World
America needs its allies
There are ‘great powers’ and other powers. This is a truism of international relations thinking for those who espouse a…
Life isn’t good for everyone in the Cotswolds
On paper, Charlbury is everything the Cotswolds is supposed to be. Stone cottages the colour of anaemic butter. Sash windows…
Students bullied into being woke
If, as Shakespeare observed, “all the world is a stage, and all its men and women merely players,” no place…
Stop the Medicaid ambulance grift
With Congress back in their districts for the August recess, GOP members will undoubtedly be bragging to their base about…
Trump’s tariff war faces its toughest test yet
Trying to work out what is going on with global trade doesn’t get any easier. Just as the world was…
Nicola Sturgeon on J.K. Rowling, Farage and Trump
Last night, Nicola Sturgeon appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall to promote her autobiography Frankly. On stage she was questioned by…
How we turned universities into immigration machines
Fifty per cent, or some 560,000, of those admitted to the UK under the student visa system since 2022 remained…
Why a peacekeeping buffer zone in Ukraine won’t work
The 24 hours within which Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine have turned into more than six…
Keir Starmer should call another EU referendum
It can’t be much fun, being Sir Keir Starmer right now. If the people across the country chanting ‘Keir Starmer’s…
Why the English fly their flag
For a Brit in America, flag-flying feels so overdone, almost cultish. Why do Americans fly their flag on houses, lawns,…
Is Taylor Swift’s love life too good to be true?
After years of dating effete Englishmen, Taylor Swift has finally found her man. The singer is engaged to Travis Kelce,…
What is Prince Andrew hiding?
This month marks exactly forty years since I became a literary agent. In that time I have been involved with…
US ‘covert ops’ in Greenland
A crack has developed in the NATO alliance, but surprisingly it has nothing to do with Ukraine. On Wednesday, the…
Is RFK Jr. Trump’s Achilles’ heel?
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quest to prove himself President Donald Trump’s most destructive Cabinet…
Reform take 15 point-lead over Labour
Party conference begins next week when Reform UK kick off their two-day jamboree in Birmingham. Spirits within Nigel Farage’s party…
Kamala doesn’t deserve Secret Service detail
I served nearly a decade on Secret Service protective details. That included guarding the lives of President Bush and Obama…
The Epping hotel ruling is a victory – and a defeat – for Labour
It wasn’t surprising that the Home Office chose to back an urgent appeal in the Epping hotel case. Not only…
Kyiv and Budapest are at war over Druzhba pipeline
Relations between Ukraine and Hungary have soured once again after Robert Brovdi, the Ukrainian drone commander of Hungarian descent, struck…
Flashback: Rayner hits out at tax avoidance
If there are two things Angela Rayner can’t stand, it’s Tories (previously labelled scum) and tax avoiders. So Tories avoiding…
Judge rules that asylum seekers can stay put in Epping hotel
Asylum seekers will be allowed to stay at the Bell Hotel in Epping after the Court of Appeal lifted a…
Only a fool won’t welcome the NHS chickenpox vaccine rollout
It’s rare that any government – not least Keir Starmer’s – does something to which there can be no even…
Robin Westman and the unstoppable tide of ‘slop violence’
On Wednesday, doing my laundry, I decided to turn on the TV for the first time in decades. Breaking news:…
What the Bell Hotel case reveals about two-tier Labour
It’s a mark of the absurd legalism of Britain’s political system that after a month of fierce protests and years…
Rayner’s stamp duty saving could cost her
Angela Rayner’s living arrangements are causing the Deputy Prime Minister a headache. The Daily Telegraph has today splashed on claims that Rayner…
A dual crisis is looming for France
Financial crises are often linked to a political crisis. On 8 September, the French government will submit itself to a…
