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Two boxes of human remains rediscovered after 55 years have been found to be as old as the Cheddar Man - Britain's oldest complete skeleton. The bones were discovered in a cave in Cannington Park Quarry near Bridgwater, Somerset, in the 1960s. Soon after they "disappeared", and were recently...

The UK's new £200m polar research ship has officially been named the "Sir David Attenborough" after the famous BBC broadcaster and naturalist. A bottle of champagne was smashed against the hull of the vessel by the Duchess of Cambridge. Several thousand people had gathered at the Cammell Laird...

Wales’ 854,572 Leavers outnumbered ‘Yes’ voters in the devolution referendums of 1979, 1997 and 2011 and voters for anything in a Welsh election since 1997. At the last General Election, 85% of Welsh voters backed parties committed to leaving the EU’s customs union. And at the European...

David Cameron’s autobiography was supposed to be a chance for the former prime minister to settle scores and have his say on his time in office. But Cameron’s book is also something that he didn’t intend: a convincing case for Brexit...

It will be a new generation's Kennedy or 9/11 question. Something people will casually ask each other while preparing to get one final round in before last orders. 'So where were you the moment British democracy died?' DAN HODGES: So where were you the moment they killed off British...

We were told MPs were against Mr Johnson's prorogation of Parliament because they wanted to get on with Brexit (something they hadn't managed to deliver in three and a bit years)...

Plans to suspend Parliament again were being drawn up by Boris Johnson (pictured on ITV's Peston show yesterday) last night Plans to suspend Parliament again were being drawn up by Boris Johnson last night – just one day after his first attempt was cancelled by a Supreme Court judgment. The...

The first female president of the Supreme Court has been all but sanctified on social media following her delivery yesterday of the verdict all Brexit-haters were hoping for – that the government had acted unlawfully when it prorogued parliament... The cult of Lady Hale The gushing over this...

The Supreme Court ruling is a vile assault on the democratic order... A tyranny of judges BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 24th September 2019 Spiked Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a vile assault on the democratic order. In finding that Boris Johnson’s proroguing of parliament was unlawful, and...

There is one event that really could expose the democratic illegitimacy of the Euro: a Northern Ireland border poll... The EU’s Ireland problem A Northern Ireland border poll could expose the democratic illegitimacy of the entire European project. PATRICK MALLEN 23rd September 2019 Spiked...

These days everyone in politics is obsessed with ‘optics’, with making sure they never do or say anything that might look bad to the public. Which makes Emily Thornberry’s European Union outfit all the more extraordinary... Emily Thornberry’s political wardrobe malfunction Brendan O'Neill 23...

An alphabetical guide to the history of executions in Britain... An A-Z guide to the history of executions For centuries, capital punishment was part of everyday life, as shown by this alphabetical guide to a very British way of death. Writing for BBC History Revealed...

It has become increasingly clear that to fulfil his promise to leave the European Union, Boris Johnson will have to break the law – and, specifically, the new ‘Benn Act’...

Boundless optimism is one of Boris Johnson’s greatest assets. And after the dour, grinding pragmatism of Theresa May, a more upbeat, confident demeanour from the Prime Minister is something to be welcomed. But this morning it’s time to park the optimism and face reality... DAN HODGES...

Perhaps one day soon, when the entire liberal edifice comes crashing down, wrought apart by its own manifest contradictions and lack of logic, we will see a change in our teachers — who were once, remember, solid Tory voters. Until then we will be churning out a procession of slack-jawed...

The 2019 Rugby World Cup gets underway tomorrow, with hosts Japan taking on neighbours Russia. New Zealand and England - the two finalists of this year's Cricket World Cup - are the favourites, with New...

In a true democracy, Gina Miller’s cleaner would have the same political power as Gina Miller... Gina Miller and the destruction of democratic equality Remainers have created a world in which money counts for more than votes. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 18th September 2019 Spiked In a true...

Brexit will make Welsh nationalism even more unpopular and impractical than it already is... Welsh...

The childish and embarrassing behaviour by Luxembourg and a group of yobbish Remainers only highlights how Britain is right to leave this bullying empire... Save us from our fellow citizens! It wasn’t Boris who behaved embarrassingly in Luxembourg – it was the Remoaner protesters. BRENDAN...

‘The world of tomorrow is a world of empires, in which we Europeans and you British can only defend your interests, your way of life, by doing it together in a European framework and a European Union’, declared Guy Verhoftstadt, the EU Parliament’s Brexit spokesman, to rapturous applause at the...