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Did Biden also illegally hoard top-secret documents?
Remember the tale of Donald Trump and the ‘illegal hoarding’ of the top-secret documents? It was only last summer. On…
Losing Crimea would condemn Putin
As the fighting in Ukraine slows for the winter, three things stand out. The first is the most obvious: a small,…
Boris: Tories must unite
To the Carlton Club, that Palladian monument to power. Last night it hosted the unveiling of Boris Johnson’s new portrait,…
Has China admitted failure for zero Covid?
Why did China end its zero Covid policy so abruptly? This question has confounded China-watchers and even the Chinese people…
In defence of Harry’s Taliban comments
Let’s just simmer down about Prince Harry, at least when it comes to his comments about the Taliban. In his…
Ron DeSantis is the Republican party’s best hope
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is shaping up as the GOP’s best hope for next year’s US presidential election. Large parts…
Behind the scenes of the Kevin McCarthy negotiations
And then there was Kevin. In the wake of a forecasted red wave that never materialized, now-Speaker Kevin McCarthy plotted…
It’s different when Biden gets caught with classified docs
So where are the FBI SWAT teams? Will they be raiding Joe Biden’s private office at the Penn Biden Center…
How have our politicians gotten so bad at lying?
It’s been a bumpy month or so for newly elected Congressman George Santos, if that is his real name. Shortly…
The UK can’t ignore Scotland’s gender recognition Bill
On Monday we learned that Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs) issued in Scotland might not be accepted in England and Wales.…
Boris Johnson falls victim to Grant Shapps’ photoshop fail
It seems that Grant Shapps’ day has just gone from bad to worse. Having cursed the Virgin Orbit mission by…
Is this the real reason Russia is trying to seize Bakhmut from Ukraine?
Bakhmut is not of immense strategic importance. It’s a backwater, empty of almost all civilian life, and largely in ruins.…
Why does Israel want to patch things up with Russia?
Is Israel cosying up to Russia? When Eli Cohen, Israel’s foreign minister, spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov last week, it was the first such call between…
Prince Harry’s Spare ends with a whimper not a bang
The epigraph for Spare, Prince Harry’s frenziedly awaited memoir, is from William Faulkner’s Requiem for a Nun. It states simply ‘The past is never dead. It’s…
How DeSantis can de-program the blue states
Four years ago this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis presciently warned in his first inaugural address that big-spending, high-taxing states were…
The Brooks Brothers riot comes to Brazil
So the Brooks Brothers riot has arrived in Brasilia. That riot, a precursor to January 6, took place in Miami-Dade…
Can Lula use the pro-Bolsonaro riots to unite Brazil?
A week is a long time in politics. Just ask Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. On 1 January this…
Who cares if Rishi Sunak uses a private GP?
Rishi Sunak is absolutely right to say, in softer terms, that his family’s healthcare arrangements are no one’s business. There…
The rage of the Bolsonaro voter
Despite being the world’s fourth largest democracy, Brazil was barely on the radar for most Americans until the meteoric rise…
France is losing patience with Macron
When the Sunday newspaper, Le Journal Du Dimanche, recently published its annual list of France’s fifty most popular personalities, politicians…
In pictures: Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s presidential palace
A few days after the anniversary of the 6 January events in Washington DC, thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed…
Harry’s interview is an explosive, flame-throwing spectacle
Bombs away! Prince Harry’s mission to dump ordnance on his nearest and dearest continued last night in a riveting interview…
Is a Boris comeback really on the cards?
As MPs return to parliament after the Christmas break, Rishi Sunak is under pressure both on the NHS and strikes.…
Prince Harry saves his toughest treatment for Camilla
Prince Harry kicked off the promo tour for his memoir Spare in earnest on Sunday, with a pair of interviews either side…
Prince Harry’s ITV interview shows why there won’t be a royal reconciliation
It’s fair to say that last night’s ITV interview – imaginatively entitled Harry: The Interview – between Prince Harry and his long-standing friend, the journalist…
