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Free speech should never be fatal
Charlie Kirk was not storming a government building. He was not brandishing a weapon. He was not even shouting. He…
I saw the bullet hit Charlie Kirk
I saw the bullet hit Charlie Kirk, and I saw him close his eyes and slump. I am a reporter…
A revolution is coming to the UK
In May, Charlie Kirk, who was killed on Wednesday from a gunshot wound, visited the United Kingdom to debate the…
Charlie Kirk believed in free speech. He died for it
Charlie Kirk was shot on stage yesterday, speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University. The Turning Point USA…
The usual suspects were curiously quiet about Iryna Zarutska’s brutal murder
Did Iryna Zarutska’s life matter? Judging by the delayed, sheepish media coverage of her killing in North Carolina last month,…
Flight 93 heroes deserve Presidential Medal of Freedom
Twenty-four years ago, Muslim terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 innocent civilians – the vast majority of them Americans – by hijacking…
Will Nato pass – or fail – Russia’s great test?
Poland woke yesterday morning to what its prime minister, Donald Tusk, called an “unprecedented violation of Polish airspace.” In the…
The ‘recklessness’ of Joe Biden, according to Kamala Harris
The Atlantic published the first excerpt of Kamala Harris’s expensive memoir “107 Days” this morning, leading with a lickspittle editor’s…
Even Rachel Reeves pitied Keir Starmer at PMQs
Statute 343.36 in the US state of Minnesota reads thus: ‘No person shall operate, run or participate in a contest,…
Six questions Lord Mandelson must answer over his Jeffrey Epstein links
Can Lord Mandelson cling on as Our Man in Washington? That is the question all of Westminster is asking this…
Badenoch has learned from her PMQs mistakes
Kemi Badenoch learned from her mistakes at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, and devoted all six of her questions to…
The Kremlin had nothing to gain from sending drones to Poland
Provocation, mistake, or something in between? Either Putin sent Russian drones into Poland’s airspace on Tuesday night to test Nato’s…
Why Reform’s critics say they’re fascist
To smear your opponents as fascists or Nazis has always been the perennial temptation of those who seek to terminate…
It’s rich of Nicola Sturgeon to criticise flag-waving
The audacity of it! The hypocrisy! First, Nicola Sturgeon says yesterday in a TV interview that she’s ‘not that into…
The Scottish Greens don’t seem to care about saving the planet
Anyone continuing to labour under the misapprehension that the Scottish Green party is primarily concerned with matters environmental should stop…
Why Nepal’s Gen Z overthrew its government
Nepal’s prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned after nationwide demonstrations descended into bloodshed. At least 22 people have been killed and hundreds injured in…
I made the Epstein cookies
Is it wrong to bake cookies from a recipe addressed to a pedophile and sex trafficker? When I found the…
Victoria’s Aboriginal ‘Treaty’ will undermine its democracy
On Tuesday evening, my six-year old’s suburban Melbourne primary school staged a wonderful concert, an all-school celebration of contemporary song,…
Sébastien Lecornu is Macron’s last hope
Emmanuel Macron has named Sébastien Lecornu, a loyal confidant, as France’s new prime minister after François Bayrou’s resignation. At 39,…
Iryna Zarutska and the reality of American ‘two-tier’ justice
Under Trumpism the old certainties no longer hold and are starting to ebb away. Do illegal immigrants really have an…
The judiciary is still in thrall to DEI
Reports of the death of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) have been grossly exaggerated. DEI still threatens to undermine equality…
Trump is sending mixed messages about the Qatar attack
Oops. The White House is claiming that President Trump directed the ubiquitous Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar that Israel was…
Brits are fed up with overpriced coffee
We don’t lead the world in Artificial Intelligence. We can’t keep up with the Chinese in making electric vehicles, and…
Why the French fear the far-left
A caller to a French radio station on Monday morning said he supported Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. However, he…
Starmer must hold his nerve on Palestine Action
Keir Starmer is hardly famous for his grit. But the proscription of Palestine Action is one issue on which the…
