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What Prince Harry has in common with Boris Johnson
It has, on balance, been one of Prince Harry’s busier fortnights in recent times. As if to upstage his father’s…
Friedrich Merz has become the new Angela Merkel
Germany’s conservatives voted for decisiveness after the dreary Scholz years. Instead, they got another moderator-in-chief – one very much like…
Desmond Morris was a master of provocative truths
When the recently deceased zoologist Desmond Morris chose the title for his 1967 book – The Naked Ape – that…
Russia’s university recruitment drive is an act of desperation
Despite the Kremlin’s insistence that its war machine remains robust, recruitment figures into the Russian army tell a different story.…
Were Neanderthals capable of complex speech?
In The Inheritors, Willliam Golding’s second novel, Neanderthals utter only a few short words and think entirely with images. A…
Artificial Intelligence will bore us to death before it kills us
Now that MI5 has been called in to protect us from rogue AI systems and Anthropic has opted not to…
The Palantir manifesto doesn’t go far enough
Tech companies like Palantir now find themselves in a bind. Wanting government contracts, they have a reason to stay politically…
It’s over for Keir Starmer
Politics has calmed down again after a week of rare frenzy, even by the standards of the past decade. Next…
The contempt Trump feels for his NATO allies is mutual
The war in Iran has revealed plenty about America’s ability to inflict damage on its enemies, Tehran’s capacity to resist…
The evil of the Brighton beach gang rape
Brighton beach, swelled by sun-seekers on hot summer days, becomes one big after party after dark. Revellers from the seafront…
Why Trump is threatening the Falklands
There are still those who argue that President Trump’s aggressive, impulsive and inconsistent foreign policy is radical and disruptive, and…
Why are pro-Iranian demonstrators allowed to voice their hate in London?
For years, Britain has defended freedom of speech. Having been brought up in a country, Iran, where my father was…
Britain must learn from its energy crises
During my career in the energy industry, I have been through seven major supply disruptions. Each time nations vow to…
Iran shouldn’t be at the World Cup
I love football. I’m a Manchester United season ticket holder who has watched Iran and England at three World Cups:…
What the St George’s flag really stands for
Every year it’s the same old story, and it’s always inaugurated by the usual collection of technocratic mediocrities and simple-minded…
Don’t whitewash Michael Jackson
We’re not used to famous paedophiles having a great talent; perhaps because all of their drive goes into their secret…
Why flats are better than houses
Flats have been getting a bad rap recently. There is the promised leasehold reform being stuck in the legislative and…
Russell Brand is everything that is wrong with the world
There are few stranger public careers than that of Russell Brand, the former “comedian” turned MAGA cheerleader-in-chief. He has given…
The tawdry shenanigans of the Southern Poverty Law Center
In the financial world, most frauds are short-lived. Ponzi schemes such as Bernie Madoff’s eventually run out of new suckers…
Single men shouldn’t be able to have a surrogate baby
Should single men be allowed to buy a baby? Obviously not, you might think. But since 2019 British men have…
Rumen Radev won’t be the next Viktor Orban
Rumen Radev won a majority in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election this week, giving him the ability to form a single-party government.…
Is Zack Polanski seriously questioning Jewish safety?
Hey, Jews – have you ever considered the possibility that you’re making a fuss over nothing? That a few petrol…
Rachel Reeves is crushing the economy
Chancellor Rachel Reeves took office on a pro-growth platform, promising to make Britain the leading economy in the G7. She…
The Green party candidate who wants to ‘burn Zionism to the ground’
A Green candidate who is also a GP has repeatedly attacked ‘Zios’ and called on people to ‘burn Zionism to…
France isn’t ready for its first openly gay president
France is ready to elect its first openly gay president. That is the belief of Gabriel Attal, who discusses his…
