The Week
Diary
In this summer of sporting dramas, every patriotic sports fan likes to think he’s done his bit to help. I…
Held to account
When Nigel Farage said Coutts had closed his bank account and claimed political victimisation, many thought he was making it…
Portrait of the week
Home Ben Wallace said he would cease to be the Defence Secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle and would not…
Diary
When someone asks ‘How are you?’ you have to assume your interlocutor is only being polite. Anyone who returns a…
Barometer
Swing when you’re winning What are the biggest UK by-election swings? — The 1983 Bermondsey by-election saw a 11,756 Labour…
Rumour-mongers
The ancients were as fascinated by rumour as, to judge by recent events in Russia and the BBC, we are.…
Letters
Joe Shmoe Sir: Your piece ‘Not so special’ (Leading article, 8 July) was right. Joe Biden doesn’t like us and…
Turning the tide
The Illegal Migration Bill is having a distorting effect on the Tory party. It has put Theresa May and Iain…
Barometer
Mx Universe A transgender woman was named ‘Miss Netherlands’, and will now compete in the Miss Universe contest. British TV…
Not so special
You can tell a lot about a president’s politics by his foreign visits. Joe Biden’s decision to skip King Charles’s…
Bad education
Rishi Sunak tends to shy away from social issues so it has been left to a backbencher, Miriam Cates, to…
