Labour can’t pass the buck for Birmingham’s troubles
Whose fault is it that Labour-controlled Birmingham city council, the country’s biggest local authority, is now effectively bankrupt? The answer,…
Are civil servants taking their revenge?
Jonathan Slater, a former top mandarin at the Department for Education (DfE), has laid the blame for the school building…
It’s laughable for Greeks to say the Elgins are at risk
It is safe to say that there is very little chance of the Elgin Marbles turning up for sale on…
Why India wants to conquer the moon
India – or, to be more precise, its leader Narendra Modi – wants to conquer space. That is why the…
Who cares if Prince William isn’t at the World Cup final?
It is absurd to suggest that Prince William’s non-attendance at the Women’s World Cup final in Australia on Sunday is…
Why is Rishi rolling out the red carpet for MBS?
Why is the government so keen for Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler, to visit…
Modi’s cheetah rewilding project is coming unstuck
Political vanity projects come in all shapes and forms but invariably turn out badly. One such is India’s ‘Project Cheetah’,…
Sunak’s mother-in-law has divided India with her views on spoons
Sudha Murty, the Indian billionaire and philanthropist, who also happens to be Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law, has something of a fixation…
Iran’s morality police can’t save the mullahs forever
Iran’s so-called morality police, loathed and feared in equal measure, are back patrolling the streets of the country. They temporarily…
India’s sinister attempt to censor Oppenheimer
Anurag Thakur, India’s information and broadcasting minister, is hopping mad about a sex scene in Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster film Oppenheimer.…
Sunak is wrong to invite MBS to London
Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the Saudi throne, certainly leads a charmed life. He spent several days in Paris…
Why won’t James Cleverly stand up to Iran?
The Foreign Office is making a big mistake in failing to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist…
Aussie cricketers have nothing to apologise for
The world of cricket suffers from an unjustified moral superiority complex. This explains the periodic howls of outrage when a…
Prepare for the Saudi tennis takeover
The self-serving ethical blind spots of some of those in charge of running international sport never ceases to amaze. Step…
Nato’s leadership race is a miserable advert for the alliance
Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, has conceded defeat in his bid to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as secretary-general of Nato. Wallace…
Joe Biden is wrong to roll out the red carpet for Narendra Modi
On taking office, Joe Biden promised a new approach to foreign policy based on prioritising democratic values and human rights.…
India’s war on Charles Darwin is a step too far
What is it that India’s rulers find so objectionable about Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory that they’ve banned his…
The Saudi blood money takeover of sport is complete
Some of football’s biggest names are revealing themselves to be shameless mercenaries on a scale that is staggering even by…
Javier Tebas and the racist shame of Spanish football
The vicious racist abuse of Vinícius Jr – the Real Madrid and Brazil star – points to something rotten at…
Muslim activists can’t cancel The Kerala Story
Britain’s cinemas are in danger of becoming the new front line of protests from angry religious mobs demanding the cancellation…
Will India ever get back the Koh-i-Noor diamond?
India has not yet got its hands on the Koh-i-Noor, despite the county’s many efforts to retrieve the diamond from…
The oppressor of Hong Kong should be banned from the coronation
The government is making a mistake in turning a blind eye to China’s plans to send a high ranking politician…
Why are so many Indian migrants crossing the Channel?
Indians now make up the second-biggest cohort of Channel migrants: 675 Indians arrived in small boats in the first three…
Angela Merkel doesn’t deserve to be honoured by Germany
It must rank as some form of political satire that Angela Merkel has been awarded Germany’s highest political honour. Not…
Shame on those who abandoned Peng Shuai
No one really expects much in the way of principles or morality from those charged with running international sport. The…
