World
It’s time to treat social media like tobacco
There is growing momentum behind a ban on social media for the under-16s. Last week, the Prime Minister hinted that…
Japan is holding firm against China’s Taiwan bullying
One of the most serious issues in the well-filled in-tray of freshly endorsed Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi is Taiwan…
Badenoch savaged Starmer at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch was on savage form at Prime Minister’s Questions. The leader of the opposition has generally improved her performance…
Hoyle: I tipped off the Met about Mandy
Peter Mandelson is in a right old funk. Having been ignominiously hauled in by the Met for questioning on Monday,…
Iran is ready for war – is America?
In 2001, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met privately with Spain’s then-prime minister Jose Maria Aznar. Aznar recounted how Khamenei…
Afghanistan is not ready for mass ‘returnees’
The word ‘return’ suggests something voluntary, even restorative: the closing of a long chapter of exile and the beginning of…
Can ‘calamity Lammy’ fix the justice system?
David Lammy, the deputy prime minister, has had a bruising five months. Last September, he took charge of the Ministry of…
The Baftas n-word row has been very revealing
At the Baftas on Sunday night, John Davidson – whose story of living with Tourette’s syndrome is dramatised in the (very…
What happened to ‘inclusivity’ at the Baftas?
You know, I’m starting to think those #BeKind folk aren’t half as kind as they make themselves out to be.…
Trump’s reality-show State of the Union speech
Donald Trump may have celebrated Team USA for winning the gold at the Olympics in hockey, but he was not…
The Iranian case for bombing Iran
Think about how bad things would have to be for ordinary Iranians to plead for Donald Trump to carry out…
Trump’s State of the Union address was pure theater
Watching Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address tonight, I thought of two homely things. One was something that a…
Ed Davey’s Andrew stunt backfires
Oh dear. It seems that Ed Davey – the most righteous man in all of parliament – has got it…
Reform has stepped up its donations game
One intriguing element of the battle on the right is the arms race for donations. Twelve months ago, Kemi Badenoch’s…
Release the Gonzales files
We know the terrible details of how congressional staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, died. She poured gasoline on herself and then…
Why ministers want to talk about Andrew
This afternoon’s Commons debate on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was unusual for all kinds of reasons. It was not just that the…
The NHS myth is cracking
Despite soaking up more than £200 billion of taxpayers’ money per year, the NHS and health policy more widely are…
Reform’s plan for mass deportations
After Zia Yusuf’s announcement that Reform would create a ‘UK Deportation Command’ (UKDC), much of the media leapt to make…
Why Australia wants Andrew out of the line of succession
‘Australians don’t want a bar of this bloke, frankly.’ That’s what Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said today after calling…
What will Trump say in the State of the Union?
When President Trump speaks to Congress and the nation Tuesday night he will follow several familiar tropes. Like a long line of presidents before…
What will Trump say in the State of the Union address?
When President Trump speaks to Congress and the nation Tuesday night he will follow several familiar tropes. Like a long line of presidents before…
The killing that has divided Washington and Paris
Washington’s warning last week about the spread of far-left violence in France did not go down well in Paris. In…
Is there a simpler answer to the special needs crisis?
The Jesuits had it all wrong. They famously insisted: ‘Give me a boy at seven and I will give you…
Is Trump being played by Iran?
Half of America’s deployable air power sits within striking distance of Iran, and yet Washington is negotiating. Gaza is promised…
Can centrism survive in the Netherlands?
Rob Jetten being sworn as prime minister of the Netherlands would, not long ago, have seemed an exotic proposition. That…
