World

Is the ‘sixth mass extinction’ a myth?

24 August 2025 4:00 pm

Are our scientific institutions being colonised by activists less interested in pursing objective truth than in spinning a political narrative? It…

Can Trump really send troops to Chicago and New York?

24 August 2025 12:08 pm

President Trump has once again identified a critical national need: this time, it is the desperate plea for backup from…

FIFA president joins Trump for Oval Office kickabout

23 August 2025 9:52 pm

Washington, DC President Trump had balls on the brain on Friday. At an unannounced stop at the People’s Museum by…

Fresh tracks in ancient territories

23 August 2025 7:31 pm

By complete fluke, my delayed shuttle bus rose through the Coast Mountains at dusk. I pressed against the window, outing…

Britain’s sickness is plain to see on the streets of London

23 August 2025 4:01 pm

The appearance of vigilantes on the streets of Bournemouth certainly represents a worrying development. What is less widely-known is that…

‘Fly-camping’ is killing our national parks

23 August 2025 4:00 pm

All across the United Kingdom, from Dartmoor to the Dark Peak, a troubling trend is emerging: the destructive, disruptive and…

Facial recognition will save lives at Notting Hill Carnival

23 August 2025 4:00 pm

If Big Brother is watching you, who is watching Big Brother? A coalition of the willing has come together to…

Will Germany really send troops to Ukraine?

23 August 2025 3:35 pm

As Donald Trump presses on with his breathless efforts to secure an end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders…

The truth about PIP

23 August 2025 3:15 pm

Britain’s health and disability benefits bill is ballooning out of control – yet still Keir Starmer refuses to face reality.…

Trump’s command economy

23 August 2025 6:12 am

Donald Trump never made a secret of the fact that he wanted to be a commanding president but it wasn’t…

Will one rotten rebrand spoil Cracker Barrel?

23 August 2025 3:20 am

No one thinks the Cracker Barrel rebrand is a particularly good idea. The entire charm of Cracker Barrel lay in…

What is the purpose of Israel’s Gaza City operation?

23 August 2025 2:59 am

Israel’s security cabinet yesterday approved the Israel Defense Force’s plans for a major operation into Gaza City. The cabinet decision…

Singapore-style repression has come to Britain

23 August 2025 1:35 am

In September 2022, I came to the UK in the hope of leaving behind an overbearing and censorious state. In…

The tide is turning against firework displays

23 August 2025 1:06 am

News headlines about a Labour council banning fireworks to avoid upsetting baby pandas are certainly eye-catching. It’s true that Edinburgh…

Corbyn-Sultana party to launch Scottish branch

23 August 2025 1:03 am

The new party of the left has got off to a pretty shaky start. It doesn’t have a proper name,…

Bridget Phillipson is motivated by spite

23 August 2025 12:55 am

There are few more irritating features of the modern apparatchik’s lexicon than ‘lived experience’. It implies the existence of some…

Why is the state so obsessed with speech crimes?

22 August 2025 11:52 pm

A new phrase to have arrived in earnest this year has been ‘two-tier’ justice, relating to the perceived government and…

Home Office seeks to appeal High Court migrant hotel decision

22 August 2025 10:46 pm

It’s the issue that has dominated the week: hotels housing asylum seekers. On Tuesday, the High Court granted a temporary…

Meet the man putting hundreds of England flags up around York

22 August 2025 9:22 pm

Over the last few weeks, Brits across the country have been adorning streetlights and roundabouts with Union Jacks and St…

Benjamin Netanyahu is getting desperate

22 August 2025 8:08 pm

As the IDF announced the imminent mobilisation of some 80,000 reservists in preparation for the decisive battle to seize Gaza…

The unions will regret their Autumn of Discontent

22 August 2025 7:42 pm

Just how thick are the public sector unions? The RMT’s announcement of a week-long strike on the London Underground in…

How parliament is weaponised against Reform UK

22 August 2025 7:40 pm

A recent trend has emerged at Prime Ministers’ Questions. Each week, after Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch have had their…

The BBC’s Israel problem needs investigating

22 August 2025 7:30 pm

When the BBC was forced to admit that a woman it featured as a starving victim of the Gaza war…

The chilling impact of Germany’s new self-ID law

22 August 2025 7:04 pm

The leopard-print dress, earrings, and lipstick are quintessentially feminine. The thick handlebar moustache and neck tattoos, somewhat less so. The…

The Democratic Party is now messianic

22 August 2025 7:00 pm

The New York Times recently announced that Democrats face a “voter registration crisis.” With its delicate, frilly font, the Times…