World
A pet’s death is as painful as losing a family member
When a pet dies, grief doesn’t arrive alone. It brings with it an awkward entourage: embarrassment, self-consciousness, the creeping suspicion…
Why Denmark’s success could cost it Greenland
Remember when the President of the United States casually enquired about purchasing Greenland in 2019? The world scoffed. Denmark, a nation…
Hot cross buns are for Easter, not for life
More proof that we’ve completely lost it when it comes to the cycle of the year. It’s not just that…
Labour’s zero-alcohol crackdown makes no sense
Labour is weighing up a crackdown on people under 18 buying ‘no and low-alcohol’ drinks. On current form, this means Keir Starmer’s…
Kyrsten Sinema was too fun for Congress
More like Kyrsten Sinner? In September, a North Carolina woman, Heather Ammel, filed a suit in county court alleging that former…
Jenrick is Reform’s most coveted debutante
Westminster has its faults, but if you’re looking for a good old-fashioned day of mistakes, backbiting, and last-minute drama, there…
What does Jenrick’s defection mean for the right?
Robert Jenrick arrived late to his own defection. ‘It’s time for the truth’, he said, before launching into a speech…
Robert Jenrick joins Reform
Robert Jenrick has rounded off an extraordinary day on the British right by formally joining Reform. Sacked by Kemi Badenoch…
Will a military boost be enough to stop Trump grabbing Greenland?
When Donald Trump sets his sights on something, it’s hard to prevent him getting what he wants. That hasn’t, however,…
Why can’t Democrats speak frankly about Iran?
The manicured grounds of Harvard University are tranquil. Ditto the expensive quads of Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Stanford. All across the fruited…
Nick Timothy takes Jenrick’s job
It’s a treacherous business, politics. One day you’re the future Tory leader, the next you’re sitting on the independent benches…
Tory chairman: ‘This was treachery’
So. Farewell then Robert Jenrick. The most popular member of the shadow cabinet (according to ConservativeHome at least) was this…
Reform risk becoming the face of Tory failure
How grim things are suddenly looking for Nigel Farage and Reform UK. It isn’t that their poll ratings are crashing…
Why are illegal migrants welcome in Britain but not Eva Vlaardingerbroek?
So they can control our borders after all. After the government presided over a near-record high for small-boats crossings last year, swinging…
Sacking Jenrick has made Badenoch stronger
The most important thing about Robert Jenrick’s sacking isn’t Robert Jenrick. It’s that it is yet another demonstration of Kemi…
Kemi sacks Robert Jenrick
Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the Tory whip and suspended his party membership. In…
How America could help bring down Iran’s Islamist regime
The near-total internet blackout imposed by the regime in Iran has now continued for nearly a week. Behind the veiled effort…
Britain’s economy is standing still under Labour
Britain’s economy is standing still. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics show GDP grew by just 0.1…
The Supreme Court’s trans athlete ruling matters to women everywhere
Women are losing trophies and, in some cases, suffering serious physical harm when male athletes are permitted to compete in…
Iran, the Shah and the revival of kingship
Earlier this week in Los Angeles – home to the largest Iranian community in the United States – thousands gathered…
Calling Trump a ‘pedophile protector’ was ‘fate’
In a time of political turmoil, the world cried out for a hero, and it may have found one in…
Starmer’s ‘jokes’ make him sound like a creepy uncle
Another week, another U-turn! This time the PM had chosen to make Prime Minister’s Questions even more torturous for himself…
Japan’s Thatcher is making a huge election gamble
Japan will go to the polls in February for a general election after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called a snap…
Starmer’s gags fail to save his PMQs
It used to be said that Keir Starmer had a magic lamp, such was his fortune in opposition. If this…
Samuel Pepys’s school should be proud, not ashamed, of its ex-pupil
‘I know not how to abstain from reading,’ wrote Samuel Pepys back in the seventeenth century. Were he by some…
