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Jeremy Hunt thought he was being pranked
When Jeremy Hunt received a message early yesterday morning from a ‘Liz Truss’ wanting to talk to him, he assumed…
The Chancellor could take the tax burden even higher
This morning on the media round, Jeremy Hunt followed in the footsteps of Tory chancellors before him warning about the…
We’re in dark days for market liberalism
If there is anything that the swift overturning of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s purported free market revolution has taught us,…
Why Liz Truss failed
The markets did not crash yesterday, so there was not a Black Friday in the way some had envisaged. But…
Jeremy Hunt: there are ‘very difficult decisions’ ahead
Liz Truss made two big moves on Friday in a bid to calm the markets and save her premiership. The…
Why boys fall behind
What do you know about Finland? That it is the happiest nation on earth? Correct. That the school system is…
Emmanuel Macron is facing a perfect storm
Contrary to popular myth, on the English side of the Channel, at least, the French can queue. Across the country…
‘In Russia, there’s just emptiness’: An interview with a Putin draft dodger
Thousands of Russians are fleeing from Putin’s forced mobilisation. To escape from a call-up – and probable death sentence –…
The sorry state of Turkish football
Pity the fans of Trabzonspor, a football club from Turkey’s Black Sea region. In May, the team was crowned champions…
Why does the media never call world leaders ‘far left’?
Italy is about to have its first female leader and the American left is furious. Giorgia Meloni grew up in…
Is there anything left of Trussonomics?
After two major U-turns over last month’s mini-Budget and the sacking of a chancellor, what’s left of Liz Truss’s economic…
Five ways the Liz Truss saga could end
How does this end? That’s the question being asked by Tory MPs as Liz Truss’s government finds itself in turmoil…
How to stop Just Stop Oil
The National Gallery is home to Van Gogh’s still life Sunflowers. It’s an oil on canvas that, according to the…
It’s time for the US to revoke China’s ‘normal trade’ status
In April 2022, six weeks after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden signed legislation to suspend Russia’s Permanent Normal Trade…
‘She’s just so bad at everything’: Tory MPs turn on Truss
Liz Truss’s Downing Street press conference has made everything worse, as far as Tory MPs are concerned. As soon as…
The spectacular fall of Liz Truss
Is Liz Truss the new Theresa May? A fortnight ago that question seemed unduly insulting to the Prime Minister. Now it…
Liz Truss’s painful press conference fails to calm Tory nerves
Liz Truss has just confirmed that she is U-turning on another part of her government’s not-so-mini Budget. After sacking her…
Ukraine braces itself for Russia’s cold war
So far this week, 128 Russian missiles have been fired at Ukraine. Half were intercepted by air defences, according to…
Why Truss picked Hunt for Chancellor
A day is a long time in politics. Just this morning, a No. 10 source told the BBC the Prime…
Will sacking Kwarteng be enough to save Truss’s premiership?
Can sacking Kwasi Kwarteng really save Liz Truss’s premiership? In the past few minutes, the chancellor has had a meeting…
Removing PMs hardly ever ends well
As Tory MPs appear to descend into a panic of buyers’ remorse over the election of Liz Truss, they would…
The sectarian shame of Ireland’s women’s football team
How bad is Irish nationalism’s sectarian problem? In the somewhat Panglossian world occupied by nationalist and republican activists and politicians…
Why won’t Graham Norton speak up for JK Rowling?
Is silence still violence? I’m just wondering because this week Graham Norton was asked about the deluge of hateful slurs…
Liz Truss’s immigration conundrum
The Conservatives – in office since 2010 – are now into their fourth successive manifesto pledge to bring down immigration,…
Six graphs that could seal Liz Truss’s fate
When Britain crashed out of the European exchange rate mechanism on Black Wednesday, prime minister John Major phoned the Sun…
