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Why I hate Substack
Last month, the online magazine Current announced it will be shuttering in April. A small magazine run by a dedicated team…
Is this the deal that might give peace in Syria a chance?
A Kurdish-led rebel coalition which dominates north-eastern Syria has signed a deal with the interim government in Damascus. The agreement,…
The North Sea ship collision is likely to be cock-up rather than conspiracy
This week’s ship collision off the Humber could have been much worse. Just one person is unaccounted for and one other needed…
Why the English education system is so envied in Belgium
‘Just compare this essay by one of our students to the essay of a peer from Birmingham.’ A theatre packed…
Third of Reform voters want a new leader
Is Nigel Farage’s position under threat? Most inside Reform don’t seem to think so – but a new poll offers…
Who’s doing well out of the Trump slump?
Markets are not enjoying Donald Trump’s tariffs. Some 125 days have passed since his second election victory and the S&P…
How to fix the civil service
This weekend, Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, announced that he is attempting to improve the performance…
Military service would ready Britons for our unstable world
To serve or not to serve? Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has declared that the UK…
The Sentencing Council’s tone-deaf response to ‘two-tier justice’ criticism
The Sentencing Council – the organisation that advises judges on how long convicted criminals should be locked up for –…
New SNP chief shared violent anti-monarchy posts
To Scotland, where the beleaguered Nats have appointed their third chief executive in two years. Yet Carol Beattie wasn’t able…
Is this new Chinese AI even better than DeepSeek?
Each month brings another groundbreaking development in AI, only for it to be swiftly overtaken by the next. Manus, launched…
Does Trump want a stock market crash?
There ‘could be a recession’, said President Trump over the weekend with the kind of nonchalant shrug that suggested he…
Rupert Lowe’s team rally around him
It was Alastair Campbell who declared that ‘if a story stays front page news for more than ten days, the chances…
Can the MAGA coalition survive a recession?
The color red splashed across every news channel yesterday, as Donald Trump’s seemingly blasé attitude towards a possible recession wiped…
Why are green groups giving Labour a free pass?
One of the more curious developments in British politics is the apparent willingness of environmental charities to let the Labour…
Calin Georgescu is a victim of illiberal Europe
Violence erupted in Bucharest on Sunday evening after Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau disbarred Calin Georgescu from standing in May’s re-run…
The sad truth about the BBC
When will the BBC get a grip? The corporation which, remember, is funded by licence payers, appears to be strangely…
Is snobbery behind Rupert Lowe’s row with Nigel Farage?
One aspect of the furious row that has split Reform UK which has yet to receive the attention it deserves is…
Migrants who hate Jews shouldn’t be allowed in Britain
If you’re a foreigner who hates Jews, should you be allowed to move to Britain? For me it’s a no-brainer:…
The ‘airport theory’ is the worst TikTok trend yet
For me, even the thought of running late for a flight is absolutely blood-curdling. The prospect of sweating it out…
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities
Yesterday, with growing sadness, I read a wonderful book about teaching and learning, written by one of the great teachers…
Gove takes aim at Jolyon Maugham
To the Covid Inquiry, the longest-running farce outside of the West End. With costs for the great gravy train now…
The Wall Street plunge isn’t over yet
The plunge continues. It’s always a mug’s game trying to call the top of any market, but the plunge on…
Who’s still laughing at Trump’s hair?
At last month’s BAFTA ceremony, the British actor David Tennant attempted to make a joke about the state of Donald…
What Zelensky needs to do in Saudi Arabia
President Volodymyr Zelensky needs all the advice he can get, as he prepares for talks with American negotiators in Saudi…
