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Is North Korea about to test another nuke?
North Korea’s spring has started with a bang. The United States and South Korea have staged their largest joint military exercises in five years,…
Putin is copying the propaganda playbook of Serbian war criminals
A year ago, Ukrainian soldiers discovered evidence of the Bucha massacre in which Russian forces slaughtered hundreds of Ukrainians in…
For once, there’s a battle of ideas happening in the Tory party
Yesterday’s announcement that the UK has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership brought with it a unique sense of…
After 50 years: where next for VAT?
What is the appropriate act to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Value Added Tax in the UK? Are we celebrating?…
AI is the death of porn
I have a friend, let’s call her Ellie, who has a diverting side hustle: she sells erotic images of herself…
Did Brexit save Britain from France’s fate?
Stéphane Rozès, the author of a book entitled ‘Chaos’, was on French radio this week receiving congratulations for being a…
No wonder some Remainers are unhappy about the UK joining the CPTPP
The United Kingdom has become a member of a free trade bloc embracing 500 million consumers. And it isn’t the…
Charles Bronson and the problem with parole hearings
The letter delivered last week to Mr Charles Salvador, of HMP Woodhill, from the parole board did not bring him…
Poland’s burgeoning alliance with Britain is bad for Putin
Poland and the United Kingdom have been allies for years. But, since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, that union…
An idiot’s guide to posting about Trump’s indictment
Who to copy: #Resistance TikTok, Matt Walsh or Ivanka? Donald Trump has been indicted — and you have to post…
Hunter Biden is going to be indicted
Thanks to New York County district attorney Alvin Bragg, a former president Joe Biden is likely to live out his…
The BBC is axing its panel shows. It only has itself to blame
The veteran BBC show Have I Got News for You is ‘due to become BBC television’s only satirical comedy show’. This is the…
The EU puts Ukraine at the centre of its China policy
If Beijing was in any doubt that its 12-point peace plan for Ukraine has gone down badly in Europe, those…
The right’s two responses to Trump’s indictment
The immediate reaction to the indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has been a run to support…
The wonder and mystery of Mexican cooking
Mexican food is my comfort food. My devotion stems from memories of my mother’s enchiladas. I used to love watching…
Biden, Trump and iniquity in America
Shall we talk about double standards? People scoff at ‘whataboutery’, yet sometimes an iniquity towards one side becomes so absurd…
The trouble with Joe Biden’s trans declaration
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility – just like the preceding 89 days of 2023. But, jesting aside, it…
Elon Musk is wrong to call for a pause on the AI race
On 2 August 1939, Albert Einstein – at that time the most famous scientist in the world – put his…
Even Donald Trump’s critics should be troubled by these charges
A New York grand jury has indicted former president Donald Trump over alleged ‘hush money’ payments to Stormy Daniels, an adult film…
Britain joining CPTPP is a triumph for the Tories
This morning ministers have confirmed that Britain has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – the first new…
The CPTPP trade deal shatters the ‘little Englander’ Brexit myth
Britain’s acceptance into the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be presented by the government as a triumph,…
Why Democrats shouldn’t celebrate the charges against Donald Trump
The indictment of former president Donald Trump as part of an investigation into hush money paid in 2016 to an ex porn…
Why did Guy Pearce apologise for this trans tweet?
Hollywood actor Guy Pearce has apologised for posting a pro-trans tweet. That’s where we’re at now with the culture war.…
A history lesson for Joe Biden
Some moderately clever people, reflecting on the confusing morass of current events, knowingly quote George Santayana’s most famous observation: that…
Is this the reason Harry and Meghan stepped down as working Royals?
Stepping down as working royals would ‘provide our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the…
