World

Herschel Walker’s loss shows Trump’s fortunes have gone south

8 December 2022 2:00 am

Have Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations gone south? The failure of Herschel Walker to become the next senator from Georgia has…

China’s battle with Omicron is just beginning

8 December 2022 1:59 am

Zero Covid seems to be ending in China. After three years of pushing this policy, the message from the state…

Why Germany’s far-right coup was doomed from the start

8 December 2022 1:10 am

Twenty-five people have been arrested by German authorities on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. A failed coup attempt…

Let’s kick penalties out of football

7 December 2022 11:00 pm

Spain crashed out of the World Cup on penalties last night, despite dominating possession against Morocco for two solid hours.…

The Twitter Files just got a lot more interesting

7 December 2022 9:37 pm

As I wrote earlier, last week Matt Taibbi, the journalist chosen by Elon Musk to reveal what really happened behind-the-app…

The Tories need to get tough on the strikes

7 December 2022 5:58 pm

This Christmas, Britain is facing what is not far short of a general strike. Rail workers, ambulance drivers, nurses, postal…

When will Harry and Meghan leave us alone?

7 December 2022 5:00 pm

Is anyone else starting to feel harassed by Harry and Meghan? There’s no escaping them. Open Spotify and there they…

How abortion falsehoods put lives at risk

7 December 2022 2:37 pm

Margaret (not her real name) is a board certified OB-GYN practicing in a Catholic, pro-life hospital system in Michigan. Ever…

This wind U-turn proves Sunak is a risk management PM

7 December 2022 5:59 am

Another day, another U-turn: this time on onshore wind. To the surprise of no-one, the government has given in to…

Is lockdown to blame for the Strep A spike?

7 December 2022 3:10 am

As of today, nine children have died in the UK after falling ill with Strep A. Now, more children under…

How New Yorkers took over the Democratic Party

7 December 2022 3:00 am

Start spreading the news. As party leadership for the upcoming 118th Congress shapes up, we now know that Democrats will…

Gordon Brown is deluding himself about the SNP

7 December 2022 12:26 am

Gordon Brown needs a hobby. Golf, perhaps, or jazzercise. Anything but meddling in the constitution. He means well but his…

Starmer is more brutal than he is boring

6 December 2022 11:35 pm

On the day he unveiled Gordon Brown’s 153-page report into renewing Britain’s democracy Keir Starmer showed his steely side and…

Striking railway workers can’t avoid reality for ever

6 December 2022 11:06 pm

Rail strikes on a couple of days when no trains would be running anyway might not seem the biggest inconvenience…

Gordon Brown doesn’t understand what Scottish voters want

6 December 2022 7:10 pm

Only Gordon Brown could come up with a 40-point plan for constitutional renewal. ‘Less is more’ is not a principle…

Did US officials suppress political speech on Twitter?

6 December 2022 6:31 pm

The ‘Twitter files’ Elon Musk released to two journalists have produced a cloud of confusion. So far, we have not…

Unlike Britain, France is far from finished with Covid

6 December 2022 6:16 pm

Twelve months ago Britain rebelled against Covid hysteria. As Boris Johnson and his Sage modelling committee prepared to lockdown the…

King Charles should ignore Ngozi Fulani

6 December 2022 5:30 pm

If a visitor to my house suggested they had been abused and verbally attacked when they came to tea, I…

One failed Republican autopsy was enough

6 December 2022 2:20 pm

The news that Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel is planning on conducting an “autopsy” of the 2022 election…

Japan’s defense revolution

6 December 2022 2:20 pm

You don’t need to be an Asia specialist to recognize that China is undergoing a significant military modernization campaign. China’s…

Why is the mainstream media ignoring the Twitter Files?

6 December 2022 4:56 am

The most telling thing about Matt Taibbi’s Twitter Files release at Elon Musk’s behest was not so much what was or…

Is the Biden administration’s ‘non-binary’ hero a thief?

6 December 2022 4:30 am

“Everyone deserves to live their life as their full an authentic self.” So tweeted the Department of Energy on November…

The SNP’s colonialism myth

6 December 2022 3:05 am

There have been strange goings on in Scotland. A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court clarified that the Scottish parliament…

Why the lame-duck Congress is a threat to democracy

6 December 2022 2:50 am

President Joe Biden warned Americans before the midterms that democratic self-government was “under assault” by candidates who refused to accept…

Watch: Harry and Meghan’s latest cringe-fest

6 December 2022 1:02 am

Quick, nurse, pass the sick bag! The wokest couple in all the West is at it again. Harry and Meghan…