The empty rhetoric of ‘je suis Samuel’
The mother of my daughter didn’t attend yesterday’s rally in Paris to honour the memory of Samuel Paty, the teacher…
Macron's fight with the far-left over extremism
Emmanuel Macron’s bold declaration last Friday that the Republic will eradicate Islamic extremism appeared to draw a swift response in…
Is Britain a nation in fear of safetyism?
It should come as no surprise that Britain’s city centres remain, in the words of CBI chief Carolyn Fairbairn, ‘ghost…
France is fighting a lone battle for free speech in the West
One of the most craven moments in the recent history of the British media was an interview Sky News conducted…
France has partly seen sense on face masks
I went for a long walk last night in Paris. I chuntered most of the way, only breaking off to…
World Rugby's trans women ban is a wise idea
By the time I was 15, I had put two rugby players in hospital. I broke the arm of one…
Why face masks weren’t compulsory during WW2
Britain has been here before when it comes to furores about face masks. Exactly 80 years ago the same argument…
Churchill once challenged BBC intolerance
Winston Churchill: hero or villain? That was the question the BBC asked on its website on 10 June. It caused…
Britain could learn from France's coronavirus approach
If there is a God, He’s not French. Last night I was on the balcony of my apartment in Paris…
Emmanuel Macron is experiencing the calm before the storm
Today marks the third month of my confinement in my fifth floor apartment in Paris. As I wrote all those…
Paris’s banlieues are burning once again
One of the persistent misconceptions of the riots that swept through France in the autumn of 2005 is that they…
France won't be fooled by Macron's radical reinvention
A couple of hours before Emmanuel Macron addressed France on Sunday night I received a meme on WhatsApp from a…
Liberté, égalité and fraternité are being put to the test in France
When I left my apartment for my morning run today I saw that someone had scrawled on the courtyard in…
Is France being pushed to breaking point?
As France prepares to enter its third week of confinement the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, has warned that ‘the fight…
Boris can learn from Churchill as he battles coronavirus
As Boris Johnson self-isolates for seven days after testing positive for coronavirus, he must follow the example of his hero,…
Marine Le Pen has the most to gain from France's coronavirus crisis
Any hope that the two week ‘confinement’ imposed by President Macron would heal France’s deep divisions has vanished as swiftly…
Can Macron halt the rise of Islamic extremism?
Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his plan to combat the rise of Islamic extremism in France. Stressing that his fight was…
British police must learn from France in dealing with Extinction Rebellion
I’ve always been a fan of the French police, in part because when I lived in the south of the…
We should be wary of our spooks’ complacency about Huawei
I might be feeling more confident about the government’s decision to give Huawei a limited role in building Britain’s 5G…
Whatever happened to ‘Je Suis Charlie’?
Five years on from the horrific Charlie Hebdo massacre in which a dozen people lost their lives, politicians have been busy…
Islamists have opened a terrifying new front in their war with France
France has endured an appalling series of Islamist terror attacks in recent years. One might feel a sense of relief…
Corbyn may be a goner but his ideology is as strong as ever
East Germans had a name for their version of ‘woke’ culture’; it was Zersetzung, or ‘decomposition’ in English. It was…
France, not Britain, is the real angry and divided nation
Remember when Boris Johnson met Emmanuel Macron for the first time as Prime Minister? It was in August and, as…
My fear about the next generation of jihadists
I’ve just finished reading William Manchester’s absorbing memoir about the Pacific War. ‘Goodbye Darkness’ is a reminder of just how…
Boris could learn from Macron’s approach to extremism
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron have more in common than just a desire to ‘get Brexit done’. The pair also…
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