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What is so enraging about a group of white men?
Pity the poor 41 Club. The last time an image of a group of men eating dinner caused this much…
The foie gras and fur ban was never really about animal suffering
Well, too bad Carrie and Zac. It looks like the government is going to drop its commitment to banning imports…
Macron’s energy intervention has seriously backfired
He intervened decisively. He showed the ability of the state to make a difference. And he demonstrated that greedy, self-interested…
How schools are captured by ideological institutions
This week, Nadeem Zahawi told teachers that they have ‘an important role in preparing children and young people for life…
Is Rishi Sunak any good at politics?
Is Rishi Sunak any good at politics? In recent days Labour sources have been putting it about that they no…
Biden is ‘convinced’ Putin will invade Ukraine. Is Putin?
The only thing more sombre than President Joe Biden’s tone at his press conference on Friday afternoon was his funereal…
Boris is about to give Silicon Valley censors more power than ever
Four years in the making, the Online Safety Bill has now been sent to senior ministers for review — a…
The Chinese Communist Party always medals in moral corruption
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will draw to a close on Sunday, and few will mourn its passing. The spectacle…
State schools and the rise of posh apprenticeships
Recently, a friend forwarded me a letter he’d received from his children’s school, an independent secondary in London, to mark…
How to resist the age of grievance
At a recent session of the Virginia House of Delegates, Don Scott, a Democrat, blasted Republicans for employing “the old…
Storm Eunice has nothing to do with climate change
I sat tight and braced myself for the worst this morning — not high winds but for the Today programme…
Why is Lord’s dropping the Eton-Harrow fixture?
In an act of thinly veiled class war, news broke this week that the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has decided…
The New York Times takes aim at J.K. Rowling
It looks like the New York Times is at it again. In recent years, America’s least-reliable news source has developed a…
Sorry, Freedom Convoy — fundraisers are only for left-wing criminals
It seems to be harder to donate money to the Canadian truckers protesting their country’s vaccine mandate than it is…
Freedom isn’t ‘white’
An op-ed in the Washington Post about the Canadian truckers’ protest tells us that the idea of freedom is “White” with a capital W…
The Clinton campaign’s plot to politically assassinate Trump
There is a word for secretly collecting information about enemies or competitors to use against them. According to the latest…
Welcome to body-camera democracy
The introduction of body cameras as a staple of the police uniform has been a transformative piece of tech. After…
‘Xi Jinping Thought’ is taking over China’s classrooms
From last fall, in an extension of a personality cult not seen since Mao Zedong, “Xi Jinping Thought” is being…
Should we vaccinate children against Covid?
Is there any point in vaccinating five to 11-year-olds against Covid? For months the policy across the UK was not…
The Tate’s grubby cancellation of Rex Whistler
Tate Britain’s Rex Whistler restaurant will never reopen the gallery announced yesterday. The restaurant – once known for its excellent…
Poll: UK wary of sending troops to Ukraine
Another day and another wait to see what, if anything, will happen in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin still has thousands of soldiers…
Can Joe Biden channel John F. Kennedy over Ukraine?
In a submission for the hotly contested prize for fatuous belligerence over Ukraine, Ben Wallace, UK secretary of state for…
The human rights clampdown on free speech
On Wednesday, in a decision that ought to get a good deal more attention than it will, our Supreme Court…
The EU is pushing Hungary and Poland to the brink
Storm clouds looming over the EU’s ‘rule of law’ dispute turned a shade darker on Wednesday. The European Court of…
Putin has created a Schrödinger’s war in Ukraine
In his famous thought experiment, Schrödinger’s cat was both dead and alive in potential, until its box was opened to…
