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Who is Boy George to look down on Matt Hancock?
Matt Hancock’s ongoing humiliation in the I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! jungle is bad news for lots…
This election was no loss for Trump
If conservatives interpreted Barry Goldwater’s defeat in 1964 the way Trump supporters are being told to interpret the 2022 midterms,…
The Republican circular firing squad
The saying used to go that “Democrats fall in love while Republicans fall in line,” though lately Republicans seem mostly…
The Biden-Xi meeting was long overdue
The bilateral relationship between the United States and China is arguably the most important in the world today. The two…
Our leaders will learn nothing from these elections
Elections are an opportunity for us to deliver messages to political leaders most of us will never meet. We can’t…
Has the next cold war been put on hold?
The Biden-Xi meeting at the G20 seems to have been relatively productive, and has at least improved the lines of…
The sad decline of the London stock market
There is plenty for anyone in Paris to feel smug about if they happen to look across to the other…
Ukraine’s huge victory in Kherson
Less than two months ago, Putin declared four occupied regions of Ukraine as part of Russia. Some speculated that Moscow…
We can blame Mitch McConnell, too
So now it’s time to figure out who to blame. The post-election spin from the world of Mitch McConnell is…
Time for the GOP to call out Democrats’ primaries meddling
If there is one lesson the Republican Party needs to learn from this year’s elections, it is that fringe politics…
Matt Hancock has united Britain
Some people deal with failure better than others. Matt Hancock, it seems, has spent the past three years trying to…
The Istanbul bombing will deepen Turkey’s rift with the West
Istiklal Avenue is a picture of chaos at the best of times. Istanbul’s answer to Oxford Street, the bustling pedestrian…
Only the EU can solve the Channel migrants crisis
Rishi Sunak’s remarks about curbing illegal Channel immigration are certainly bullish, but whether he translates words into action will make…
Would the real Matt Hancock please sit down?
‘Politics,’ as the old quip has it, ‘is showbusiness for ugly people.’ That quote was minted in the good old…
Dumping Trump could backfire for the Republicans
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump. Again. But this time it’s different. Again. In the wake of the…
Will the pill pushers ever pay for their misdeeds?
More than two decades into America’s catastrophic opioid epidemic, the demographics of this unprecedented tragedy are clear. By far, the…
Jumpy conservative media are playing into Trump’s hands
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump. Again. But this time it’s different. Again. In the wake of the…
Rebel Wilson and the problem with surrogacy
When the Australian actor Rebel Wilson announced the birth of her daughter Royce Lillian, she added the small detail that…
We must protect freedom to protest, even for those we despise
One of the trickiest challenges of being in politics is defending the rights of those we disagree with vehemently. That dilemma has…
Is this the beginning of the end for Jacinda Ardern?
Many people envisage Jacinda Ardern’s 2017 electoral victory as a romp, a 1997 Tony Blair-esque sea change of optimism. In…
Is Nixon the most misunderstood president in history?
Has the reputation of any American statesman been more effectively trashed than that of Richard Milhous Nixon? Donald Trump’s, perhaps…
The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
Mathematicians in British universities are now being asked to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. This autumn, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher…
Why Remembrance is a privilege as much as a duty
It was exceptionally cold, that strange Armistice day. I was used to spending the two minutes silence squinting into the…
Kevin McCarthy’s Faustian bargain
If the returns from Tuesday are any indication, most American voters are breathing a sigh of relief. Thanks to split-ticketing,…
The SNP’s misinformation campaign on Scottish renewables
SNP MP Stephen Flynn was emphatic when he used a certain statistic in Parliament last month: ‘Scotland’s potential in this…
