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Trump hits back at China’s retaliatory tariffs
Stock markets around the world continue to plummet but Donald Trump has his mind on other matters: his tariff war…
Who did Bill Ackman think he was electing?
To take on America’s entire governing class and win, Donald Trump proved that he had an inhuman level of willfulness…
What Bibi and Trump get from each other
For all of their political similarities – imperiousness, indifference, more than occasional impunity – Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s canniest…
Trump is bending Japan to his will
‘National crisis’ was how Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba described the fallout from President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs in a…
Is Israel wrong to see Labour MPs as hostile actors?
Israel’s denial of entry to two Labour MPs is a truly shaming moment. Not for Israel, which, like all sovereign…
Rachel Reeves could be Trump’s first tariff crash victim
There will be plenty of victims of the crash currently playing out across the global financial markets. A few hedge…
Why did Israel block two British MPs at its border?
In 2008, under the UK’s Labour government, Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin – a Likud central committee member – was denied…
Has Musk broken ranks with Trump over tariffs?
Uh oh. There’s trouble in Trumpland. Leader of the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk has taken to his…
There are other kinds of workers who want ‘dignity’
Since Liberation Day, my feed has been full of panicked, apocalyptic screeching, even more than usual. It hasn’t been useful.…
Why shouldn’t Livia Tossici-Bolt try to prevent abortions?
How do you breach an abortion buffer zone protection order? Why, by being within 150 metres of any part of…
David Lammy’s Israel hypocrisy
I suppose we should name it the ‘Lammy Doctrine’, after the Titan of global diplomacy we are so privileged to…
Why are sports cars being exempted from net zero rules?
You can carry on burning petrol and diesel in your car so long as it is a pricey, niche sports…
Marine le Pen is far from finished
The right rarely take to the streets in France, but thousands gathered in Paris on Sunday to hear Marine Le…
Lammy and Badenoch in row over Israel’s MP ban
Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch are not known to be especially chummy at the best…
In defence of teenage boys
Horatio Nelson passed his examination for lieutenant on 9 April 1777 (possibly with a little help from his uncle, who was…
China is wary of American intentions
In 2024, China exported three times more to the US than the US did to China, and President Donald Trump’s…
Should Marine Le Pen step down?
It was a rally for Marine Le Pen billed as a rendez-vous historique. In the end, barely a few thousand…
Trump’s ‘move fast and break things’ tactic could finally make DC safer
A lot can change in a year. We have a new president, a new congressional majority, a new season of The…
Girl parents should be grateful for the Caitlin Clark effect
The NCAA women’s big championship game takes place on Sunday. A lot of people will tune in – a ton…
Is Trump stoking a global recession?
This week, Donald Trump steered the global economy away from the free trade era that has underpinned growth for decades.…
My Eton tormentor has been jailed
Seeing the mugshot of Old Etonian Douglas Clifton Brown following his conviction for attempted murder, transported me straight back to…
Showing Adolescence in schools lets parents off the hook
Parents are up in arms. The Prime Minister’s decision to allow all state secondary schools to screen Adolescence, the scary Netflix…
Oxford is right to remember its German war dead
The Queen’s College, Oxford, has put in a planning application to add the names of five alumni who died fighting…
I’m woke right. Maybe you are too
Has the very online left, the bane of our times, been usurped by the very online right? It’s a poetically…
In defense of the Disney Adult
For too long derision of the Disney Adult has gone on unchecked. The world has been all too eager to…
