The columnist writes that Prince William's decision at 34 to commit himself to royal duties could upstage his father's position as heir to the throne. Hardcastle also writes about Jeremy Hunt and John Bercow and about how Bill Maher is worried Donald Trump will have control of the Justice Department and the FBI. ...read
Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail's recent articles
18/01/17 00:23
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Gove’s good-natured interview with president-elect Trump was a raft of optimism in a sea of dire warnings
17/01/17 01:17
Michael Gove’s interview with Donald Trump was a raft of optimism tossing in a sea of dire warnings, as Channel 4, BBC's Panorama and Radio 4 air negative broadcasts about the US President-elect. ...read
Vaz and family collect about £200,000 a year plus expenses. Worth every penny, surely, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE
13/01/17 01:40
Controversial Keith Vaz (pictured), 60, and his sister, Valerie, 62, both sit as Labour MPs in the Commons. Now the latter informs the parliamentary authorities: ‘I employ my husband, Paul Townsend, as a senior parliamentary assistant.’ ...read
January 2017
December 2016
- Thomas Cook evacuates 1,000 British holiday makers from Gambia amid fears the country is on the brink of civil war after president refuses to step down despite losing election
- Ex-England footballer, BBC presenter, Hollywood actor and X Factor star fear sex tapes will leak after Amir Khan's X-rated video is posted online
- Victory for the Army over Taliban bombmaker's human rights claim... but his case has already cost taxpayer £1million
- Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's 35-year sentence to let soldier who leaked military secrets out in May - but gives no hope of clemency to Edward Snowden
- A Bake Off copy is off the menu, says new BBC boss: Chairman tells MPs he would be 'disappointed' if the broadcaster made a similar show
- Notting Hill Carnival risks 'a repeat of Hillsborough': Officials say sheer weight of people attending the event could lead to a major tragedy
- Britons should learn Polish and Urdu to be more welcoming to immigrants, says Cambridge University professor
- Clarifications and corrections
- Steel of the new Iron Lady: On the day Theresa May said Britain WILL quit the single market, she put Cameron's feeble negotiations to shame with an ultimatum to Brussels that the UK will 'walk away from a bad deal'
- With trousers billowing, she was a carpet buyer in a souk: QUENTIN LETTS hears the PM get down to business on Brexit
- ALEX BRUMMER'S ANALYSIS: Speech sent pound soaring - no wonder the City cheered!
- Fine speech - now call an election! PETER OBORNE says Mrs May should use her clear vision of Brexit to go to the country for a mandate to deliver it
- EU President Donald Tusk says it's game on as he welcomes Theresa May's 'realistic' plan for Brexit but furious MEPs accuse the PM of 'whining' and 'day dreaming'
- A great nation is reborn: Quitting will let us rediscover our role as a trading power promises May
- Theresa May IGNORES SNP threats over independence despite warnings from Nicola Sturgeon a second referendum is now more likely
- British boxing world champion Anthony Joshua is hit by shocking anti-Muslim abuse after he tweets a picture showing him praying in a mosque with friends during trip to Dubai
- David Weir vows never to compete for Britain again after claims coach threw £3,000 racing wheelchair during row
- Theresa May lays down law to EU leaders AND Merkel and Hollande as she declares we WILL quit the single market to control immigration
- Deadly predator suddenly reveals itself right in front of a fisherman at a river's edge... but would YOU have spotted it?
- Amir Khan's wife Faryal Makhdoom is 'absolutely disgusted' after the boxer's cheating sex tape filmed just weeks after their wedding is leaked to a porn site
- 'Go and read a history book!': Lily Allen faces backlash after responding to May's Brexit plan by tweeting that the world hates Britain because of 'slavery'
- 'Selfish' school-run mum who is accused of parking over residents' driveways in THREE-YEAR dispute protests her innocence and claims: 'Maybe they mistook me for another driver?'
- How would passers-by react to an angry man kicking (fake) puppies in a bag - and would anyone be a hero and stop him?
- Pakistani mother who boasted about burning her daughter alive in an honour killing over her choice of husband is sentenced to death
- Innocent single mother, 23, who was jailed after being falsely framed for trying to kill a baby was found dead - just days before she thought she'd have to testify against her accusers
- EXCLUSIVE - 'Please just let me speak to my daughter': Biological mother of Angelina Jolie’s adopted girl Zahara, 12, demands access from Ethiopia after Brangelina love split
- British boxing world champion Anthony Joshua is hit by shocking anti-Muslim abuse after he tweets a picture showing him praying in a mosque with friends during trip to Dubai
- British Dame and former gallery boss stuns the art world by becoming a mother for the first time AGED 64
- Idaho father, 30, loses seven teeth and is left with second degree burns after vape explodes in his face
- 'We will make sure his story is told': Tudors actor Jamie King reveals POLICE are looking into 'evidence tampering' over delayed C-section that led to his baby's death
- Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's 35-year sentence to let soldier who leaked military secrets out in May - but gives no hope of clemency to Edward Snowden
- 'Heartbroken' mother of Leonne Weeks visits the scene where her daughter's body still remains to lay flowers as a man, 18, is arrested over her murder
- Murdered teenager Paige Doherty's mother posts a graphic reminder of her daughter's injuries - including stab wounds the size of a man's FIST - as her killer appeals to cut his sentence
- Theresa's new free Britain: PM unveils bold 12-point plan for Brexit that rejects any deal that leaves us 'half-in, half-out' and will see the UK regain control of borders - and break free from EU judges
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