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Gary Lineker’s virtue signalling has finally gone too far
The worst thing about Gary Lineker’s intervention in the small boats discussion is not whether he broke BBC rules on…
Who will salvage China’s spiralling relationship with the US?
When China’s ambassador to Washington, the bookish-looking old hand Qin Gang, was appointed to be China’s next foreign minister in…
The most insulting International Women’s Day campaign
Happy International Women’s Day! A few years ago, this jaunty greeting would have left me snorting with derision. I pooh-poohed…
Did the Ukrainians bomb the Nord Stream pipeline?
There’s an uncomfortable fact about covert operations in the information-saturated modern world. Like personal WhatsApp messages, they always leak –…
It’s time to end the City of Culture charade
It is something of a mystery why being named UK City of Culture is seen in some quarters as a…
A schism in Ulster is inevitable
The fate of the Stormont Assembly, and a Brexit resolution of a kind, now rests on the uncharismatic shoulders of…
Gary Lineker’s offensive Nazi Germany comparison
When a prominent left-wing celebrity wants to attack a conservative person or policy they very often make a comparison with…
Does Sunak have enough time to stop the boats?
Rishi Sunak has just finished a press conference on his flagship legislation to curb illegal crossings in the Channel. The…
The Illegal Migration Bill will define the next election
The government’s Illegal Migration Bill is finally here. Speaking in the House of Commons this lunchtime, the Home Secretary unveiled…
A Cold War mindset is thriving in Beijing
China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang has come out growling, using his first media appearance to accuse the US of…
Did Belarusian rebels blow up one of Putin’s planes?
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has some awkward explaining to do to Vladimir Putin after a Russian military plane, being stored…
Will Rishi Sunak admit the truth about net zero?
When Boris Johnson nailed the Tories’ environmental colours to the mast a few years ago, he probably gained votes from…
Rishi Sunak seems serious about stopping the Channel boats
So long as the extensive pre-briefing of the Illegal Migration Bill turns out to be a reasonably accurate reflection of…
Chris Rock’s criticism of Meghan Markle is spot on
The story of Harry and Meghan has often been portrayed as a clash of values between Britain and America. Between…
Radio 2 has misjudged its audience
BBC Radio 2 is one of the many modern cultural enterprises which seems to have as its primary aim alienating…
Macron’s France is a tinderbox
On 22 March 1968 the slow burn that would eventually flare into France’s ‘May ‘68’ began. The radical student movement…
Should I have had a sensitivity reader review my book?
Reason magazine reported last summer on the rise of sensitivity readers, and publishers have made headlines for their plans to…
The growing bipartisan backlash against ‘Latinx’
Since its emergence, the term “Latinx” has been unpopular with Hispanics. Yet despite this opposition, progressive activists and organizations continue…
Qurangate has exposed the weakness of ‘liberals’
There’s a sudden vacancy in the constituency of Wakefield. The incumbent Labour MP hasn’t resigned or died. He just happens…
Dyson tells Hunt: your tax grab sucks
As tax rates rise in the UK, so do business jitters. The windfall tax on oil and gas companies –…
In defence of Isabel Oakeshott
What shocks me most about Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages is the flippancy surrounding decisions to scare, manipulate and control the…
Harry and Meghan’s coronation guessing game isn’t fair on the King
Will they or won’t they? I’m talking, of course, about whether or not Harry and Meghan will attend the King’s…
Failing to stop the Channel crisis will cost Rishi Sunak his job
Finding an effective solution to Europe’s migrant crisis has eluded the continent’s leaders for a decade. Presidents, prime ministers and…
Cyclists have been given a licence to ride on the pavement
Let me confess: when I learned that a woman pedestrian had been sent to prison for causing the death of…
Why Tennessee’s anti-Drag Queen Story Hour law goes too far
In the Tennessee House of Representatives, it went by the name of Bill 9; in the Tennessee Senate, Bill 3.…
