World
Ramzan Kadyrov is dying. This spells trouble for Vladimir Putin
For years, we have heard rumors that Ramzan Kadyrov, dictator of Chechnya, is mortally ill. Unlike the lurid tales about…
The US has left the World Health Organization. What next?
At this year’s World Economic Forum America’s friends and enemies heard about what some are calling a new world order. In…
Starmer’s China trip has been underwhelming
Keir Starmer has this morning arrived in Shanghai after two days in Beijing. He is expected to spend much of…
Labour in fresh cash-for-access scandal
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – so that means another scandal for Keir Starmer’s beleaguered team. This time it…
Starmer has got nothing from his demeaning trip to China
Sir Keir Starmer told Xi Jinping it was time for a ‘more sophisticated’ relationship, yet there is very little sign…
Why won’t Britain just ban the IRGC?
The European Union has finally done what it long argued it could not. Yesterday, the bloc formally designated Iran’s Islamic…
Labour is the nasty party now
Labour has long prided itself on being the party of compassion. Indeed, ever since Thatcherism, personified in the minds of…
Scottish bonds are an expensive mistake
Humza Yousaf’s inglorious year as first minister will not be remembered for many lasting achievements. But he does, at least,…
Has Harry Styles killed the music tour?
Whisper it, but Harry Styles – once talked of as the biggest British pop star since Robbie Williams – may…
David Abulafia was a rare, truth-seeking historian
Death arrives on a day just like any other, often rudely unheralded. We all know that, but it never ceases…
Is time up for Tesla?
Has Tesla run out of road? The electric car firm put plenty of spin on its annual results, talking bullishly…
What the decline of my comprehensive school says about Britain
Magdalen College School in Brackley is providing an ‘inadequate’ quality of education. Behaviour and attitudes at the school are also…
The Waspis never deserved a payout
I want to congratulate the Department for Work and Pensions. They’ve made the excellent decision to – once again –…
Brits are being kept in the dark about asylum crime
As long as Britain’s official orthodoxy remains that diversity is its “strength,” will the authorities ever be straight with the public…
Kanye West’s anti-Semitism apology isn’t enough
When one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed music artists takes out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal…
The police are too tooled up for their – and our – good
In 1830, a pamphleteer expressed concern about the sudden appearance of ‘Raw Lobsters’ on the streets of London. These lobsters…
In praise of Nick Gibb, the schools minister you’ve never heard of
One of the most effective British politicians of recent years is a household name only in the most policy-wonkish of…
Iran is out of good options
Over the last week, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, additional F-15 fighter planes and naval vessels carrying sea-launched cruise…
Dr. Oz’s war on Armenian medical fraud
As Gangs of New York showed us, those who’ve settled in America have a tendency to bring Old World grudges over with…
Deputy PMQs made Starmer vs Badenoch look like Gladstone vs Disraeli
David Lammy’s last appearance at PMQs resembled a multi clown-car pile-up: both tragic and hilarious. Indeed, it was such a disaster…
Kanye West’s anti-Semitism apology isn’t enough
When one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed music artists takes out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal…
For once, David Lammy had a good DPMQs
Today’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions was a particularly low-rent affair. Andrew Griffith was the Tory sent out to question David…
The SNP is deluded about the 7 May elections
You’re the SNP. You’ve been in government in Scotland for 19 years on the trot. You have nothing to show…
Badenoch shrugs off trio of Tory defections
After three defections in ten days, what exactly can Kemi Badenoch do to get back on the front foot? This…
Spare us Europe’s World Cup hypocrisy
Europe has come up with a way to hit back at Donald Trump. What began last week as a suggestion…
