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Humza Yousaf and his ridiculous, feigned outrage
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf is a politician with two settings. If he’s being asked about a difficult issue –…
Narendra Modi is unbeatable
Voting in India’s national elections started last Friday. It will take six weeks to complete, which is less of a…
Have Londoners forgotten how to stand up to anti-Semites?
There are some among the tens of thousands who march through London each week who genuinely seek peace in Gaza.…
Does Labour really love the St George’s Cross?
Following last night’s mammoth parliamentary ping pong session, a funny thing happened early this morning. As various members of HM…
Sunak and Scholz gear up for an awkward meeting in Berlin
Rishi Sunak arrived in Poland today to announce a £500 million boost in aid to Ukraine, using the trip to…
Campus Gaza protests are crippling US universities
University campuses across the United States are facing a growing wave of student-led protests over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.…
Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long to up defence spending?
Britain is putting its defence industry on a ‘war-footing’, the Prime Minister has said, as he vowed to boost spending…
Why is Labour so ‘angry’ about our next man in Washington?
Civil service appointments rarely generate much excitement in Westminster. But it’s not every day that Britain’s most senior diplomatic posting…
Rishi Sunak vows to boost defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP
After finally getting his Rwanda legislation through the Lords, Rishi Sunak is in Warsaw today to meet with Nato Secretary-General…
Prisons have lost the war on drugs
Aldous Huxley’s dystopian best seller Brave New World, published back in 1934, envisaged a society where stability was enforced by…
What happened to the Tory promise to balance the budget?
There is one big reason why a summer general election is unlikely, however tempted the Prime Minister might be to…
Australia doesn’t need a Ministry of Truth
Two unrelated acts of stabbing violence, first the random murderous rampage of a knife-wielding man in Sydney’s Bondi Junction, followed…
Does Channel 4 think this counts as balanced?
We are now just nine months out from the latest possible general election, which means that in a year’s time…
UNRWA hasn’t earned our trust in Gaza
Before 7 October last year, observers had long suspected an uncomfortable symbiosis between UNRWA, the UN organisation tasked with organising…
Tony Blair is a post-democratic product
Why was it that when I read a big interview with Tony Blair over the weekend – the ostensible premise…
Sunak’s Rwanda Bill finally passes parliament
After eight hours of debate on the Rwanda Bill, peers finally threw in the towel shortly after midnight. The two…
Could Europe send troops to Ukraine?
It is 2026, and in a downbeat speech at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin finally announces a withdrawal from Ukraine. Russian…
Why are the English embarrassed about St George’s Day?
How should the English celebrate St George’s Day? England is a country with plenty to boast about, but doing so…
Shylock and the Nazis: the truth about Shakespeare’s most infamous character
None of William Shakespeare’s characters are more controversial than Shylock. The moneylender from The Merchant of Venice may be the…
On the ground at the People’s University for Palestine (formerly Columbia)
New York I’m on Columbia’s campus today. Sorry, I mean, “The People’s University for Palestine.” I graduated from the university…
Who would want to buy Selfridges?
A stake in Selfridges – the most iconic department store in the vast retail emporium of Oxford Street – is…
Lessons from the foreign aid votes
The past week has presented a fascinating object lesson in the continued tension over the direction of foreign policy and…
Sunak’s bungled Rwanda scheme won’t save him
Like a cowboy builder sucking his teeth about unanticipated complications on the job, Rishi Sunak has just pushed back another…
How NPR became a national laughing stock
The smug world of public radio in the United States received a smart slap in the face last week. It…
Dear Britain, please take Prince Harry back
In the annals of recent royal history, few narratives have unfolded with as much drama and tumult as the saga…
