World
Why the world loves Margaret Thatcher
There are many rituals surrounding the placement of a new Japanese Emperor on the Chrysanthemum Throne. Perhaps the most peculiar…
Why Starmer praised Thatcher
In an event that almost forms part of Britain’s unwritten constitution, if not quite as regular an occurrence as Big…
Why Israel is changing tactics in its war on Hamas
The conflict in Gaza is about to enter a crucial phase as Israel continues its military campaign to destroy Hamas.…
Newsnight’s fate is a bad omen for the BBC
Newsnight, we learned last week, is losing ten minutes off its running time, more than half its staff including its entire…
Sunak hits record low in Tory members’ poll
If things seem bad, they can always get worse. That’s the message for poor Rishi Sunak in the latest ConservativeHome…
Keir Starmer changes his tune on Mrs T
Has Starmer Chameleon gone too far this time? In his never-ending bid to be all things to all men, the…
The thinking behind Rishi Sunak’s common sense Net Zero approach
Rishi Sunak has a new approach to Net Zero, defining himself against ‘zealots’ and acknowledging the side effects of proposed…
How Hamas’s ceasefire gamble backfired
Hamas’s refusal to negotiate the return of the remaining women still in captivity and an early morning missile attack on…
Are people with Alzheimer’s being denied justice?
My mother, aged 75, has advanced Alzheimer’s. This is heart-breaking enough – she is now at a stage where she…
Can Hamas really be ‘eliminated’?
The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell offered a provocative insight into the nature of Hamas this week. Speaking at the…
Is opposition to Kim Jong Un growing in North Korea?
North Korea is hardly the first country that comes to mind when you think of elections. Yet since the inception…
In defence of a ‘British culture’
From time to time, a would-be edgy Tweeter or columnist will shock us all by stating or suggesting that the…
Putin’s ‘loyalty cards’ are a new low for his regime
Loyalty cards in the West are used by supermarket chains to influence our shopping habits. They are fortunately absent from…
Why the far left sides with Hamas
The great fault of the global left is not that it supports Hamas. For how could western left-wing movements or…
Henry Kissinger saw his world fall apart
The leading advocate of world order died at a time when it all appeared to be coming undone. Henry Kissinger…
Why Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is one of the strangest books of all time
The 2024 Booker winner, Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song, is a vastly admirable book, but there is something deeply odd about…
Hell is the 2024 Paris Olympics
The motto for the 2024 Paris Olympics is ‘Games Wide Open’, which as far as irony goes is worthy of…
The parasitic poisonousness of Omid Scobie
I don’t remember exactly when I first read about the ancient courtier role of Groom of the Stool, but it’s…
The problem with climate protesting clergy
Received wisdom suggests that you would not expect a vicar to disrupt Divine Worship. Now, anybody who’s worked with the…
Has the King snubbed Sunak over the Elgin Marbles?
Diplomatic ties are of great importance to King Charles. So it was no surprise that his sartorial choice at the…
The Cybertruck is a dud
The Cybertruck is here. Finally. Maybe. Sort of. Thursday was the “Cybertruck Delivery Event,” where they finally rolled off the…
When did publishers stop caring what their readers actually want?
It was easy to choose books for my young nieces and nephews this Christmas. First, I ruled out stories about…
Ron DeSantis just isn’t presidential material
Sans Trump, the Republican presidential debates of 2023 have mostly been piddling contests in a shallow pool. We’ve seen nasty…
Hamas has made a mockery of the ceasefire deal
Early this morning, Hamas fired the first shot that signalled the end of its ceasefire deal with Israel, roughly an…
The EU is in denial about stopping the boats
The Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling is the latest EU initiative to address the continent’s migrant crisis. Unveiled in…
