Even playgrounds are no longer safe in Ceuta after the migrant invasion
Ceuta, population 83,000, suffered what is being described as its worst night of vandalism last night since some 70,000 migrants…
Is Ceuta the beginning of the end for Pedro Sánchez?
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has accused social media networks linked to Israel and Russia of spreading misinformation that…
Ceuta’s migrant problem shows no signs of ending
Just under a month has passed since the sudden, mass arrival of approximately 80,000 mostly Moroccans and sub-Saharan Africans in…
The Ceuta crisis isn’t over
On July 30 and 31 around 80,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco, according to the Spanish government’s latest estimate. Roughly…
Pedro Sánchez is stubbornly clinging on to power
With Spain still reeling from the extraordinary scenes in Ceuta, the country’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has decamped to…
The Ceuta border has become a European emergency
Yesterday, thousands of young Moroccan men – as well as women, children and non-Moroccans – entered Ceuta, one of Spain’s tiny…
Is making Joe Root England captain such a good idea?
Joe Root is to be the new captain of the England Test team. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)…
Spain’s response to wildfires has been infuriating
From my home in Ávila I usually have a splendid view of the ancient town’s medieval walls. But yesterday morning…
Could Gibraltar fall to Spain?
Key parts of the post-Brexit treaty that provides for a fluid border between Gibraltar and Spain will come into provisional…
Madrid is introducing benefits for unborn children
Madrid’s regional parliament has passed what is being called the ‘conceived unborn child’ law. As soon as a pregnancy is…
Who should replace Ben Stokes as England captain?
Ben Stokes, the England captain, has announced his retirement from international cricket. There will be plenty of time to celebrate…
The problem with Ben ‘Stokesy’
Ben Stokes, until very recently captain of the England cricket team, isn’t playing in the second Test match of the…
The disgrace of Juan Carlos of Spain, a modern-day Don Juan
The once popular king was forced into exile in 2014 when rumours of profligacy, illegitimate children and ‘an unbridled sexual appetite’ finally caught up with him
Ben Stokes’s troubles are a blessing in disguise for English cricket
The England cricket captain, Ben Stokes, was involved in an altercation at a night club in the early hours of…
Can a new national selector save English cricket?
The England Cricket Board is appointing a new national selector: the window for applications closes today. If they get a…
Will Spain’s migrant amnesty backfire?
Spain’s cabinet has just approved a law that allows over half a million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers already in…
I lost the will to live watching The Rest is Politics and Pedro Sánchez
If Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s recent interview of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is anything to go by, I…
Is it wise for Spain to goad Donald Trump?
Spain’s refusal to allow the United States to use its military bases at Morón de la Frontera (Seville) and Rota…
Why Iran is applauding Spain
Spain has refused outright to support the United States and Israel’s military operation against Iran. The move has been applauded by…
Growing up with thieves, murderers and heroin addicts
Aged ten, Jonathan Tepper was manning phones and scheduling deliveries at his parents’ drug rehabilitation centre in San Blas, Madrid – ‘a rescue shop within a yard of hell’
Don’t expect England to learn anything from their Ashes drubbing
England’s cricketers have just lost the final Test match in Sydney. So the five-match series, a dead rubber ever since…
The diminutive dictator who ruled Spain with an iron fist
Fifty years after Franco’s death, Giles Tremlett assesses the generalisimo’s bloodstained legacy
England’s Ashes Test triumph is long overdue
England have just won the fourth Test match against Australia by four wickets. In a bizarre, low-scoring game at Melbourne…
The Bazball experiment has failed
England’s cricketers have lost the Ashes, after being defeated in the third Test match in Adelaide by 82 runs. The…
Most of the England cricket team should be dropped
England’s cricketers have just crashed to a second humiliating defeat against Australia, leaving them 2-0 down in the five-match series.…
