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The SNP’s Holyrood campaign is thoroughly dishonest
Has there ever been a more dishonest Holyrood election campaign than the one John Swinney is currently running? I don’t…
Denmark’s velvet trap has been exposed
Denmark is, by almost any measure, an extraordinary success. A nation of six million that has produced Novo Nordisk, Maersk,…
Tucker Carlson’s troubling drift from the mainstream
Tucker Carlson is one of the most influential and popular podcasters in the world. He is, not to put too…
Thucydides has a troubling lesson about why countries go to war
Regional powers at loggerheads. Naval vessels in the east Mediterranean. Allies drawn into the fray with some calling for deescalation. You…
Age-verification for social media puts kids at risk
The Heritage Foundation’s tech policy team has endorsed European-style age verification laws for social media, likening them to alcohol and…
Ten ways Trump is controlling us all
Donald Trump is very likely the most consequential US President for the world and for British politics since Ronald Reagan,…
Sadiq Khan would be wise to reject Keir Starmer’s peerage
Leaving aside those who have parted with a right old wodge of dosh over the years, there are mainly two…
Will Trump strike a ‘final blow’ on Iran?
Will America’s ground invasion of Iran begin in the early hours of tomorrow? Everybody knows, by now, that Trump likes…
Will Nato regret snubbing Donald Trump?
On April 4, NATO will be 77 years old. The chance that America will be counted among the celebrants when…
Why Israel is carving out a buffer zone in Lebanon
IDF troops have continued to push further into southern Lebanon this week, encountering determined but not particularly effectual resistance from Hezbollah. But…
Rise of the leftist groypers
Last month, Ana Kasparian, executive producer of the progressive YouTube channel The Young Turks (6.5 million subs), tweeted out “Hey, bitch, the…
It’s too easy to blame Big Tech for parental neglect
If a child found Mr. Kipling cakes particularly addictive and began overindulging to the point of becoming overweight or unwell,…
There’s nothing merciful about Noelia Castillo’s death
This week, in Spain, a rape victim was killed by the state. A young woman in pain and despair was…
Reeves’s energy bailout risks solidifying Britain’s welfare trap
This week Rachel Reeves ruled out a blanket energy bailout to manage the fallout from the Iran war. That’s the…
Trump has shattered America’s ‘illusion of omnipotence’ in Iran
Donald Trump likes to use the phrase ‘go big or go home’ to describe his political strategy. It looks as…
Ed Miliband can’t keep blaming Iran for high energy costs
Sooner or later it is going to dawn on Ed Miliband and the rest of the government that anger over…
Sarah Mullaly makes me grateful to be a Catholic
Granted, I was not the most obvious person to appreciate the installation of Sarah Mullaly in Canterbury, even though I…
What McSweeney’s stolen phone says about modern Britain
If there were ever an event to describe our present moment, it would surely be the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s…
Why rabbit makes the best Easter lunch (yes, really)
Dissonance is necessary around Easter. Fluffy lambs and chicks are everywhere: on cards and decorations, in countless chocolate forms and…
Why Ukraine’s Russian oil strikes are backfiring
Every drone Ukraine fires at a Russian oil terminal is meant to defund Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Right now, each…
What do the White House’s cryptic X videos mean?
The White House X account has won notoriety as a coven of young memesters scandalizing the nation. There have been…
Don’t let doctors strike again
We are on the verge of yet another round of resident doctor strikes – the fifteenth in the dispute which…
How the Danish election backfired for the left
In the aftermath of the bitterly contested 2000 US presidential election, Bill Clinton famously commented: “the American people have spoken;…
Reform toast success of ‘Ipswich-gate’
An own goal or back-of-the-net? The pundit class are divided on Reform’s latest stunt, with Nigel Farage rocking up to…
Britain’s defence spending is lower than we thought
Whenever Keir Starmer and his ministers are pressed on the lack of a plan to raise Britain’s defence spending with…
