven states that will decide the US election
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the states to watch to the stats to know, this is your ultimate audio guide to the US election.Kamal and Gordon Rayner are joined by US Editor To...
Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt on the Budget and his OBR row
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt joins Kamal and Gordon Rayner in the Daily T studio for an exclusive sit-down interview.He calls this week’s upcoming ...
Should Britain pay slavery reparations?
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamal and Camilla are joined for a forceful but intelligent debate by pro-reparations journalist and descendant of slave owners Laura Trevelyan and an...
Is Harris right to call Trump a fascist?
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump a fascist. But is he?Kamala Harris has used the “f-word” about Donald Trump for the first time - calling the...
Is Labour interfering in the US Election?
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A major diplomatic row as Donald Trump files a legal complaint accusing Labour of "blatant" election interference.It started with an innocuous LinkedI...
Exclusive: An armed officer cleared of murder on why all police should have guns
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aside from Martyn Blake, only three other armed police officers have stood trial for murder. We speak to one of them.The news of firearms officer Mart...
Chris Kaba: Why the officer that shot him has been cleared of murder
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Met Police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba has been cleared of murder. Armed officer Martyn Blake fired a single shot through the windscreen of K...
US Election: Everything you need to know two weeks out
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's just over two weeks to go until America decides - Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?With the polls tantalisingly close to opening, this election is s...
Liam Payne and the dark side of fame
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the American showbiz website TMZ deciding to post a picture of his body - does that decision say everything about the toxic environment social me...
Is opposing assisted dying immoral?
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their lives were introduced in Parliament today, with strong o...
Will weight loss jabs get Britain working?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And how the Amish could decide the US election.Britain is in the grip of a worklessness epidemic with a quarter of people of working-age – nearly 11...
Why can’t Britain build anything?
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the day of the big UK investment summit in London and Sir Keir Starmer has been pressing the flesh with bankers, hedge fund managers and tech b...
What it's like to be cancelled
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan and poet Jenny Lindsay on losing their livelihoods.What’s it like to be cancelled? And is there a light at the end...
Is Labour dragging us back to the 1970s?
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Labour unveil their new deal for workers and massive tax rises could be on the way - it all feels a bit 1970s. Plus we go behind the scenes at Robert ...
Jenrick v Badenoch - who can beat Starmer?
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A shock result in the Tory leadership contest as James Cleverly is knocked out!Camilla and Kamal bring you the latest from the Tory leadership race af...
Another Tom bites the dust: Tugendhat out of the race
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamal and Camilla bring you up to speed with the Tory leadership race after Tom Tugendhat was knocked out this afternoon.Tom Tugendhat has been elimin...
Is this the worst ever start to a new government?
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Prime Minister's chief of staff gets the boot - why has she gone and where does it leave this ailing Labour government?Sue Gray has been ousted af...
Boris Johnson: What the broken Tories should do next
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his reflections on the Covid lockdowns and a potential return to No.10 to his suggestion of a referendum on the ECHR, we’ll take a deep dive in...
The net zero bogeyman: Can going green be made blue?
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It infuriates and frustrates in equal measure - electric cars, heat pumps, wind farms blighting the countryside. Is there any way to make a conservati...
Who is winning the Tory leadership war?
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final day of the Conservative conference and the four remaining leadership hopefuls have been making their big pitches to the members.Kamal i...
Conflict in Middle East and Jacob Rees-Mogg on Reform
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the second day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, former Cabinet Minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Kamal and Tim to talk about taking R...
Infighting, immigration and Truss: Day one at Tory conference
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's day one of the Conservative Party Conference and we hear from Liz Truss, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Sir Graham Brady...The Tory conferenc...
Charles Moore on Tory leadership, Thatcher and the future of the Right
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The former Telegraph and Spectator Editor Charles Moore is in the studio with Camilla to discuss the future of conservatism ahead of the Conservative ...
Has Prof Whitty proved lockdown sceptics right?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s possible the government “overdid it” at the start of the pandemic, said Sir Chris Whitty today.Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown ...
Why humiliated Starmer has lost the Labour party already
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer has been humiliated by his own party members voting against the winter fuel cut, and has also doubled down on accepting gifts, in another...
'Where's the substance?' Inside the room for Starmer's conference speech
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer struck a downbeat tone in his first conference speech since the election, promising to make "tough long-term decisions" to rebuild the co...
Donorgate, demos and downpours: Labour's lacklustre conference
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Camilla is in heaven: surrounded by Lefties, as Labour descends on Liverpool for its first annual conference since the election. But what should have ...
"Guess who's back" - Farage and Reform emerge from the shadows
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Farage has given his speech at Reform's first conference since winning five MPs at the general election, and Robert Jenrick says English identit...
