World
The Apple encryption row has come at the worst time for Keir Starmer
I am not sure about the capacity of AI to take over the world and suppress humanity, but big tech…
Is New Addington Britain’s bleakest estate?
There’s blood spattered on the pavement but locals in New Addington, an estate in Croydon, southeast London, seem curiously unbothered.…
Keir Starmer is doing a Boris on immigration
Keir Starmer is just the latest in a long line of prime ministers who says that immigration has been far…
Is Indian whisky ready to take on Scotch?
Indians drink a lot of Scotch whisky. In 2023 the country overtook France to become the largest market for Scotch…
What Lebanon’s energy crisis can teach us in Britain
“See that?” my friend pointed to a pylon on the hill opposite the window. “That’s the dawla.” The dawla (pronounced…
Who is responsible for the BBC’s Gaza documentary debacle?
In 2007, the BBC was engulfed in scandal for an embarrassing – if relatively trivial – misrepresentation of Queen Elizabeth…
Europe must be stronger, or it will die
Over the last weeks, the words and actions of the Trump administration have caused the biggest rift between the United…
Sydney Smith’s love for life lives on
Why should anyone care about Sydney Smith, who died on this day in 1845? 180 years have diminished the stature…
The case for moving SOUTHCOM back to Panama
The recent American interest in the Panama Canal is grounded and rational — contrary to media characterizations of the renewed focus…
Zakynthos: then and now
“You just missed Chris Hoy. He was here leading cycle rides over the summer,” the Peligoni Club’s receptionist informed me…
Hamas’s final torment of the Bibas family
So Hamas has committed yet another act of depravity against the Bibas family. It said Shiri Bibas was in one…
Why Trump doesn’t see Putin as a real threat
It turns out that Harold Wilson’s famous quote, ‘A week is a long time in politics’, is equally applicable to…
The online shopping boom is well and truly over
So much for ‘dry’ and ‘no buy’ January. The UK public seems to have thoroughly rebelled against efforts to persuade…
Has Rachel Reeves broken her fiscal rules?
Rachel Reeves is having to borrow more money than even the worst estimates expected. Figures on the public finances, published…
The shame of Big Energy’s £3.9 billion profit windfall
It is one of the world’s great mysteries: if wind and solar energy are supposed to be so cheap then…
The hard truth about Britain’s armed forces
There is something ironic about the fact that just as Donald Trump has made it clear that Europe needs to…
Christoph Heusgen is just another arrogant boomer
Historians will look back on the tears of Christoph Heusgen as a defining moment of the early 21st century. When the…
Is the Amazon version of James Bond doomed?
So at last the deadlock has been broken. After months, even years, of tension between Amazon MGM, who own the…
Elon Musk wields chainsaw at impromptu CPAC appearance
National Harbor, Maryland Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at CPAC Thursday afternoon, where Argentinian president Javier Milei presented him…
Liz Truss calls for a ‘Trump revolution in Britain’
National Harbor, Maryland Former British prime minister Liz Truss began her speech at CPAC today by declaring that America has…
Luis Rubiales and Spain’s war on machismo
Luis Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the medal ceremony after Spain won the Women’s World Cup…
VP Vance touts border security, energy and humor at CPAC
Vice President J.D. Vance took to the Conservative Political Action Committee stage moments ago for a sit-down interview with Mercedes…
The cruellest thing about Trump vs Zelensky? Trump’s right
And just like that, we are back in 2017. Donald Trump, the President of the United States, is posting ridiculous…
The incalculable evil of Hamas’s coffin stunt
We need to talk about what we witnessed in Gaza today. The sick ceremonial handover of the bodies of slain…
Putin is watching Trump attack Zelensky with glee
Britain might not even be close to putting boots on the ground, but proposals by Keir Starmer to send UK…
