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There’s only one winner in Egypt’s sham election
After three days of voting, the polls close today in Egypt’s presidential elections. The result is expected on 18 December,…
Gary Lineker slips up (again)
Will Gary Lineker ever learn? The BBC Sports pundit is now facing criticism after signing an open letter calling for…
Sunak’s strange Covid Inquiry appearance
Rishi Sunak had a strange pandemic. He spent a lot of it in government meetings, the details of which he…
Is Javier Milei abandoning his radicalism already?
When Labour’s Liam Byrne left a note for the incoming coalition Treasury team in 2010 which said ‘I’m afraid there…
Was Sunak oblivious to No. 10’s Covid dysfunction?
Rishi Sunak has already provided a statement of evidence to the Covid Inquiry, but this morning’s hearing spent more time…
What Sunak really said about lockdown
In the dying days of Rishi Sunak’s leadership campaign, he gave an interview to The Spectator about lockdown which he…
What the ERG verdict on the Rwanda bill means for Sunak
It’s back to Brexit in parliament this week as Rishi Sunak puts his plan B to salvage the government’s flagship…
It’s no surprise Palestine marches have drained the Met’s coffers
Much has been made of the supposedly peaceful nature of the weekly Palestine marches. But public order comes at a…
Who is watching Britain’s spies?
Parliament’s intelligence watchdog is muzzled, neutered and sick.The Intelligence and Security committee, which oversees the UK intelligence community – MI5, MI6,…
Why Nigel Farage failed on ‘I’m a Celebrity…’
The coronation of Sam Thompson, Scrappy Doo in human form, as King of the Jungle in this year’s I’m A…
Stop sending Christmas cards!
Christmas cards are the pits, aren’t they? A positive engine of seasonal ill-will. They take hours to do, if you…
Why Joe Biden’s Latin America policy is failing
At the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles last year, President Joe Biden announced the Americas Partnership…
Teenage teachers won’t fix Britain’s classroom troubles
Teaching in the UK is in trouble. Less than half the number of secondary school teachers required this year, a…
Nigel Farage has left the jungle. What now?
Nigel Farage has left the jungle. For a brief moment it looked as if the original Brexiteer might pull off…
Nigel Farage comes third on I’m A Celeb
It’s been a highly anticipated finale of I’m A Celebrity, not least because of the staying power of Brexit mastermind…
Tory tribes gear up for Rwanda clash
The next 48 hours could be among the most important of Rishi Sunak’s premiership. His flagship Rwanda Safety Bill will…
The French elite have realised that Marine Le Pen might win
You can tell that French elections are in the air because legal proceedings are being taken against a leading figure…
Does Macron want to make France more multicultural?
Emmanuel Macron will address France in the coming weeks in what is being billed as a ‘Message of Unity’ speech.…
An election campaign is still dangerous for Putin
It was elaborately staged precisely to try and look unstaged. After a medals ceremony at the Kremlin for Heroes of…
‘Rizz’, ‘vibes’, and what we lose with Very Online language
Welcome to our language: ‘rizz’. Here’s the OED definition: colloquial noun, ‘defined as ‘style, charm or attractiveness; the ability to…
The Tories aren’t being honest about foreign marriages
Western liberalism was built on the principle of marrying out. Our beliefs about the freedom of the individual ultimately stem from…
Could killing Yahya Sinwar end the Gaza war?
Somewhere beneath the rambling town of Khan Yunis, Yahya Sinwar, the murderous leader of Hamas in Gaza, is awaiting his…
The Turner prize doesn’t make sense anymore
In 1950 the American critic Lionel Trilling suggested, in his book The Liberal Imagination, that there was no meaningful right-wing…
Net zero has doomed Europe’s car industry
The decision of the European Commission to delay, for three years, tariffs on car exports between Britain and the EU…
Will Tory plotters sink Sunak?
After months of tedium, Sunday newsrooms everywhere rejoiced at Robert Jenrick’s resignation on Wednesday night. Finally, a return to the…
