World
How serious is Cornish nationalism?
The Office for National Statistics has been publishing interesting insights from the last census – perhaps to counter the bad…
Stella Creasy is wrong about the ‘motherhood penalty’
If you find yourself frazzled by the Christmas rush, spare a thought for Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow, who is…
The admirable humility of Japanese sports stars
Who is the best paid sportsperson in the world? Cristiano Ronaldo perhaps? Or Kylian Mbappé? Lionel Messi? Novak Djokovic? LeBron…
Who will rebuild Gaza?
When the last shot is fired in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the fog of war eventually lifts, the challenge…
Are men really that difficult to buy for?
With Christmas rushing at us like a bull in a Westfield, many blokes of a certain age will have already…
Don’t cry for Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan’s death and his star-studded funeral captured the headlines this week. But the fawning and fanfare felt oddly dissonant…
Anti-Semitism is a threat to the West
Down the road from where I live in Islington, the Jewish community put up a menorah in a park on…
Portland’s decriminalisation nightmare
In November 2020, Oregon passed Measure 110, decriminalising non-commercial drug possession. The state also significantly increased funding for recovery and…
Why won’t Macron agree to an immigration referendum?
It is a peculiarity of the age in France that the subject that most divides the political class is the…
Does it matter if Hannibal is played by a black man?
It is becoming a familiar conundrum: whether to employ actors who match the ethnicity of the person they are portraying.…
How to rig a Serbian election
Serbia is heading to the polls, again. On Sunday, the country will vote to elect a new national parliament and…
Netanyahu has finally realised Russia is no friend of Israel
When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a 50-minute phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin last weekend, it was…
Claudine Gay’s way with words
Claudine Gay is a self-declared “transformational” president of Harvard University. She campaigned for the job by promising to retire the…
Prince Harry claims another victory in his war on the tabloids
Well, send him victorious-ish. In what amounts to an early Christmas present for Prince Harry, Mr Justice Fancourt has ruled…
Ireland’s security freeloading is a threat to the West
Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Downing Street Declaration – one of the key building blocks of the Northern Irish…
Prince Harry awarded £140,000 in phone hacking case
The High Court has this morning awarded Prince Harry £140,600 in damages after ruling that he was the victim of…
The unexpected free speech threat coming from Northern Ireland
Threats to free speech can come from unexpected places these days. A law passed in Northern Ireland has troubling implications for…
What will it take to stop Putin?
I feel sorry for Volodymyr Zelensky. It’s devastating watching him travelling all around the world, struggling to convince even his…
Hamas is trying to go global
For some years, there has been speculation in security circles about what will replace Islamic State. The terror group was…
Why can’t some Londoners tolerate posters of kidnapped Israelis?
What is it about those images of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas that so infuriates certain sections of the public? Since…
A potted history of impeachments
Article II, Section Four, of the Constitution provides that “The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United…
Harry and Meghan named ‘biggest Hollywood losers’
At last, official confirmation that Harry and Meghan are the world’s most unpopular couple – by their local newspaper, no…
Vladimir Putin bores the nation
From time to time, the tsar must listen to the complaints of his subjects. Having dodged this duty last year,…
The IDF’s death toll is rising
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have suffered their deadliest day since the 7 October massacre. Nine soldiers were killed, including…
Interest rates may start to fall – but not yet
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25 per cent for the third consecutive time. This was the expected outcome…
