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Gavin Newsom decides to tackle California homeless crisis… now it’s an election year
Watch out California: Gavin Newsom is wearing a T-shirt. You know what that means: the Golden State governor means business!…
Why was Tom Cruise’s Olympics appearance so weird?
After the bizarre, weather-beaten and at times purely controversial Olympics opening ceremony, the finale to a largely successful event was…
How does Spain solve a problem like Carles Puigdemont?
Last week saw dramatic events in Catalonia as Carles Puigdemont, wanted for almost seven years by Spanish justice for spearheading the region’s…
Starmer’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ won’t work
We are approaching the fifth anniversary of British prime ministers promising to stem the tide of illegal migration across the…
The problem with clamping down on ‘fake news’
In the aftermath of misinformation spread via tech platforms during the recent riots, there is talk of the government requiring…
Kamala Harris and that new car smell
If you felt the ground shaking, it was Democrats jumping for joy after dumping Joe Biden and settling on a…
Stop the War disgraces itself, again
Oh dear. It seems that the clowns at ‘Stop the War’ are it again. In the wake of Kyiv launching…
Ukraine’s Kursk attack shows no signs of slowing down
It has been seven days since Ukraine began its attack on the Russian region of Kursk – with Ukrainian soldiers launching…
In defence of Labour’s ‘communist land grab’
We will find out in Rachel Reeves’ first budget on 30 October whether Labour really does intend to wage a…
Will a social media crackdown really stop future riots?
The riots of 2024 will be remembered for many things. One of them is the way the establishment spectacularly closed…
Why aren’t the Lib Dems being taken more seriously?
In four weeks’ time, the Liberal Democrats will descend on Brighton for their annual conference. It’s likely to be the…
Elon Musk has a point about free speech in Britain
If there is one thing that can be said about Elon Musk, whether you like him or not, he is…
The good, the bad and the ugly of the Paris Olympics
After more than two weeks showcasing a series of extraordinary sporting feats, Paris brought the curtain down on the 2024…
Banksy’s art is overrated – and overpriced
Should you be woken in the middle of the night by the sound of a hydraulic lift rising from a…
Elon Musk turns on Humza Yousaf
Ding, ding, ding! It’s another round in the endless online wars involving the erratic owner of Twitter/X. Fresh from his…
France’s view on the British riots is stunningly hypocritical
As the Olympics draw to a close tonight, two things have delighted the French. The first is that the Games turned…
What should Keir Starmer do about Elon Musk?
How should the Labour government deal with Elon Musk? It’s a question that Keir Starmer has been grappling with since…
Why Britain must say no – again – to China’s ‘super embassy’ in London
The previous Tory government may not have been very successful in containing the global ambitions of China, but at least…
Is the Great Barrier Reef really dying?
The Great Barrier Reef is, of course, dying – a victim of humans’ hubris and callousness towards the natural world.…
Javier Milei wants AI to predict crime
In the sci-fi movie Minority Report, Tom Cruise plays a police officer investigating ‘pre-crimes’ – those which are yet to happen, but are predicted…
Thailand’s democracy is a sham
Democracy is dying in Thailand, or perhaps it’s already dead. Thailand’s constitutional court this week ordered the dissolution of the…
The enduring wisdom of Bill Brand
If Labour is taking us back to the 1970s – and the recent strike-secured pay rises and mass rage about…
Israel’s school strike has triggered an information war
An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza in the early hours of this morning has once again triggered an…
Starmer’s riot troubles aren’t over yet
Sir Keir Starmer is turning out to be something of a lucky general. The Prime Minister appears to have passed…
American diplomacy might not stop a Middle East war
On the face of it, the assassination of Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran on 31 July was a brilliant,…
