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Meghan Markle and the uncomfortable truth about Britain
I’m not defending Harry and Meghan. But I think they deserve some credit, for they have put the British character…
Why is India covering up clashes with China in the Himalayas?
For more than 20 years the West ignored China’s militarisation of the South China Sea. Until, that is, it was…
Why should my student paper report on an anti-trans documentary?
Journalists and editors make decisions every day about what stories to report and what to skip. That’s not just because…
The Deep State vs Donald Trump saga is not over
As I have said before, I hope that the new Congress, which begins its session in just a couple of…
How Britain (narrowly) avoided lockdown last Christmas
Exactly a year ago today, the cabinet met to decide whether or not to lock down to tackle Omicron. At…
How long can the Democrats keep Trump in legal limbo?
Yesterday, a political committee set up in order to condemn Donald Trump condemned Donald Trump. It would have been truly…
Elon Musk will have the last laugh
It ended, as many things do these days, with a poll. Apparently on a whim, Elon Musk, while attending the…
January 6 Committee turns Trump from predator to prey
With the January 6 Committee’s recommendation to the Justice Department last night to prosecute Donald Trump on four counts of…
Britain must address its anti-family tax system
Parenting – and indeed any talk of family life – has long been taboo in government. Nothing highlighted this more…
The January 6 Committee’s recommended charges against Trump, explained
The Select Committee to Investigate January 6 announced Monday that it would refer former president Donald Trump for charges to…
DC is officially clearing out its homeless tent cities
After years of neglect, it seems federal and city officials are finally removing the homeless encampments littered across Washington, DC.…
Japan’s rearmament could be a force for good
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s murdered former prime minister, would this week be especially proud of his country. At long last, and…
Kevin McCarthy’s party games
All that Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy wants for Christmas is the four votes he needs to hold the gavel as…
What we learned from the Qatar World Cup
It is a measure of the unexpected success of the Qatar World Cup that it could be hailed as the…
Can Jeremy Clarkson’s critics take a joke?
There is always a tipping point in Twitterstorms. A moment at which the digital hysteria over something somebody said becomes…
The High Court Rwanda ruling is a win for the Tories
Today’s High Court ruling that the government’s plan to send irregular migrants to Rwanda on a one-way ticket is lawful…
What the High Court ruling means for the Rwanda scheme
The government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful. That’s according to a ruling from the High Court…
Elon Musk’s weird weekend
He may have been racking up the hours at the office lately, but even Elon Musk knows when to take…
Do Harry and Meghan really think they’ve done nothing wrong?
Not for the first time, it was Jeremy Clarkson’s fault. The weekend news, which began with a forensic dissection of…
What adults don’t get about children’s books
Children’s writing has been having a bit of a moment over the past couple of weeks, after a conversation on social…
Macron’s World Cup loss is nothing compared with the problems he faces in France
One can only feel for Kylian Mbappé. If scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup final but ending up on the…
Harry, Meghan and the troubling erasure of Christmas
H and M – no, the other brand – are causing trouble again. ‘Sussexes send out Happy Woke-mas card to…
The Met Office isn’t to blame for possible blackouts
In the hierarchy of excuses for tipping Britain into a month of blackouts, ‘the Met Office didn’t say winter would…
Why Russia couldn’t give up on empire
One hundred years ago this December, delegations from the core nations of the East Slavs, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus signed the…
Why Argentina is the team we love to hate
With the prospect of Messi closing out his glorious career with the ultimate prize it’s likely most neutral fans will…