Who's greedier - Keir Starmer or Sue Gray?
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The PM's chief of staff has taken a nice payrise that means she now earns more than her own boss, whilst Sir Freebies himself can't kick the habi...
How and why did Israel blow up Hezbollah's pagers?
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It reads like something out of a spy thriller: thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah fighters exploded on Tuesday, killing at least 12 and woundi...
How sick note Britain is trashing our economy
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And Ed Davey attacks the Conservatives in his conference speech, but shouldn't he have really gone after Labour - the party actually in power?4.3...
Is Keir Starmer the greediest prime minister in history?
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And as disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards is spared a custodial sentence today - what does it say about our justice system that he isn't in prison?Th...
Why Labour's war on private schools is wrong
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Out-of-touch institutions for an entitled few or places of excellence offering essential support for kids who don't fit into state schools? Private sc...
The real reason the NHS is broken
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Plus a chat with Sir Graham Brady about his favourite Tory PM and his new "tell-all" book about his long tenure as chairman of the 1922 committee.From...
Backstage with The Donald at the Trump-Harris debate
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We take you behind the scenes as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head for the first time in a live televised presidential debate on ABC. C...
Are our prisons beyond saving?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier today, thousands of convicts were released onto the streets before the end of their sentences to help alleviate overcrowding. Camilla Tom...
Is it “crass” to question Lucy Letby’s guilt?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Davis tells The Daily T he thinks “the balance of probabilities” is that the killer nurse is innocent, just as the health secretary says the...
Kemi Badenoch on her Tory rivals, being headstrong and bringing fun back to politics
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The favourite in the Conservative leadership race is in the Daily T studio for a cuppa, in our fifth and final interview with the remaining candidates...
Tony Blair: Hero or villain?
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Was Tony Blair a political visionary who transformed Britain - or a warmongering hypocrite with a God complex?As the former prime minister publishes a...
Why Priti Patel has lost (and who the Tories will kick out next)
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamal and Camilla give their verdict on the Tory leadership race result. Plus, who is to blame for Grenfell, and will anyone actually end up in the do...
Why aren’t we proud to be British?
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MP David Davis joins The Daily T to talk patriotism, the Oasis ticket fiasco, and the latest Tory leadership bid launch. The number of Britons wh...
Why Kemi Badenoch has the 'X factor'
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Conservative leadership campaign launches are coming in thick and fast, with Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly formally kicking off their bids toda...
The Daily T Investigates: The Grenfell inquiry that 'delayed justice'
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of the UK’s worst modern disasters - and yet seven years on, no one has been held accountable for the Grenfell fire. With the o...
Labour's tax raid begins - where will it end?
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite insisting for months pre-election that Labour wouldn't raise our taxes, chancellor Rachel Reeves now appears to be poised to do just that as K...
John Bolton: Why his old boss Trump 'isn't fit to be president'
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He was sacked as Trump’s national security advisor in spectacular fashion in 2019, but foreign policy hawk John Bolton hasn't let that stop him from...
Starmer says things can only get...worse?
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the start of a new political season, and Keir Starmer has launched it with a downbeat speech promising a 'painful' short term future for the coun...
The Daily T Investigates: 'He paraded me around the BBC - then abused me'
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Daily T Investigates, a new series bringing you the best of The Telegraph’s investigative journalism from the heart of the newsroom.&...
Why did Mike Lynch's yacht sink?
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
British businessman Mike Lynch has been confirmed dead after his yacht sank off the Sicily coast during a freak storm earlier this week.Kamal and Tim ...
How to solve the Israel-Hamas war - a peace negotiator’s view
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He came with high hopes, but he left with no breakthrough. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has just finished his ninth visit to the Mid...
Can Kamala beat Trump?
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, Harris has broken with tradition to take to the stage before her big speech on Thursday, stealing Pre...
Could Labour’s extremism plans stifle free speech?
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The government has announced new plans to tackle extremism, with 'extreme misogyny' now falling into that category. So is Yvette Cooper right to act -...
Why is our water so dirty?
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pollution has been piling up in our waters for years, damaging areas of natural beauty and even infecting drinking water in some areas of the country....
James Cleverly on two-tier policing, Boris and bikes
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Six candidates have lined up to lead the Conservative Party into its first period of opposition for 14 years. Over the coming months, The Daily T will...
Is going to university really worth it?
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As thousands of students get ready to receive their A-Level results, many of them will be considering heading to university. But with universities str...
'I cannot forgive Valdo Calocane's family, they took everything from me'
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NHS doctors have “blood on their hands”, say the families of the three people killed by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham last year. A report today by ...
Have we lost respect for the police?
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a piece for today's Telegraph, the home secretary Yvette Cooper claims that Britain needs to rebuild respect between communities and the police in ...
