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Here’s what Putin wants from Ukraine
Donald Trump is still two months away from becoming the 47th president of the United States, and yet his return to…
The death of the American museum
It starts with the promise of skipping school — always an illicit thrill at nine years old. My son and…
Ta-Nehisi Coates, the DEIty
A decade ago, in June 2014, the Atlantic published a cover story with a simple declarative title: “The Case for…
GDP has lost its usefulness as a measure of productivity
Paul Samuelson, the famous American economist and author of bestselling textbook Economics, gave the now quaintly old-fashioned example of the…
The Trump Bitcoin bonanza has only just begun
One of the main trading platforms collapsed, and its founder ended up being sent to jail. Two years ago, in…
Russia’s rumoured ICBM launch is raising the stakes in Ukraine
A Russian attack on the city of Dnipro earlier today included the use of an intercontinental ballistic missile, according to the…
South Africa’s international decline
South Africa’s recent foreign policy has both surprised and dismayed Western diplomats and strategists. Many of these entered their careers…
Why shouldn’t schools encourage middle class aspirations?
Education Minister Bridget Phillipson wants to make our schools engines of ambition and social mobility. Good for her. Unfortunately, some…
Why the Maori are protesting against equal rights in New Zealand
Around 35,000 thousand demonstrators descended on the capital of New Zealand this week, many of them adorned in traditional native…
There was more to John Prescott than his working class roots
John Prescott has died, leading to a flood of tributes and comments about the working class hero of the New…
John Prescott was the embodiment of old Labour
The death of Labour’s former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the age of 86 also marks the passing of…
Britain is addicted to spending beyond its means
Imagine what the government could do with an extra £9.1 billion a month. It could build HS2 in its entirety…
Putin’s mind games still have power over Ukraine
The air raid sirens sounded yesterday, the American embassy in Kyiv closed, as did the Italian and Greek. The British…
The Wizard of Oz sequel that’s perfect for our gender-obsessed age
To not wholly rapturous reviews, the movie Wicked, the prequel to The Wizard of Oz, is released this week. Tragically,…
Jon Sopel’s Twitter U-turn
Dear oh dear. The left-wing Twitter scourge hasn’t gone quite as well as users may have hoped. Following Donald Trump’s…
Labour’s cuts are going to hurt our armed forces
Defence Secretary John Healey has announced more changes to the armed forces, detailing several capabilities to be cut to achieve savings of…
Angela Rayner has lost her edge
It was deputies’ day at PMQs. Sir Keir Starmer is busy flying around the world yet again. This time he’s…
Trump 47 is transforming what a cabinet means
The reaction in most elected Republican circles to the naming of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for the most prominent positions…
Badenoch’s substitute fails to land on Rayner at PMQs
Angela Rayner was so keen to get out of the traps with her criticism of the last Conservative government at…
Anti-personnel mines will be very useful for Ukraine
The decision by the Biden administration to supply Ukraine with thousands of anti-personnel mines will, I imagine, be greeted with…
The EU is heading for fresh financial doom
If it came from Nigel Farage no one would be very surprised. Or from one of the band of German…
Jeremy Clarkson’s time has come
It’s a reasonable bet that if Jeremy Clarkson stood for prime minister tomorrow, he’d win by a country mile. Some…
The truth about ‘workshy’ Britain
Is ‘workshy Britain’ a mirage caused by dodgy statistics? That is what the left-leaning think tank the Resolution Foundation is…
Why is the BBC staying silent on Reeves’s CV claims?
Rachel Reeves remains in the spotlight after weeks of scrutiny over her rather curious CV claims. Mr S documented the…
What on earth is Jaguar thinking?
Along with Aston Martin and Rolls Royce, Jaguar is, for most people, one of the great British blue chip motoring…
