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The NHS vaccine mandate was bound to fail
Health Secretary Sajid Javid now looks set to drop his plans to sack unvaccinated NHS staff. It was almost inevitable…
China's 'useful idiots' keep their honours
Ministers like to talk a good game on China. But, as the Commons witnessed just two weeks ago, all too…
Sergio Mattarella is Italy's captive president
Ah, those Italians! Italy’s parliament spent last week trying and failing to elect a new president in seven secret ballots.…
Is Boris Johnson out of the woods?
As Downing Street aides await the arrival of Sue Gray’s report, there is a growing sense amongst Boris Johnson’s allies…
You can’t really ‘cancel’ anything
‘When parents give Maus…to their little kids, I think it’s child abuse. I wanna protect my kids!’ Who do you…
Michael Gove says 'Christian forgiveness' is needed over partygate
Andrew Neil is back on our TV screens (‘Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out of Road?’, Channel 4 this evening).…
Sunak and Johnson's differences have been exposed
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak’s plan to press on with the new health and social care levy is not a…
Sunday shows round-up: It is ‘highly likely’ that Russia will invade Ukraine
Liz Truss – It is ‘highly likely’ that Russia will invade Ukraine January may be Eastern Europe’s coldest month, but…
Can the Czech Republic challenge Europe’s vaccine orthodoxy?
The Omicron wave has left European counties standing at a crossroads this year. Despite the relative mildness of Omicron compared…
How bad are the polls for Boris Johnson?
It’s no secret that the polls do not look good for the Prime Minister at the moment. The most recent…
Germany’s diplomatic game doesn’t make sense
Amidst the heavy criticism of Germany’s lack of commitment in the Ukraine crisis, the German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock argued…
Zemmour, Marion Maréchal and the union of the French Right
The news that the highly influential third-generation member of the Le Pen family, Marion Maréchal, will not be backing her…
China’s censors have already won
The Chinese Communist Party regime has always been censorious. Its so-called ‘Great Firewall’ means that Facebook, Twitter and Google are…
The Tories have abandoned the young
Tories who tried to convince Number 10 and Number 11 to delay the hike in National Insurance have had their…
The real reason Boris is unfit to be prime minister
Three years ago, imagine that you had wanted to write a film script about a prime minister and his travails.…
The year left-wing ideas came home to roost
2022 is proving to be the year in which progressives’ genius ideas come home to roost. Instituting far-left policies in…
The power of black conservatives
Black conservatism is a particular form of conservative politics. As a movement, it’s American, with strengthening echoes in the UK,…
The EHRC is right about the trans conversion therapy ban
Before I saw the statement, ‘It is with sadness and deep regret that LGBT Foundation is severing all ties with…
Why Neil Young’s Spotify boycott is a mistake
When Neil Young issued his threat to Spotify – get rid of Joe Rogan’s podcast or remove my music from…
5,000 helmets and Germany’s dark history in Ukraine
If anyone produces a ‘history in 100 objects’ for the first half of the 21st century, one of those objects…
Eric Zemmour isn’t to blame for France’s anti-Semitism crisis
Emmanuel Macron sees anti-Semitism everywhere except where it really lurks. Earlier this month his government accused protesters opposed to the…
Could this kitty swing the midterms for the Demo-cats?
President Biden must not be feline optimistic about his paltry poll numbers, particularly after his landmark Build Back Better Act…
Does Keir Starmer really want Boris Johnson to step down?
It’s time for Boris Johnson to go, says Keir Starmer. Angela Rayner agrees: ‘Fundamentally the British public are starting to see that…
Why the Met’s partygate redaction makes legal sense
Having said just days ago that they had no objection to Sue Gray’s report being published, the Met have now…
How long can the SNP ignore Scotland's looming fiscal timebomb?
A new report from Holyrood’s finance and public administration committee is unusually blunt in its assessment. But is the SNP…
