World

Britain's unethical Covid messaging must never be repeated

6 February 2022 7:30 pm

Over the last two years – under the guise of a Covid-19 communications strategy – the British people have faced…

Could an uprising succeed against the Taliban?

6 February 2022 6:30 pm

The social media accounts of the new so-called ‘National Resistance Front’ (NRF) in Afghanistan give the impression of a raging…

The Cabinet Office's transgender toilet muddle

6 February 2022 6:00 pm

Transgender people need to be treated with dignity and respect at work. But our rights should not be allowed to…

The conservative case for reparations?

6 February 2022 3:02 pm

Clubhouse may be dead, but Cockburn hears from his niece that Twitter Spaces is the hot news tool for social…

Democrats flunk basic history

6 February 2022 3:01 pm

Many of our political leaders are historically illiterate. This is especially concerning given that some of these politicians have been…

How Camilla came in from the cold

6 February 2022 9:55 am

Queen Camilla. Once a far-fetched prospect, now a reality – when the day comes – thanks to this extraordinary intervention…

Boris announces a new look No. 10 team

6 February 2022 6:22 am

Boris Johnson has this evening unveiled the second stage of his Downing Street shake-up. After the Prime Minister rushed forward…

GoFundMe betrays the Canadian truckers

6 February 2022 2:32 am

Under pressure from the Canadian government, GoFundMe has decided to withhold $9 million of the funds raised by the truckers’ Freedom Convoy ($1…

Putin and Xi’s Potemkin alliance

5 February 2022 10:30 pm

Vladimir Putin very rarely travels abroad these days – and Xi Jinping has not met a foreign leader in person…

Could Viktor Orbán be a peacemaker in Ukraine?

5 February 2022 8:30 pm

For a politician whose calling card is the struggle for Hungarian national sovereignty, Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin’s press conference…

How the media helped drive the Ukraine crisis

5 February 2022 7:30 pm

Western warnings of an ‘imminent’ Russian invasion of Ukraine have grown more insistent in recent weeks with different voices, from…

Are Tory MPs too 'frit' to bin Boris?

5 February 2022 6:30 pm

Boris Johnson is in the midst of the bleakest period of his premiership, but he can at least nibble on a…

Nancy takes a knee for Beijing at the Winter Olympics

5 February 2022 8:45 am

Nancy Pelosi, stock-trader extraordinaire, doubles as an adviser to America’s Olympic athletes. And her wise, nuanced advice to them is…

Pelosi to Winter Olympians: shut up and dribble

5 February 2022 7:55 am

Apologies to woke athletes — Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want you to “use your platform” in Beijing. On Thursday, the House…

The banality of Prince Harry

5 February 2022 3:34 am

When Prince Harry was unveiled as ‘chief impact officer’ at a tech start-up in California, many people were baffled. What…

Who would join Boris's No. 10?

4 February 2022 9:35 pm

Munira Mirza’s resignation over Boris Johnson’s refusal to withdraw his Savile barb at Keir Starmer led to Downing Street bringing…

Boris’s staffing dilemma

4 February 2022 7:38 pm

How much trouble is Boris Johnson now in? The Prime Minister suffered one of his most tumultuous days in office…

The great Tory Red Wall betrayal

4 February 2022 6:00 pm

Boris Johnson may well have to go. His own proximity to a party in his private flat in Downing Street…

When the fringe becomes the majority

4 February 2022 2:10 pm

I’ve noticed a pattern over the past few years. We saw it when Joker made over a billion dollars at…

Why Munira Mirza’s resignation matters

4 February 2022 7:21 am

Boris Johnson’s great strength has always been his ability to spot, recruit and hire a great variety of brilliant people.…

Boris is finished — it’s when, not if

4 February 2022 7:13 am

This week, Michael Gove’s lengthy Levelling Up white paper talked about the ancient city of Jericho. This was largely because…

Rishi Sunak’s cost of living gamble

4 February 2022 1:31 am

The Chancellor is lending £200 this year to anyone who pays an energy bill in their own name. That’s 28…

The cost of living crisis has arrived

4 February 2022 12:30 am

In recent weeks alleged lockdown parties and suitcases full of wine have been the biggest threat to Boris Johnson’s premiership.…

The Bank of England's interest rate hike isn't enough

4 February 2022 12:24 am

There would have been times when the news ‘Bank of England doubles interest rates’ would have been met with a…

Do university bigwigs really want the best for students?

3 February 2022 11:11 pm

We can all see that our universities are not in a good shape. They are churning out too many graduates –…