Tom Tugendhat: The ECHR, uniting Tory tribes and Earl Grey
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Six candidates have lined up to lead the Conservative Party into its first period of opposition for 14 years. Over the coming months, The Daily T will...
Should shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ be banned?
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not long after leaving the Daily T studio on Wednesday, Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick caused a stir by suggesting protestors who shout ‘All...
Robert Jenrick: right for the Right?
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Six candidates have lined up to lead the Conservative Party into its first period of opposition for 14 years. Over the coming months, The Daily T will...
Is Elon Musk enabling the far-Right?
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Misinformation has spread like wildfire across social media since three children were killed in Southport last month, fuelling far-Right disorder thro...
Has Starmer mishandled the riots?
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As riots sparked by the Southport murders continue to spread across the country, Sir Keir Starmer has warned that those responsible would regret takin...
Mel Stride: The Tory underdog bites back
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Six candidates have now lined up to lead the Conservative Party into its first period of opposition for 14 years. Over the coming months, The Daily T ...
David Davis: ‘I would visit Lucy Letby in prison’
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to murder seven more, she became Britain’s most prolific baby serial ...
Is the EDL a terror group? Plus Tory leadership hopeful Mel Stride
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s not protest, it’s not legitimate. It’s crime and violent disorder”. That’s how Sir Keir Starmer described the far-Right riots that p...
What does Huw Edwards' plea mean for the BBC?
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Huw Edwards, once one of the BBC's most recognisable faces, has pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children, including one image of a chi...
Liz Truss exclusive: 'I was the victim'
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Her premiership was the briefest - and one of the most memorable - in British history. Then she was ousted as an MP by the people of South West Norfol...
Labour's Supermassive Black Hole
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves says it is time to ‘level with the public’ about the economic inheritance left by Tories after finding a £20 billion...
Should you be able to choose when you die?
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Lord Falconer launches a private members’ bill to make assisted dying legal in the House of Lords, Kamal and Camilla catch up with him about why ...
How Right is right for the Tories?
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Tugendhat is the latest Tory leader candidate to declare, with a front page article for The Telegraph stating that he's 'ready to leave the ECHR' ...
Starmer and Sunak kiss and make up
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the battles of the campaign trail, Sir Keir Starmer took to the despatch box for his first Prime Minister's Questions as leader of the country b...
Is Nigel Farage fit to be PM?
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Farage made clear his ambition to one day be prime minister even before his Reform UK party won five seats at the general election. But does he ...
Who is Kamala Harris?
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like, barring a miracle, vice-president Kamala Harris will become the new Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden announced his decis...
Biden quits presidential race - What next?
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden has announced that he will “stand down” from the US presidential race, endorsing his vice president Kamala Harris. So what hap...
‘I shouldn’t be here’ - Trump's remarkable convention speech
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has made his first public speech since his attempted assassination last weekend, telling the crowds he survived “only by the grace...
Is Starmer moving Britain closer to Europe?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
European leaders have descended on Blenheim Palace with Keir Starmer promising a 'reset' in British-EU relations. But what will that look like in prac...
The King’s Speech: All you need to know
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The new Labour government has launched its agenda with all the pomp and ceremony of the King’s Speech. They’ve gone big on promises of economic gr...
Who is Trump’s VP pick JD Vance?
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former president Donald Trump has chosen self-professed ‘hillbilly’ and former Trump critic JD Vance as his would-be VP. Vance, who was annou...
‘I am supposed to be dead’ - Trump survives attempted assassination
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former president Donald Trump said he is “supposed to be dead” as he described an attempt on his life as a “surreal” experience. He survived a...
Will Obama force out Biden?
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden made not one, but two major gaffes at NATO this week, accidently calling Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy ‘Putin’ before correc...
Whisper it...is football coming home?
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Could football be coming home? Basking in the afterglow of England’s last-minute win against the Netherlands, Kamal and Camilla catch up with chief ...
Can Labour be trusted on defence?
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Keir Starmer has jetted off on his first overseas trip as Prime Minister - to the NATO summit in Washington. But it all comes as he committed to a...
How unwell is Biden really?
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a remarkable turn of events, the White House medical team has had to clarify that a neurologist who visited eight times in as many months was not t...
What now for France as right and left go to war?
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a shock result, the second round of French elections delivered a victory of sorts to the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, pushing Marine le Pe...
Labour in power and Iain Duncan Smith on Farage
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s official: we have a new prime minister. When Sir Keir Starmer spoke on the steps of No 10 Downing Street he became just the seventh ever Labour...
How Labour won a landslide
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just waking up? We’ve got you. Sir Keir Starmer has delivered a landslide Labour victory. The Conservatives have been decimated. And Nigel Farage ha...