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Rishi Sunak is right to hedge his bets on oil and gas
It is quite right that the Prime Minister has chosen to approve new licences for oil and gas extraction in…
How wine gums helped me win my Tory selection battle
To the uninitiated, Tattersalls is an historic and world-renowned bloodstock auction house in Newmarket, Suffolk. Since 1766, the finest race…
Donald Trump can run but he can’t hide from his 6 January indictment
The surprising thing isn’t that Donald Trump was indicted. It’s that it took this long. After Attorney General Merrick Garland…
Donald Trump charged with bid to overturn 2020 US election
Former president Donald Trump has been indicted, again, by Special Counsel Jack Smith — this time over his efforts to…
Modi’s cheetah rewilding project is coming unstuck
Political vanity projects come in all shapes and forms but invariably turn out badly. One such is India’s ‘Project Cheetah’,…
Burma’s generals aren’t really pardoning Aung San Suu Kyi
The brutal generals ruling Burma – or Myanmar as they officially call it – seem to take us for fools.…
‘Lazy girls’ aren’t what’s hurting the British economy
The current government will do almost anything to avoid reforming welfare or the NHS. Last month, we were informed school…
Why can’t football pundits be more like cricket commentators?
For the armchair sports fan, there is some reassurance as the sun sets on another fabulous Ashes contest: the football…
Why is China purging its nuclear missile force?
The top commanders of China’s nuclear forces have been targeted by President Xi Jinping in his latest purge, adding an…
The drone attacks on Moscow are only just beginning
A drone has hit a tower in Moscow’s financial district – just two days after the building was targeted in another attack. In…
Will regressive alcohol duties destroy Britain’s drinks industry?
What is duty on alcoholic drinks for: to raise revenue or to make us better, more sober people? A close…
Sydney’s cocaine wars are spiralling out of control
The illicit moment of surreal euphoria from snorting a line of cocaine comes at a heavy price of misery and…
The sinister truth about the war on cars
When I was a girl in the 1970s, we didn’t have a car. We always took the train from our…
Is France’s loss Russia’s gain in Niger?
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Niger following the coup d’état in the west African country on 26…
Coutts gives Nigel Farage his account back
Is Nigel Farage’s war with Coutts finally over? The former Brexit party leader has claimed that the bank – which…
Blame the breed, not the owner: the truth about American Bully XLs
My dog is great with children, I will give her that. The family pet and I don’t really get on,…
The collateral damage of lockdowns on children is still emerging
There has been plenty of evidence published over the past three years of the severe effects on children’s education and…
Bring back normies!
The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘normie’ as ‘a normal person, who behaves in the same way as most other people in society’. Merriam-Webster tells us it refers ‘to one whose tastes, lifestyle,…
The Dartmoor appeal win is a victory against wealthy landowners
This evening, activists will gather under Haytor, Dartmoor’s iconic landmark rocks, to celebrate what feels like a rare victory for…
Inheritance tax has become yet another stealth tax
Most people will not see their estates subject to inheritance tax. Still, most people oppose the principle of the tax…
Will Italy leave China’s ‘atrocious’ Belt and Road Initiative?
For some time now the world has being growing increasingly wary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but rarely…
Sunak’s new oil and gas licences face a fight against the odds
Just Stop Oil (JSO) has taken the news that the government will issue hundreds of new North Sea oil and…
How we could reach net zero without dumping oil
Rishi Sunak has shown no indication that he is considering dumping the government’s legal commitment to achieve net zero by…
Not all cyclists support Sunak’s war on traffic control
My fiancée wants to put a sign up outside our house demanding that the speed limit be reduced to 20mph.…
Ancient worms and the problem with climate politics
The poet Elizabeth Bishop, when she was feeling blue (which she often was), used to find comfort in thinking in…
