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Meghan Markle's podcast is about the word ‘crazy.’ And it’s barking mad
‘Calling someone crazy or hysterical completely dismisses their experience,’ says Meghan Markle in her strangely throaty professional podcast voice. ‘It…
What's wrong with Shell sponsoring British Cycling?
If I were boss of Shell I would be tempted to take the company overseas and live a quiet life.…
Madonna comes out… as an attention seeker
Another day, another celebrity coming out on the internet. Madonna is the latest: this weekend, the pop icon posted a…
EU chief blasts Brussels' diplomats
The verdict is in: European Union diplomats are useless. But this isn’t the view of one of the EU’s usual detractors.…
Keeping no-fault evictions would betray private renters
How many U-turns can a government perform before it starts spinning out of control? Liz Truss is reportedly considering yet…
Labour prepares to fire up its election machine
Could a snap election be around the corner? That’s the message Keir Starmer relayed to party staff in a conference…
More Britons than ever are out of work due to long-term sickness
Some nine million working-age people are out of work and are not looking for it either. Figures released by the…
Putin's acolytes are boxing him in
As Russia continues to get routed in eastern Ukraine – losing territory, machinery and personnel to an emboldened Ukrainian counteroffensive…
Teachers need help in the transgender debate
Which toilet should a trans pupil be allowed to use? Teachers like me have enough on our plates with the day…
Liz Truss has a language problem
‘Grow the pie’. Somebody thought ‘grow the pie’ was The Thing, that ‘grow the pie’ was it. That this knockout…
Western leaders must share the blame for the energy crisis
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war and the sanctions it triggered, energy prices have skyrocketed. Liz Truss has warned…
The slumber of the Anglosphere
The countries we call Anglo-Saxon (Great Britain, the Commonwealth and the United States) have been known for centuries for their…
Morrissey is the rock’n’roll rebel we need
There was a truly electric moment at the Morrissey gig at the Palladium in London last night. Moz was introducing…
Who really blew up the Kerch Bridge?
Who blew up the Kerch bridge? One of President Zelensky’s most senior advisers, Mikhailo Podolyak, has suggested that the Russians…
Why is Liz Truss playing Emmanuel Macron’s game?
Is Emmanuel Macron a friend of the United Kingdom? Liz Truss said over the summer that she didn’t know, which…
Putin's attack dog brings a terrible type of warfare to Ukraine
The Crimean Bridge bombing was an unwelcome gift to both Vladimir Putin – who had celebrated his 70th birthday the…
Russian terror bombing arrives in Ukraine
It depends on when you are reading this but it’s possible that as you do, Russian missiles are still falling…
A baby boom won’t solve Britain’s labour shortage
Quite the scoop in yesterday’s Sun. An anonymous cabinet minister has briefed the paper that to secure Britain’s economic future,…
Nicola Sturgeon and the politics of hatred
One of the problems with nationalism – of any stripe – is its uglier undercurrents. The Scottish National Party has…
Can Truss repair the damage of her first four weeks?
Soon after being elected Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith summed up a test that he was soon to fail. ‘At…
No one wants to be Meghan and Harry’s neighbours
Neighbours make or break home ownership. Getting home from a long day and collapsing onto the couch doesn’t have the…
Is Liz Truss going soft on China?
In her speech to the Conservative party conference, Liz Truss rightly pointed out that we did not stand up to…
The budget black comedy that foreshadowed the rise of Putin
‘The truth is with us,’ said Vladimir Putin in a speech after the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and…
The Kerch bridge attack is devastating for Putin
It’s hard to overstate the impact of the bombing of the Kerch bridge. Opened four years ago to great fanfare,…
A Boris Johnson comeback is ridiculous – but not impossible
It would obviously be ridiculous for the Conservatives to dump Liz Truss after just a few weeks and seek to re-install…
