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The spectacular fall of Liz Truss
Is Liz Truss the new Theresa May? A fortnight ago that question seemed unduly insulting to the Prime Minister. Now it…
Liz Truss's painful press conference fails to calm Tory nerves
Liz Truss has just confirmed that she is U-turning on another part of her government’s not-so-mini Budget. After sacking her…
Ukraine braces itself for Russia's cold war
So far this week, 128 Russian missiles have been fired at Ukraine. Half were intercepted by air defences, according to…
Why Truss picked Hunt for Chancellor
A day is a long time in politics. Just this morning, a No. 10 source told the BBC the Prime…
Will sacking Kwarteng be enough to save Truss’s premiership?
Can sacking Kwasi Kwarteng really save Liz Truss’s premiership? In the past few minutes, the chancellor has had a meeting…
Removing PMs hardly ever ends well
As Tory MPs appear to descend into a panic of buyers’ remorse over the election of Liz Truss, they would…
The sectarian shame of Ireland's women's football team
How bad is Irish nationalism’s sectarian problem? In the somewhat Panglossian world occupied by nationalist and republican activists and politicians…
Why won't Graham Norton speak up for JK Rowling?
Is silence still violence? I’m just wondering because this week Graham Norton was asked about the deluge of hateful slurs…
Liz Truss's immigration conundrum
The Conservatives – in office since 2010 – are now into their fourth successive manifesto pledge to bring down immigration,…
Six graphs that could seal Liz Truss's fate
When Britain crashed out of the European exchange rate mechanism on Black Wednesday, prime minister John Major phoned the Sun…
The Russia-Iran axis that’s menacing Ukraine
Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine is coming up on its eighth month, and the costs to the Kremlin’s military have…
The Trump subpoena probably won’t matter much
Poor Donald Trump. The January 6 committee has subpoenaed him. The New York attorney general is seeking to put the…
Boris turns down editor job
Who will take over the Evening Standard, the ailing London freesheet currently losing £14 million a year? One name floated…
Iranians have turned against the mullahs' empire building
Iran’s protestors are showing immense courage. That is a given. But the reasons why are worth spelling out. Not only…
Channel 4's Hitler art show is no laughing matter
Can Channel 4 sink any lower? The TV channel has purchased a painting by Adolf Hitler so that a studio audience…
Kanye West is not OK
Ye is the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Even more formerly, he was known as Yeezus, back when he…
Watch: King Charles says 'Dear oh dear' as he meets Liz Truss
Meetings between the monarch and the prime minister remain a closely-guarded secret. This means that anything that is caught on…
What our progressive overclass has wrought
Progressives at the zenith of privilege and power have steered US civil rights, education, and welfare policies almost exclusively for…
Backbench Tories turn on Truss
Liz Truss’s appearance before MPs at the 1922 committee on Wednesday evening was meant to be part of a wider…
Study: it’s not Adam Levine’s fault
After love rat Adam Levine and wife Behati Prinsloo were pictured smiling on a beach were released, it seems that…
Truss says no to spending cuts. Here’s the caveat
The mini-Budget was a spending spree. The ‘medium-term fiscal plan’ was meant to explain the funding. But what exactly is…
Just stop Just Stop Oil
Why block roads? Why make people’s lives miserable? Who do you think this is going to convince? So go the…
Britain's shrinking economy adds to market jitters
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak spent the summer fighting it out in the Tory leadership contest, debating how they would make…
What Washington was like during the Cuban Missile Crisis (2002)
On 27 October 1962, US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara stepped out of crisis meetings and looked up at the sky.…
The Bank of England's governor issues a stark warning
Speculation has been growing that the Bank of England might announce an extension of its emergency gilt-buying programme which is…
