World
Is there a new Covid wave – and do we need to worry?
Is Covid back on the rise? The ONS survey shows increasing prevalence in England and Northern Ireland, with ‘uncertain’ results…
Kim Kardashian is a better role model than Marilyn Monroe
When Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to the Met Gala recently – the shimmering, crystal-studded, second-skin gown in which…
How Uruguay held out against South American socialism
Of all the epithets for Latin America, the most frustrating and demoralising must be the ‘forgotten continent’. Latin America is…
The lawless Liz Cheney
Congresswoman Liz Cheney had a supposedly shining moment this week as she sat on the January 6 committee to lecture…
Prince Charles is playing with fire
Charles is a prince on a perilous path. It’s a well-trodden one that is proving more problematic the closer he…
Boris has to choose between rewilding and food security
Does Boris Johnson have the faintest idea what he and his government are trying to achieve anymore? I ask because…
Is Britain heading for a summer of discontent?
With workers across the economy looking set to go on strike during the next few months there is talk of…
Britain’s ivory ban is needlessly draconian
The world’s most draconian ban on the trade in ivory came into force in the UK this month. It does…
China is becoming a hermit kingdom
There is an unprecedented experiment under way in China as it reshapes its economy to accommodate its zero-Covid strategy. There…
Putin is no Peter the Great
Putin has a penchant for history, but only insofar it flatters him and his views. Last year, he gifted the…
The Soros-backed takeover of Spanish-language radio
This week brought revelations that a consortium including multiple interested leftist participants has banded together to attempt to buy a…
Why Biden’s inflation plan will fail
It sounded impressive at the time. On the last day of May, a whole ten days ago, president Biden laid…
The Capitol riot hearings are farcically partisan
Let’s get the boringly obvious out of the way. What happened in Washington on 6 January, 2021 was bad. Very…
The death of Russian diplomacy
‘It’s like being part of a cult,’ explains one student of Russia’s elite diplomatic academy. ‘They expect us to learn…
Ben & Jerry's is wrong about Britain's 'racist' Rwanda plan
Why is an ice cream brand lecturing Britain on the morality of its immigration policy? Ben and Jerry’s, otherwise known for…
Joe Biden’s greatest hits tour
Joe Biden would never be in a hair band; a hair plugs band, maybe. Yet the president does seem to…
How Russia's press covered the death sentence of two British fighters
Two Brits and a Moroccan national captured while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by a court in…
New Yorker claims 'racism' dominated jubilee
Just what is it with New Yorkers and London? Normally Steerpike’s ire for the Big Apple is reserved for the…
Keir Starmer isn’t working
Silence. That is what we heard during Gloria de Piero’s recent focus group which she held for her GB News…
Mr. McConaughey goes to Washington
Matthew McConaughey came to Cockburn’s hometown of Washington, DC on Tuesday. It was not to say hi, of course, but…
Emily Bridges is right about transgender cyclists
Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges doesn’t ‘want special treatment from anyone’. In an ITV interview, Bridges said: ‘I just want the…
PMQs: Boris let slip his re-election strategy
PMQs started with a bump. The Speaker called Dame Angela Eagle whose tone was acidic but quietly conversational. ‘This week’s…
Boris can’t wish the tax burden away
After an uncomfortably close confidence vote for the Prime Minister on Monday, Boris Johnson’s premiership still hobbles along. But for…
Starmer’s PMQs performance was oddly flat
It’s not unusual for a Labour leader to attack the government over the NHS at Prime Minister’s Questions. Neither is…
The utter shamelessness of Britain’s rail unions
In what other industry could demand collapse by a tenth and yet the staff still think that they have a…
