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How the Venice Biennale imploded over Israel
The who’s who of the international art world meet every two years at the Venice Biennale to hobnob, clink champagne…
Trump’s missile cut has left Germany exposed
It has been a choppy 12 months for transatlantic relations since Friedrich Merz was sworn in as chancellor of Germany…
The slow death of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
For the past few years, woke has been on life support. Back in 2020, police officers knelt for Black Lives…
Russia is losing its grip on Africa
Russia’s military reputation in Africa was built in Kidal, Northern Mali. Late last month, it was buried in the same…
Will Arts Council England finally stop funding hate?
It took the stabbing of two Jews in Golders Green to bring Arts Council England’s decade of funding hate to…
Starmer to 2024 intake: back me or else
With two days to go before voters take to the ballot box, leadership manoeuvring, that perennial Westminster pastime, has slipped…
Why is the teachers’ union targeting ICE, not education?
Randi Weingarten is using mafia tactics to bully Target into denouncing immigration enforcement by ICE. As president of the American…
Is the Iran ceasefire crumbling?
Is the fragile Iran war ceasefire over? It would appear so, with American and Iranian forces exchanging fire in the…
The Green candidate who thinks Iran should bomb the White House
A Green candidate in this week’s council elections says the White House should be blown up, described Hamas taking ‘filthy…
Reeves’s mansion tax has backfired before it’s even kicked in
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made plenty of bold promises for her planned mansion tax when she announced it last year.…
Why the pro-Palestine marches must stop
It is not even a week since that horrific act of violence against Jews in Golders Green, and what is…
Why can’t Germany extradite the Madeleine McCann suspect?
I make no suggestion as to whether Christian Brueckner, the convicted rapist suspected of kidnapping and killing Madeleine McCann, is…
Making homes more affordable won’t solve London’s housing crisis
Centre for London research, presented last week at the London Housing Summit, argued that the main cause of London’s home ownership…
Why so many drivers jump red lights
The signs that civic society in this country is disintegrating grow more apparent by the week. In a year which…
Watch: Kemi Badenoch lays into pro-Palestine heckler
A key component of Kemi Badenoch’s pitch to the country is that ‘you will always know where you stand with…
What really terrifies me about Reform in No. 10
Reform in No. 10? As the prospect gets more likely, the hand-wringing gets more theatrical. Should Reform somehow form the…
It’s the corruption, stupid!
There’s been a change of mood across the country – and not one that is favorable to the GOP. Last…
Will Downing Street name the ideology behind anti-Semitism?
There’s a case for arguing that this has been the worst year for Jews in Britain since Edward I ordered…
Britain is facing an Islamist insurgency
The recent horrific attack in Golders Green has generated much anger and despair at this latest in a series of…
No, Russia is not on the verge of a coup
However much Western leaders inveigh against Russian disinformation (which, yes, is a real issue), we should never pretend this is…
Potholes could pave the way to victory for Reform
When I was young and green and working as a gossip columnist, I learned much from the energy and enthusiasm…
Venezuela has become another American puppet state
Venezuela’s deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, never enjoyed the charisma or genuine popularity of his predecessor, ‘El Comandante’ Hugo Chávez. So…
AI is revolutionising mathematics
Last week, a 23-year-old amateur with no advanced mathematical training did something many mathematicians never manage in a lifetime: he solved…
Did European rule in Asia and Africa really make colonised people poorer?
Few questions in economic history generate more heat than the one that seems, on the surface, most straightforward: Did European…
MAHA must resist purity tests to survive
The Make America Healthy Again movement has already accomplished more in its first year than many reformers dared to hope.…
