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Abortion should not be just another culture-war ding dong
The overturning of Roe v. Wade is an American story, and a global one. What the hell – it’s asked…
Did Hunter Biden influence Obama-era China policy?
“Fighting corruption is not just good governance,” Joe Biden once said. “It is self-defense. It is patriotism, and it’s essential…
Glastonbury sums up everything there is to hate about rock music
‘Glasto’ – the diminutive makes me shiver with distaste; like ‘Peely’ – as his fans affectionately called the late DJ…
How to read Ulysses
In the labyrinthine basement studio of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, Irish actor Barry McGovern is doing something that would be inconceivable…
Is tactical voting unravelling before it has even begun?
Since the Tories lost not one but two by-elections on Friday, ministers have been rather quiet on the issue of…
The socialist case against the strikes
Socialists like me are supposed to always support industrial action. But reports that doctors, teachers, local government employees and just…
How Russia’s oligarchs are evading sanctions
On 25 February 2022, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, a select group of oligarchs attended a private meeting with…
It’s time to trust democracy again after Roe v. Wade
Progressive outrage greeted this week’s US Supreme Court majority decision which overturned Roe v. Wade. ‘Extreme ideology,’ thundered Joe Biden. It was ‘a…
The founding, conquering and destruction of Mariupol
Now that the city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov has been conquered by the Russian army, it is…
Blue states double down on abortion
Many are worried about losing their abortion rights now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. In some…
Voters are looking beyond partygate – and that’s Boris’s problem
Why did the Tories lose the by-elections so badly? Boris Johnson is offering answers in his various interviews at the…
Lockdown’s impact on young children: a look at the data
How much damage did lockdown inflict on children’s development? This could be one of the least-explored scandals in public life…
The problem with Billie Eilish’s Roe v. Wade intervention
The words ‘dark day’ went viral yesterday — in response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in…
Are we heading towards a British Donald Trump?
The Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections are, of course, shatteringly bad for the Conservatives and Boris Johnson. They should finally destroy…
Boris will keep losing until he tackles inflation
The Tories took a serious beating in Thursday’s by-elections. Whilst Boris Johnson and his government refuse to take responsibility for the…
How the war on Roe was won
When did it become certain that American women’s abortion rights would fall? The Supreme Court’s ruling that ‘Roe was egregiously…
The end of Roe is a victory for Conservatism, Inc.
On a day many Americans on both sides of the abortion issue thought would never come, the Supreme Court reversed…
Guerilla warfare and targeted assassinations: Inside Ukraine's partisan resistance
Dmytro Savluchenko was one of Moscow’s useful idiots: a Ukrainian advocate of Russkiy Mir (or ‘Russian world’), Putin’s idea of a kind…
A pro-life revolution
Set aside your opinions about abortion for a moment. Throw down the fluttering placards about “THE PRO-LIFE GENERATION” and “KEEP…
Boris’s unapologetic by-election response
Boris Johnson has not accepted responsibility for the two by-election defeats. You could have written this line at any point…
The Price of being Katie
Katie Price has, yet again, avoided prison. She was up at Lewes Crown Court on Friday, this time for breaching…
Zelensky’s peculiar Glastonbury appearance
Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t quite make it onto the Glastonbury line-up posters. Perhaps Michael Eavis, the owner of ever-so Worthy Farm,…
The truth about the Roe v. Wade abortion 'ban'
You wait decades for landmark reforms in America and then, like culture-war buses, two come along at once. Earlier this…
Tories shouldn't bin Boris yet
If only they had waited until today. Had Tory MPs cleared the threshold for a confidence vote in Boris Johnson…
Is Boris heading for a 1997 moment?
Why was the Tory defeat in 1997 so heavy? One of the reasons was that the anti-Tory vote tended to…
