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Joe Biden puts America First on electric vehicles
A trade war is brewing between the United States and its closest allies. When Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal markets…
Why should under-productive civil servants get a pay rise?
We all know about the teachers and train drivers, but apparently there are 100,000 civil servants in 124 government departments…
Is it surprising that dog attacks are on the rise?
Love of dogs is hardly new in Britain. There is a growing strand of research exploring the shared history we…
The UK is right to keep faith in crypto
It will be a charter for fraudsters. It will usher in an open-season mindset for money launderers and criminals. And…
Could Boris Johnson run for president? ‘I don’t rule it out’
The 2024 race for the White House is on. Donald Trump is in, Nikki Haley is getting ready, Joe Biden…
Why are the Tories dragging their feet over public sector pay?
Why haven’t ministers sent their submissions to the independent pay review bodies for their sectors? That’s the question being asked…
The French have rejected Macron’s love for the EU
Another 1.2 million people took to the streets in France yesterday to protest against Emmanuel Macron’s plan to push back…
Steven Spielberg and the truth about divorce
Steven Spielberg has suggested that The Fabelmans, his latest film, is a $40 million therapy project. The Fabelmans focuses on divorce and in doing so holds a mirror…
Putin can’t keep Russians in the dark forever about the Ukraine death toll
Nearly 188,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine eleven months…
Inside the Republican plan to ax Covid vax mandates
House Republicans have launched an all-out war on the remaining Covid vaccine mandates being enforced by the Biden administration. So…
Three years on, is Brexit worth celebrating?
Today, if you feel so inclined to celebrate it, is Brexit Day: the date on which, three years ago, Britain…
Are Tory MPs resigned to defeat?
A telling moment in today’s urgent question on the IMF’s economic outlook came when Angela Eagle pointed out the dearth…
Why is BLM blaming Tyre Nichols’ death on ‘white supremacy’?
The video of Tyre Nichols’ arrest makes for unbearable viewing. The 29-year-old father is dragged out of a car before…
The anti-strike bill shows the Tories can still unite
The House of Commons voted to pass the government’s flagship trade union legislation on 30 January. By 315 to 246…
Are Brits losing sympathy for Ukraine?
Britons were keen to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. A month into the war, more than half thought we hadn’t gone far enough.…
Is Isis to blame for the Pakistan mosque bombing?
The Islamic State may have been driven out of its capitals in Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa but that doesn’t…
What does the IMF want from the UK economy?
Just what is a UK government supposed to do to keep the IMF happy? This morning it has issued a…
Is the CCP’s desperation behind China’s abrupt reopening?
China usually shuts down for the Lunar New Year, but Communist party leaders have marked the arrival of the Year…
Israel is trapped in a cycle of national self-sabotage
Jerusalem, 13 May 1998. Khairi Alkam, a 51-year-old Palestinian labourer, left home early in the morning to pray at al-Aqsa…
The queen of chess makes her next move
When a young male friend offered to teach me chess last summer, I thought it sounded an exotic thing to…
The tech companies have no clothes
“I don’t think you want a management structure that’s just managers managing managers, managing managers, managing managers, managing the people…
A Third Intifada looms in Israel
Peace has never seemed further away for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Several dreadful incidents recently have made that…
Rishi Sunak is no John Major
As the skies darken over Rishi Sunak’s embattled government, with ministers being fired or placed under investigation, opinion polls dire…
Boris battles the Kremlin over Putin threats
Ding, ding, ding! In the red corner, it’s the menacing goons of Moscow’s Red Square. And in the blue corner,…
Sam Smith and the embarrassing terribleness of LGBTQIA+ culture
Pop music – and specifically pop music stardom – has an incredible power to transform people into things they are…
