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Is Putin hiding away?
December is usually a busy month for Vladimir Putin, but not this year. In the run-up to Christmas, Russia’s president…
Could 30,000 Britons really die of flu this winter?
Could flu really kill 30,000 people in Britain this year as our immune systems, rendered naïve after two years of…
Rogues Heroes: What Prince Harry has in common with the SAS’s founder
I’ve enjoyed the recent BBC blockbuster Rogue Heroes, a drama that is mercifully free from the moralising that Auntie often…
Putin’s hawks are turning on each other
Feathers are flying and divisions are widening among Russia’s hawks as the degree to which the invasion of Ukraine was…
Why Don should make way for Ron
When I arrived in Washington, DC in 2006 to learn about US politics, someone told me that in America, there…
How did free speech become a right-wing value?
In early May, I explored the left’s reaction to billionaire Elon Musk potentially buying Twitter and his vow to make…
The EU is letting itself be blackmailed by Hungary
For Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, there is only one lesson to be learned from the compromise reached with the…
The Bank of England’s interest hike shows the worst is to come
After a faltering start in its programme of rate rises, the Bank of England is catching up. Today’s half-point rise…
Harry and Meghan’s Netflix show is worse than the Royals could ever imagine
At the end of the sixth episode of the interminable, grotesquely self-indulgent wallow in self-pity and score-settling that constitutes Netflix’s…
Could Britain pull out of Europe’s human rights treaty?
Just as Brexit began with a few harmless-looking chips at what looked like an impregnable concrete wall, something similar may…
Hooligans aren’t alone in exploiting Morocco’s World Cup run
‘Let’s all get behind Les Bleus for victory!’ tweeted Emmanuel Macron shortly before France and Morocco met last night in…
Latvia’s Russian media crackdown will delight Putin
When Russia was preparing to annex Crimea in the late winter of 2014, the newly-appointed head of the Russian agency…
Randi Weingarten isn’t going anywhere
It was eerily warm in New York the day before the midterm elections, and the president of the American Federation…
Anthony Fauci’s conveniently foggy memory
Dr. Anthony Fauci sat for a seven-hour deposition last week as part of a lawsuit brought by the attorneys general…
The Brittney Griner swap was nothing out of the ordinary
Viewed from a coldly logical perspective, releasing Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner is a highly lopsided trade in favor of…
Have the Tories passed the point of no return?
If an election were held tomorrow, not only would Labour win, they would bury the Tories with a landslide majority…
Inflation slows to 10.7% – and may have passed its peak
Has inflation peaked? The Consumer Prices Index fell to 10.7 per cent last month, down from 11.1 per cent in October.…
Why Messi matters
I hope that the Argentinian national team (also known as Lionel Messi) will win its third (or first?) World Cup…
The Twitter Files communication breakdown
The gradual release of the Twitter Files is impressive in its scale and its revelations about the internal workings of…
The Twitter Files show Donald Trump should never have been banned
The latest Twitter Files revelations are the most disturbing yet. They show how the employees of this private company, not…
Union outcry over working conditions in parliament
Trains, hospitals and schools – there are few aspects of British life left untouched by the winter of discontent. And…
Brexit’s critics are strangely quiet about the European parliament scandal
The corruption scandal embroiling the European parliament and the European Union’s institutions at the highest level is shaping up to…
Rishi Sunak’s immigration plan could be a game changer
Rishi Sunak today gave a potentially game-changing statement in the Commons, finally committing the Conservatives to effective action when it…
Rishi Sunak will regret his Channel crossings crackdown
Rishi Sunak’s latest promises on asylum and immigration suggest the PM has learned very little from his Tory forebears. Ken…
The fall of FTX is just the beginning of the crypto collapse
It will come as no comfort to those who have already lost fortunes, but it is remarkable how resilient the…
