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Yes, we need experts. But let’s not politicise expertise
For some people, it isn’t enough that we have locked down our daily lives. They want us to lock down…
Bursting the Cuomo bubble
Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. He enjoys ubiquitous coverage. His press conferences attract viewership second only to the president’s.…
Beware China’s masked diplomacy
‘How do you deal toughly with your banker?’ This was the not quite rhetorical question that Hillary Clinton asked Australia’s…
Whatever happened to parliamentary democracy?
In the middle of a national crisis, Britain has become a parliamentary democracy without a parliament. The police now have…
Coronavirus can help us confront the uncomfortable truth about death
In recent years, I’ve been thinking about the right way to die, having been with my late wife Sian Busby…
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…
Spain faces a political reckoning after its coronavirus crisis
Here in Spain we have proper lockdown. We’re not ‘allowed out once a day for exercise’ over here. ‘You Brits…
Let’s applaud mothers — the real key workers
Our daughter Clementine, 5, has just decided what she wants to be when she grows up. ‘A cleaner …. and…
Imperial study: New York deaths could peak at 1,000 a day
As the world tries to understand more about the trajectory of the coronavirus, a study from the Engineering faculty of…
How to understand – and report – figures for ‘Covid deaths’
Every day, now, we are seeing figures for ‘Covid deaths’. These numbers are often expressed on graphs showing an exponential…
Coronavirus has exposed Europe’s stark differences
The coronavirus crisis has exposed Europe’s varying attitudes to state intervention and individual liberties. In doing so, it has revealed just how…
Why was early coronavirus coverage so lazy? The media’s insatiable thirst for political correctness
When the media views its entire mission through a lens of meting out social justice while presenting itself as the…
Why the coronavirus crisis could peak sooner than expected
The government is adjusting to the reality of dealing with the coronavirus crisis, while three of its most important figures…
Putin’s plan to exploit coronavirus
Vladimir Putin knows a thing or two about a crisis, having caused a number of them over recent years. And…
Boris’s coronavirus pragmatism is confounding his critics
If ever Britain has undergone a period of authoritarian socialism, then this is surely it. Massive state intervention in the…
Foreign language TV is without the political correctness spoiling English drama
Every cloud has a silver lining. Never again are you likely to have a better opportunity to catch up with…
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,…
Derbyshire police should leave those dog walkers alone
The vast majority of Brits are behaving sensibly in this Covid-19 lockdown. It’s a shame the same can’t be said…
What Boris Johnson’s coronavirus diagnosis means for the government
Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister took a test for the virus on Thursday at the…
Corbyn is wrong to say coronavirus proves the need for socialism
Jeremy Corbyn’s claim that the Conservative government’s economic response to the coronavirus package shows that his policies were right proves…
Coronavirus is forcing Biden to borrow from Trump’s campaign playbook
What does a leading U.S. presidential candidate do when a deadly and highly contagious virus is spreading throughout the mainland…
The latest gender studies literature is indistinguishable from satire
Reading the back cover of the soon to be released Me Not You: The trouble with mainstream feminism, I assumed…
What does coronavirus mean for the climate ‘crisis’?
A strange thing happened as coronavirus reached Europe’s shores. Concepts like ‘net zero’ and ‘climate crisis’ which had previously dominated…
Big Pharma and free market orgs unite against Trump’s ‘Buy American’ order
The Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM), a trade association for major pharmaceutical manufacturers such as 3M, is drafting a letter…
Donald Trump’s wishful Easter deadline is a trap for Democrats
Will the stimulus stimulate? Donald Trump, who seems to have had nothing to do with the actual formation of the…
