World
We’re still suffering from social long Covid
It’s not unusual, after running a focus group, for a particular comment to stay with you for days. Ordinary people…
Are Western companies heading back to Russia?
Ever since Donald Trump’s now-infamous phone conversation with Vladimir Putin last month, Russia has been buzzing with speculation that Western…
Trump’s tariff plan has been tried before. It failed
Donald Trump thinks ‘tariff’ is the ‘most beautiful word in the dictionary’. Today is ‘Liberation Day’, and the US president…
Trump’s tariffs could damage the dollar
Donald Trump says his tariffs are about liberation. But his aggressive turn toward protectionism may signal the beginning of a…
Let them eat woke
If you have ever been desperate and adrift, you understand the Democratic Party’s frustration. One day, James Carville tells his…
What should Netflix do its next drama on?
How do you achieve anything in British politics? It’s simple: turn your cause into a TV drama. First, it was…
The minimum wage is too high
Council tax is going up. Train fares are rising. Broadband will cost more, and so will electricity and water. April…
Why the West doesn’t understand Burma
The earthquake that struck Burma and its neighbouring countries on Friday has caused an immense human tragedy. Centring on Mandalay,…
Streeting and Farage face off on Fools’ Day
Happy April Fools’ Day one and all. As it is now after 12, Mr S has been hopefully scouring the…
The US is right about free speech in Britain
The US government’s threat to scupper any trade deal with the UK unless we commit to widening free speech not…
America’s involvement in Ukraine is finally being revealed
The US-led coalition to help Ukraine was always more than just a production line of arms deliveries to the Kyiv…
Screening Netflix’s Adolescence in schools is a mistake
Keir Starmer has welcomed Netflix’s decision to make Adolescence available to screen for free in secondary schools. The Prime Minister, who watched the…
Trump, le Pen and the legal war on politics
A few days ago, Raphaël Glucksmann, a French Member of the European Parliament and co-president of the left-wing Place Publique…
If only Meghan Markle’s ‘As Ever’ launch was an April Fool
On April Fool’s Day, it is all too appropriate that the latest announcement from the Duchess of Sussex has the…
Ed Davey’s Lib Dems need to grow up
The Liberal Democrats launched their local election campaign yesterday in what has become their fashion: not with a serious speech…
Starmer’s costly failure to get a Trump tariff carve-out
The UK should have been doing everything possible to secure an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We could have scrapped the…
There’ll be no liberty on Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’
Beware the words ‘liberty’ and ‘liberation.’ There are no end of evils committed in their names. Wednesday, according to Donald…
The hypocrisy behind Le Pen’s disqualification
‘Every single political group, every single national delegation, has violated the same rule that Ms. Le Pen did – the employment…
The Sentencing Council has been humiliated
The members of the Sentencing Council have been pushed into a humiliating climbdown – but it may well be too late…
What happened to trash TV escapism?
In bleak times, Brits could rely on light entertainment to get them through. George Formby and Vera Lynn made the…
The Sentencing Council U-turn is a victory for Jenrick
It was not quite at the eleventh hour – but it wasn’t too far off. The Sentencing Council has tonight…
Why is Keir Starmer wishing us Eid Mubarak?
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Eid. But of course you noticed. You’d have to be living in a cave…
Trump only harms himself by floating the idea of a third term
Donald Trump this weekend floated the idea of running for a third term. Unless he’s doing it in 1940 when…
The Lib Dems are gunning for Middle England
This morning’s local elections launch was everything we have come to expect from the Liberal Democrats. In leafy Henley, Ed…
What was the point of Justin Welby’s reconciliation interview?
Justin Welby has form when it comes to defending disgraced public figures. In 2022, he had a crack at supporting…
