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Why the Met Police keeps failing
Much has been made of the decision to place the Metropolitan Police in what is often referred to as special…
Democrats are about to blow the abortion issue
Now that America’s focus has zeroed in (for the time being) on the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe…
Tony Blair is too good for British politics
Tony Blair was the headline act at his day-long talking-shop in London yesterday. The crowds attending the Future of Britain…
The rise and fall of R Kelly
It’s been an eventful week for celebrity justice, especially of the entirely predictable kind. First, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to…
Will Putin succeed where Stalin and Khrushchev failed in Ukraine?
A few weeks after Putin’s war against Ukraine began on 24 February, an infamous article was published in RIA Novosti,…
My sister Ghislaine was denied justice
There is a cartoon doing the rounds this week that shows two women having a drink. One says to the…
Horse racing's dark secret
Royal Ascot has come and gone: 300,000 racegoers, men in top hats and tails, women in chic outfits and beautiful,…
Liz Cheney is the GOP’s worst enemy
Liz Cheney made two interesting moves last week. One, she was among the fourteen House Republican who voted to pass the…
Was Ghislaine an Epstein victim?
Let me start by saying that this is not a defence of Ghislaine Maxwell, the part-time girlfriend, part-time sexual fixer…
Boris Johnson's fate is to be forgotten
Boris Johnson divides Britons in a way few other politicians manage. To his dwindling group of supporters, he is the…
Does Meghan Markle know what ‘guttural’ means?
When the Duke of Sussex heard about the Supreme Court judgment revoking the ruling in Roe vs Wade, ‘His reaction…
The Donald Trump Show’s biggest plot twist yet
Since it debuted in 2016, The Donald Trump Show — the televised meta-commentary from hell we’ve all been living in…
Does Putin’s ‘toxic masculinity’ really matter?
Apparently, if Vladimir Putin had been a woman, everything would be just tickety-boo. Speaking to German TV, Boris Johnson has said…
Striking GPs need a reality check
GPs have voted to strike if some contract changes, including forcing practices to open on Saturdays, are not withdrawn. The doctor proposing…
Nato is no longer 'brain dead'
Finland and Sweden will be formally invited to join Nato today. Them joining the alliance will bolster Nato’s presence in the…
Is America about to break apart?
Here’s a fun fact: almost half of Americans believe that there will be a civil war in their lifetimes. Less…
The night that David Cameron sealed Britain’s Brexit fate
Friday 29 June 2012 isn’t a famous date in British history, but it deserves at least a footnote. Because I…
Boris and Macron's 'bromance' is rooted in despair
Is ‘Le Bromance’ really back on? Boris Johnson suggested as much at the G7 summit in Bavaria this week, where he…
Greg Abbott is right about open borders
The debate over President Joe Biden’s immigration policies exploded again on Monday after news broke that more than forty migrants…
Nicola Sturgeon has put Boris Johnson in a tight corner
Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she will not contemplate breaching the rule of law by holding an independence referendum was pretty blatant…
Nicola Sturgeon has a key advantage in her independence fight
Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled her plan for another referendum on Scottish independence. The plebiscite – which Westminster will have to…
Long live the rock dinosaurs!
When the Oldie changed ‘leadership’ a few years back I swooped on the new editor, young Harry Mount, like a…
Another Scottish independence referendum is coming
Despite what the SNP and its supporters insist, Nicola Sturgeon did not ‘announce’ a second referendum on independence today. Far…
America’s abortion debate isn’t coming to Britain
Politicians are lining up to condemn the US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Activists are warning us that…
Macron’s Russian oil plan is bound to fail
It will drain Vladimir Putin of funds for his war machine. It will bring down inflation. And it might even…
