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Is Iran to blame for the Golders Green arson attack?
Have we just witnessed an Iranian attack on British soil? Overnight, four ambulances were burned on the premises of Hatzola,…
Should we pay for Harry and Meghan’s security?
After a period of several months in which attention has been mainly focused not on Prince Harry but on his…
Has Trump averted an energy crisis?
Have markets and governments horribly underestimated the fallout from the Iran war, or is it the doomsters who have got…
Why did this Brazilian politician black up in parliament?
Fabiana Bolsonaro, a member of Brazil’s São Paulo state assembly, last week used makeup to darken her face and arms…
When is prayer in public a crime in Britain?
When thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square last week to break their Ramadan fast, we were told this was Britain at…
The intifada has arrived in London
At first I thought it was a scene from one of the battlefronts in the Middle East. The hellish glow…
Why the Iran oil crisis might not be as bad as we feared
Have markets and governments around the world horribly under-estimated the fallout from the war in Iran? That is the claim made…
Old France defies the far-left – but for how much longer?
The left achieved a rare success in Paris on Sunday with the victory of Emmanuel Grégoire in the capital’s mayoral…
How Trump can ‘win’ in Iran
The United States is once again in a terrible predicament: a war where the definition of ‘victory’ grows murkier by…
Is Britain prepared for Iranian missiles?
Where’s your nearest bomb shelter? And how long would it take you to get there? What about at work? Have…
Dubai is a city built on sand
Dubai is like the dazzling partner some people enjoy being seen with, but know deep down they would never marry.…
Is Prince William really a shy Christian?
So Prince William is a good Anglican after all. He has told the Times, through an aide, of his commitment to…
Last waltz for Trump’s Hungarian friends?
Walking by Hungary’s immense neo-Gothic parliament building in Budapest’s Kossuth Square, one of Cockburn’s travelling companions sidles up to him.…
Why did the NHS employ a dietician who didn’t know what the large intestine was?
Here’s a mark of our times. A dietician who apparently ‘bluffed’ her way into a top NHS job has been…
Iran’s strike exposes the danger of the Chagos handover
In a sharp escalation, Iran attempted to strike the joint UK-US base Diego Garcia with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Both…
The truth about Robert Mueller
In the pantheon of Trump adversaries, Robert Mueller may rank at the very top. Everything about Mueller – his rectitude, his…
Saturday Night Live is a major breakthrough in British TV
The news that a British version of Saturday Night Live was in the offing raised an enormous gestalt groan throughout…
A migration U-turn would bury the Labour party
Immigration has come back to bite the government big time. Shabana Mahmood’s sage campaign to set up Labour as the…
Britain is experiencing a pilgrimage revival
When Sarah Mullally started her pilgrimage this week, travelling from London to Canterbury, she wasn’t just embracing a tradition in…
Trinidad is sick of Britain’s lax asylum system
As political speeches go, it struck familiar themes. An island nation was being overrun by dangerous criminals, taking advantage of…
The Hundred still has a problem with Pakistani cricketers
Throwing open the Hundred to foreign investment was intended to attract more elite players, boost attendances and position it as…
Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands
Shortly after midnight, Iran launched two long-range missiles towards the US base at Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base…
Reeves should tax expats to fund Britain’s defence spending
Open the first page of any British passport and you will be met by a request on behalf of the…
The bittersweet death of Lycra
There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup…
What Louis Theroux misses about the Manosphere
Louis Theroux, the Lib Dem Alan Whicker, has now had his turn at the manosphere. His new Netflix film Inside…
