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Biden and Trump are too old for office
Like the little boy who pointed out that the emperor was naked, veteran US politician Mitt Romney has just voiced…
Basketball is more popular, and soccer-like, than ever
Basketball is one of America’s best exports. Back in 1992, NBA rosters featured only twenty-three foreign-born players from eighteen nations.…
Can the high street still be saved?
The closure of 400 Wilko stores – at the cost of 12,500 jobs – spells more misery for the high street. Wilko joins a pantheon of big brand…
Róisín Murphy and the limits of the new authoritarianism
Has cancel culture finally met its match? Have the new blacklisters who hasten to erase anyone who gives voice to…
What’s the truth about the Peckham shop scuffle?
Rye Lane in south London’s Peckham is a lively place day and night, but yesterday evening the atmosphere was distinctly…
In defence of Harry Maguire
The public mockery of Harry Maguire, the hapless Manchester United and England defender, has moved from being a bit of…
Bernard Looney and the sinister policing of office romances
I doubt whether many people will feel a pang of sympathy for Bernard Looney, former chief executive of BP who…
The worrying decline of the male teacher
Teacher recruitment levels are in crisis, and have been for some time. Only half the number of secondary teachers needed for this…
BBC denies cancelling Roisin Murphy over puberty blockers
The Róisín Murphy row rumbles on. The Irish singer suffered a pile-on last month after she criticised puberty blockers and…
Does Joe Biden need a conservatorship?
America’s wacky Libertarian party, which sadly never gets anywhere in presidential elections, has just filed a petition to put Democratic President…
Britain can’t just blame the weather for its moribund economy
Did GDP fall in July because of the wet weather? That’s the argument being made this morning, as the Office…
The trouble with Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, would have people believe she is made in the mould of Barbara Castle, the radical…
Republicans start impeachment proceedings against Biden
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Tuesday that House Republicans will move ahead with an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. Questions…
The new aggressive politics in an age of lawfare
Impeaching a president may not have the same power it once did in Washington. But the announcement of an official…
Why Putin is pointing the finger at Britain
Perfidious Albion is, we are told, at it again. In the course of a wide-ranging and often quite surreal speech…
Has Mark Rowley made London safer?
Today marks a year since Sir Mark Rowley became Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. When Rowley took over, his predecessor Cressida Dick…
Rory Stewart’s Brexit revisionism
‘Mad’. ‘Disgusting.’ These are the words Rory Stewart, the great centrist king over the water, uses to describe Sir Keir…
Prisons aren’t working
Will we learn the lessons of Daniel Khalife? It depends what those lessons are. If they revolve solely around prison…
Will Rishi axe the pensions triple lock?
Will the pensions triple lock survive the election? That’s the question being asked in Westminster after Rishi Sunak refused to…
Why is the EU forcing Apple to change its charger?
When the iPhone 15 is unveiled later today it will no doubt come with an array of flashy tweaks and…
Don’t condemn McDonald’s for giving prisoners a day job
In the aftermath of Daniel Khalife’s escape and recapture, prisons are in the headlines. Even the most commonplace events, like…
The Colombian cartels are coming to Europe
In May this year 87,000 asylum applications were lodged with the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). This was a…
Is Britain getting a pay rise?
Whisper it, but British workers seem to be getting a pay rise. This morning’s update from the Office for National Statistics reveals…
Scotland is right to try drug consumption rooms
Scotland is the drug deaths capital of Europe. Last year saw 1,051 drug misuse fatalities, a rate 2.7 times higher…
Parliament needs protecting from foreign infiltration
The suggestion this weekend that an alleged Chinese spy is a British-born parliamentary researcher – leading a policy group aimed at…
