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The Democrats are on the march in Texas
It’s the best of times for the Democrats in Texas and the worst of times for the Republicans. James Talarico…
Why the war with Iran is, and isn’t, like Iraq
At the moment, a lot of people – notably including the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer – are comparing the…
The Iran war is morphing into a regional conflict
The war in the Middle East widened further over the past 24 hours, with missile interceptions stretching from Turkey to…
Has Keir Starmer killed the ‘Special Relationship’?
Eighty years ago today, Winston Churchill coined the phrase ‘Special Relationship’ to describe the bond between the United States and…
The real problem facing Church of England liberals
Is there anything much to say about Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury? It seems that she is a very…
Parliament rocked by another China spy scandal
Oh dear. It seems that the spectre of the Chinese dragon is rearing its head over Westminster again. After three…
Why is Keir Starmer pretending he’s a serious statesman?
‘I’d like to remind members of the need for good temper and moderation in the language they use in this…
Why the Iran war is really about China
The question of whether America is fighting Israel’s war is perhaps the least interesting one. Strip away the noise, and…
Badenoch attacks Starmer’s Iran response at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch used Prime Minister’s Questions to accuse the government of being flat-footed in its response to the war in…
Will Turkey intervene in Iran?
Even as Iran lashes out with missile and drone strikes against its wealthy Arab rivals in the Gulf, three neighbours…
Stop sneering at the Brits stuck in Dubai
Who cares about vacuous influencers whose ghastly apartments in Dubai are being struck by Iranian missiles, wiping the smile off…
The Texas Republican revolt
Following last night’s primaries, Texas Democrats have a clear Senate candidate in James Talarico. Texas Republicans have a civil war.…
How to fix Britain’s broken protest law
The law of public protest is in a sorry state. Lawful protest should take place within clear parameters set by the…
The row over English becoming an official language of New Zealand
Parliamentarians in New Zealand have been limbering up for an oddly unedifying debate over what ought to be the most…
Iran vows to fight on
Situation update The Middle East conflict intensified dramatically on Tuesday, as Israel and Iran exchanged strikes across multiple fronts while…
The Gulf states have a big decision to make about Iran
Iran threatened harsh retaliation in the wake of the American-Israeli attacks that killed the country’s supreme leader and many of…
America won’t be cowed by these Iranian attacks
Many commentators are already claiming that the war with Iran is ‘spiralling out of control.’ I try not to be…
Britain has never needed an ‘Islamophobia’ definition less
For the first time, I am grateful to Zack Polanski. For, in branding Keir Starmer ‘Islamophobic’ simply for criticising Mothin…
Does Trump even know why he invaded Iran?
Napoleon is supposed to have defined strategy as ‘on s’engage, et puis on voit’, loosely translated as ‘get stuck in and…
Khamenei’s death has exposed the ugly side of British campuses
Why are students in British universities mourning Ayatollah Khamenei? The Iranian dictator’s death brought jubilant crowds of Jews and Persians…
Does Labour have the stomach for Mahmood’s asylum policy?
As of Monday, migrants arriving in Britain no longer have the right to claim permanent asylum. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…
Kemi Badenoch has said the unsayable on multiculturalism
The higher the failings of multiculturalism pile up, the greater the effort required to ignore the fetid mound of societal…
Misplaced confidence is Rachel Reeves’s calling card
‘Mr Speaker, this government has the right economic plan for this country.’ It’s never a good sign for a sombre…
What comes after America’s retreat?
What is happening to the “rules-based international order” despairingly invoked by bewildered European leaders? The broad answer is that we…
Where was the imagination in Reeves’s Spring Statement?
Today’s Spring Statement was intended to be the anti-Budget: no rabbits, no leaks, no lengthy speeches. After last November’s disaster,…
