World

How did free speech become a right-wing value?

16 December 2022 2:17 am

In early May, I explored the left’s reaction to billionaire Elon Musk potentially buying Twitter and his vow to make…

The EU is letting itself be blackmailed by Hungary

16 December 2022 2:00 am

For Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, there is only one lesson to be learned from the compromise reached with the…

The Bank of England’s interest hike shows the worst is to come

16 December 2022 1:39 am

After a faltering start in its programme of rate rises, the Bank of England is catching up. Today’s half-point rise…

Harry and Meghan’s Netflix show is worse than the Royals could ever imagine

15 December 2022 11:38 pm

At the end of the sixth episode of the interminable, grotesquely self-indulgent wallow in self-pity and score-settling that constitutes Netflix’s…

Could Britain pull out of Europe’s human rights treaty?

15 December 2022 9:55 pm

Just as Brexit began with a few harmless-looking chips at what looked like an impregnable concrete wall, something similar may…

Hooligans aren’t alone in exploiting Morocco’s World Cup run

15 December 2022 8:08 pm

‘Let’s all get behind Les Bleus for victory!’ tweeted Emmanuel Macron shortly before France and Morocco met last night in…

Latvia’s Russian media crackdown will delight Putin

15 December 2022 7:08 pm

When Russia was preparing to annex Crimea in the late winter of 2014, the newly-appointed head of the Russian agency…

Randi Weingarten isn’t going anywhere

15 December 2022 3:42 pm

It was eerily warm in New York the day before the midterm elections, and the president of the American Federation…

Anthony Fauci’s conveniently foggy memory

15 December 2022 6:59 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci sat for a seven-hour deposition last week as part of a lawsuit brought by the attorneys general…

The Brittney Griner swap was nothing out of the ordinary

15 December 2022 6:44 am

Viewed from a coldly logical perspective, releasing Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner is a highly lopsided trade in favor of…

Have the Tories passed the point of no return?

14 December 2022 11:52 pm

If an election were held tomorrow, not only would Labour win, they would bury the Tories with a landslide majority…

Inflation slows to 10.7% – and may have passed its peak

14 December 2022 7:49 pm

Has inflation peaked? The Consumer Prices Index fell to 10.7 per cent last month, down from 11.1 per cent in October.…

Why Messi matters

14 December 2022 7:04 pm

I hope that the Argentinian national team (also known as Lionel Messi) will win its third (or first?) World Cup…

The Twitter Files communication breakdown

14 December 2022 5:30 am

The gradual release of the Twitter Files is impressive in its scale and its revelations about the internal workings of…

The Twitter Files show Donald Trump should never have been banned

14 December 2022 4:20 am

The latest Twitter Files revelations are the most disturbing yet. They show how the employees of this private company, not…

Union outcry over working conditions in parliament

14 December 2022 3:24 am

Trains, hospitals and schools – there are few aspects of British life left untouched by the winter of discontent. And…

Brexit’s critics are strangely quiet about the European parliament scandal

14 December 2022 3:08 am

The corruption scandal embroiling the European parliament and the European Union’s institutions at the highest level is shaping up to…

Rishi Sunak’s immigration plan could be a game changer

14 December 2022 2:07 am

Rishi Sunak today gave a potentially game-changing statement in the Commons, finally committing the Conservatives to effective action when it…

Rishi Sunak will regret his Channel crossings crackdown

14 December 2022 1:30 am

Rishi Sunak’s latest promises on asylum and immigration suggest the PM has learned very little from his Tory forebears. Ken…

The fall of FTX is just the beginning of the crypto collapse

13 December 2022 11:57 pm

It will come as no comfort to those who have already lost fortunes, but it is remarkable how resilient the…

Why the rising unemployment rate might not be such bad news

13 December 2022 11:51 pm

Is unemployment beginning to bite? Or are the workless trying to rejoin the economy? That’s the key question after the…

Jacinda Ardern caught on camera name-calling rival

13 December 2022 10:36 pm

Jacinda Ardern’s political philosophy is simple. When the New Zealand PM was asked to explain the qualities that led to…

James Cleverly’s shameful silence on the fate of Jimmy Lai

13 December 2022 9:47 pm

Have you heard about the British citizen facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in a Chinese…

It’s no surprise Britain can’t cope with snow

13 December 2022 6:05 pm

If you’ve managed to avoid the dimly-lit pictures of people’s back gardens, you won’t have heard the news: the snow…

Why is Elton John so pompous?

13 December 2022 5:00 pm

‘All my life,’ Elton John told the Twittersphere last Friday afternoon, ‘I’ve tried to use music to bring people together.…