World
Is it too late to save America?
Regular readers may recall how fond I am of a mot from the British diplomat, author and art collector Edgar Vincent, the…
Will the Fed torpedo Joe Biden’s re-election?
Hollywood will be backing him en masse. The major newspapers will be rooting to put him back in the White…
Cambridge’s ‘cycle-friendly’ roundabout is needlessly dangerous
There is nothing more boring than potholes. I remember that from my own days as a parish councillor. It saps…
Sudan and the decline of American courage
Over the weekend, US special forces evacuated American embassy personnel from Sudan in a nearly day-long operation. The evacuation came…
France’s crackdown on illegal immigrants comes unstuck
In the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, France is getting tough on illegal immigrants. Authorities launched Operation Wuambushu (Take Back)…
Will the Tories become radicalised over the ECHR?
I’m writing this shortly after hosting Professor Tim Bale and David Gauke at the Social Market Foundation for a talk…
The UK’s treatment of Activision shows it is closed for business
It was, admittedly, not quite as thrilling as an action sequence from Call of Duty. Even so, the statement put…
Why I love Israel
Israel is marking 75 years of its existence in one of the most difficult peacetime periods the country has ever…
The UK’s biggest teaching union has exposed its true colours
The National Education Union’s (NEU) mask slipped last month when four of the organisation’s senior figures published a new book, Lessons…
Can Zelensky hold back his hawks?
There is no doubt that the West supports Ukraine’s fight for its sovereignty and survival. There is equally no doubt…
The EU has no right to lecture the UK over its Rwanda migrant plan
The EU deigns to warn the Tories: don’t try and bypass the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) when it comes…
Are the Tories finally getting serious on tackling illegal migration?
Something significant happened in Westminster yesterday. The Immigration Minister made a speech which showed a thorough understanding of the damage…
The Bank of England is right: Brits can’t keep demanding pay rises
Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill isn’t going to win a popularity contest. Speaking on a podcast for Columbia…
The narcissism of Just Stop Oil
Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists have an insatiable appetite for mayhem. Protesters from the environmental group are slowing down traffic…
Why are so many Indian migrants crossing the Channel?
Indians now make up the second-biggest cohort of Channel migrants: 675 Indians arrived in small boats in the first three…
Good riddance to the metaverse
So pack it all in then. Away with the wisecracking butterfly that sits on your shoulder during work meetings. Out…
Could the UK’s new China policy prevent a second cold war?
What a difference a year makes. Three prime ministers ago, in April 2022, Liz Truss gave a characteristically punchy speech…
Why Bernie Sanders has no heir
The Democratic establishment has never looked more vulnerable to progressive upheaval; Biden’s supposed leadership bridge to a new generation leads…
The dollar is here to stay
Reports of the death of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency are greatly exaggerated. Fortunately for America, while…
Biden’s 2024 announcement is begging for the return of Trump
Joe Biden’s campaign officially launched with a video released in the early morning hours featuring a message bizarrely limited in…
Why should gardeners learn to love weeds?
Dirt, is, as the anthropologist Mary Douglas famously put it, ‘matter out of place’. For her, ‘there is no such…
China is right to chuckle at Britain’s foreign policy
The Foreign Office has seven ministers, 16,000 employees, an £11bn credit card and one of these days it might get itself a foreign policy. If the…
Labour’s ‘lessons for boys’ plan is a sinister sideshow
What are schools for? The answer used to be obvious: school was where children went to learn how to read,…
Can the Foreign Office avoid the mistakes of Kabul in Sudan?
A British evacuation of Sudan began last night after a 72-hour ceasefire was agreed. Ministers, however, are anxious about the…
Britain’s bloody history in Sudan
A 72 hour truce between rival military factions has been brokered in Sudan’s civil war by US Secretary of State…
