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China’s property sector is on the brink of disaster – again
Once, not that long ago, few people outside China had heard of the property developer Evergrande. Now it is synonymous…
It’s time to end the rewilding menace
There’s a ghastly predictability to the news that the University of Sussex – in Brighton, naturally – wants to set aside nearly half…
Are we prepared for the end of obesity?
Sixty years ago, my biology teacher told me (so it must have been true) that after the war, some Americans…
Young people don’t even know they’re being taken for a ride
Travelling home on the train last week, I heard the dulcet sounds of political discourse drifting towards me across the…
Watch: hapless Humza refuses to back the Lionesses
Oh dear. Hapless Humza Yousaf has tripped up again. The flailing First Minister of Scotland was today asked by Radio…
Nicolas Sarkozy’s Russia intervention is a disgrace
Team Putin has this week gained a new and vaguely prominent supporter: Nicolas Sarkozy, the disgraced former President of France.…
Joe Biden isn’t reactive enough to be president
At tragic moments, like the deadly fires in Hawaii, our nation expects the president to speak to all of us…
Khan spends £220,000 on ‘Maaate’ campaign
Good old Sadiq Khan: the right-on left-winger who never met a camera he didn’t like. The Mayor of London hit…
How was Lucy Letby able to operate in an NHS hospital?
How was Lucy Letby able to operate as a serial killer in an NHS hospital? Now that the verdicts in…
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 North Korea is accusing the US of racism
After nearly a month of silence, North Korea has finally spoken out about Travis King – the US soldier who dashed…
Why is ‘Cheryl Hole’ on MasterChef?
I don’t really care who takes part in Celebrity MasterChef, partly because I was put off commenting on such matters when…
Why Taiwan’s defense is in the American national interest
Just 38 percent of Americans “support deploying US troops to defend Taiwan from a military attack by China” according to…
Another day, another Labour U-turn
In these turbulent times, it’s good to know there’s one thing we can count on: Keir Starmer’s consistent inconsistency. The…
Talk TV’s interview with Graham Linehan was a disaster
In my time I’ve watched a lot of TV, and so I’ve seen a lot of bad TV. But the…
Could Sarina Wiegman be the next England (men’s) manager?
Sarina Wiegman, the manager of England’s women’s football team, probably has a lot on her mind at the moment, what…
It’s no surprise that retail sales are down
Following last week’s news of unexpectedly strong economic growth in June of 0.5 per cent, today’s retail sales figures for…
Enforce the borders, stop the boats, save lives
Rishi Sunak has failed in his pledge to ‘Stop the Boats’, and the £480 million deal he signed with France…
GERS Day isn’t great for the Union
For a decade or so, GERS Day has been something of an annual gloatfest for opponents of Scottish independence. The…
WhatsApp messages shouldn’t be criminalised
Imagine a policeman feels your collar and tells you you’re nicked because someone has reported you for telling off-colour stories…
The Biden admin was prepared to leave behind our Afghan allies
The administration’s utter failure to plan for the inevitable Afghanistan evacuation meant that it had barely enough resources to focus…
Is Shohei Ohtani the GOAT?
How good is Shohei Ohtani? “If he were a Yankee, he’d be Taylor Swift-famous,” a friend says. That might be…
Unfair A-levels are the best idea we’ve got
A-level results day is the most terrifying moment in anyone’s education. Poor GCSEs can be overlooked by a school that…
RSPB president clashes with his own charity
When it comes to conservation, it seems that not all at the RSPB are singing from the same hymn sheet.…
Michael Parkinson and the lost art of the interview
Two or three years ago, the Tory MP Jonathan Gullis was ridiculed for describing himself as ‘someone who grew up…
