Gavin Mortimer

Has France got what it takes to stand up to the Islamists?

18 August 2025 5:24 pm

In the early 1990s, an underground organisation was launched called the Barbie Liberation Movement (BLM). Its mission statement was a…

The small boats crisis is getting worse. What’s Labour’s plan?

13 August 2025 11:28 pm

How long it seems since the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid declared a ‘major incident’ in the Channel on account…

Keir Starmer should smash the gig economy

12 August 2025 9:47 pm

No Frenchman has been as critical as the recent ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal than Xavier Bertrand. A grandee…

Starmer has given control of Britain’s borders to France

6 August 2025 7:20 pm

Britain’s ‘one in one out’ migrant deal with France takes effect today, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a stark…

What France’s fight against Islamism can teach Labour

6 August 2025 12:45 am

So far this year France has deported 64 individuals from its database of radical Islamists. More are planned in the…

The rise of rugby’s Nepo Babies

2 August 2025 4:00 pm

Julie Burchill may not have coined the phrase ‘Nepo Baby’, but my Coffee House colleague certainly has established a reputation…

France is turning against the EU

29 July 2025 6:17 pm

When Donald Trump won a second term in the White House last November the response in Europe was one of…

Lawfare is the SAS’s most dangerous enemy

26 July 2025 3:15 pm

It might at first glance appear odd that this deeply unpopular government is determined to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy…

France’s decision to recognise Palestine is a mistake

25 July 2025 6:43 pm

Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognise Palestinian statehood. The French president will make his historic proclamation, the first…

The slow death of Welsh rugby

19 July 2025 4:20 pm

Heard the joke about the Englishmen, Irishmen and Scotsmen? They have all been selected for the British and Irish Lions…

Bayrou will regret his plan to scrap French bank holidays

17 July 2025 12:45 am

The Prime Minister of France announced his plan on Tuesday to balance the country’s books: his most eye-catching intention is…

France doesn’t need Boomers dreaming of political comebacks

12 July 2025 4:00 pm

If France didn’t have enough to worry about right now with its soaring rates of debt, crime and immigration, now…

Starmer and Macron won’t fix the Channel migrant crisis

11 July 2025 3:37 am

There was a sense of déjà vu to today’s announcement by Keir Starmer that he intends to ‘secure’ Britain’s borders.…

Can Ursula von der Leyen survive ‘Pfizergate’?

10 July 2025 3:45 pm

Ursula von der Leyen faces the biggest test of her European Commission leadership as MEPs gather to vote on a…

Relying on Macron to tackle the migrant crisis is a fool’s errand

9 July 2025 5:56 pm

The French have so far been underwhelmed by Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain. The late Queen was universally admired…

Britain’s parliament doesn’t need to hear from Emmanuel Macron

8 July 2025 3:59 pm

If ever a French president needed a state visit to Britain, it is Emmanuel Macron. All the pomp and ceremony…

Is Britain ready for France’s most controversial novel?

5 July 2025 9:00 am

This Saturday is the centenary of the birth of one of France’s most controversial writers. Jean Raspail, who died in…

Corbyn is following in the footsteps of the French left

4 July 2025 9:09 pm

Labour has reacted with scorn to the news that Zarah Sultana has resigned from the party to create a new…

Meet France’s new anti-green movement

30 June 2025 4:46 pm

A new anti-green social movement is gathering momentum in France seven years after the Yellow Vests rocked the establishment. The…

Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ migrant plan will end in failure

27 June 2025 5:13 pm

Britain and France believe they have found a solution to the small boats crisis. According to reports, Keir Starmer and…

France won’t stop the small boats

18 June 2025 11:05 pm

The BBC have visited the French coast to see for themselves that Nigel Farage (and Coffee House) aren’t making it…

The quiet desperation of Macron’s Greenland visit

16 June 2025 6:37 pm

Emmanuel Macron spent his Sunday in Greenland on what can best be described as an anti-Trump visit. The French president…

Will the L.A. immigration riots reach Europe?

11 June 2025 5:06 pm

The pro-immigration protests that erupted last week in Los Angeles have now spread across the United States. On Tuesday there…

Britain must learn from France’s e-scooter mistake

9 June 2025 5:31 pm

An e-scooter revolution is coming to Britain whether the country likes it or not. “The revolution will hurt a little,…

France’s border patrol is playing a losing game

3 June 2025 9:30 pm

In a 24-hour period at the weekend, 184 migrants were rescued in the English Channel by the French coastguard. The…