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I stand with Macy Gray
There’s a new heretic in town. It’s the great Macy Gray. Ms Gray has uttered that most blasphemous of beliefs…
Twitter gives Jordan Peterson the boot, Dave Rubin follows
Jordan Peterson went from being a psychologist advising troubled kids to an unlikely political figure as he fought against the…
Boris’s desperate tearoom tour
This afternoon, a text message went out to certain Tory MPs telling them that the Prime Minister was going to…
Watch: Cabinet minister laughs at Boris’s excuse
Boris Johnson has more lives than a cat but is the reign of the ‘world king’ finally coming to an…
Boris ‘forgot’ about Pincher allegations, claims minister
The government’s line yesterday on what Boris Johnson knew about Chris Pincher’s behaviour kept changing. Today, it’s quite hard to find…
The real damage caused by eco-protestors
On Monday eco-protesters glued themselves to the frame of Constable’s painting The Hay Wain and covered it with an altered…
The European Court is powerless to stop Russia
Last Thursday saw a wry twist to the Ukraine war. The European Court of Human Rights solemnly intoned that Russia…
Is Starmer trying to have his Brexit cake and eat it?
There are three big questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘five point plan to make Brexit work’. First is whether it…
Why is the BBC’s women’s football coverage so patronising?
Be honest, how excited are you about the women’s European football championship? The BBC – which will broadcast every game…
Turkey’s grain diplomacy
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is once again using Turkey’s geopolitical position for his own ends, this time dictating grain shipments from…
German industry is grinding to a halt
The Soviet Union had only just collapsed. John Major was still a relatively fresh-faced Prime Minister. And the internet consisted…
Starmer should never be allowed to forget his Brexit betrayal
Keir Starmer has set down Labour’s Brexit red lines: if his party wins power, he will not take the UK back into…
The past stinks
‘Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could,’ says Jeff Goldblum’s character in Jurassic Park, ‘they didn’t stop to…
Pronoun badges backfire for embarrassed banks
Pride month means only one thing: the chance for corporations to embarrass themselves with the latest right-on social media stunt.…
Why is a former French colony joining the Commonwealth?
When Boris Johnson flew to Rwanda with Prince Charles for a key Commonwealth summit last weekend, the trip ended up…
The mystery of Britain’s surging at-home deaths
Britain may look like it’s back to normal after the lockdowns but one alarming trend that emerged in 2020 is…
Jacinda Adern’s tricky China policy
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern, has had a busy week on the international circuit. On Friday she appeared in…
The Tour de France conceals its national turmoil
The 109th edition of the Tour de France is underway although Friday’s first stage, held for the first time in…
The intense Englishness of Philip Larkin
The English language has a curious feature, called the phrasal verb. It consists of a plain verb plus a preposition;…
Where have all the Bad Girls gone?
Where have all the Bad Girls gone? They used to rock up regularly at the Love Island villa – now…
The forgotten history of Poland and Ukraine
Since the outbreak of war in February there has been an overwhelming focus on the historical links between Russia and…
The Church of England is obsessed with racial self-flagellation
The Church of England has been displaying distinctly masochistic tendencies of late. The Church has previously tried to return its…
How Prince Charles’s €1m bagman infiltrated the British establishment
The Queen rarely – if ever – accepts invitations to dinner at private houses, no matter how grand. But in…
50-year mortgages won’t fix Britain’s broken housing market
Downing Street has come up with another cunning plan to fix the housing crisis: 50-year mortgages, passed from parent to…
Why do we only care about American abortion rights?
In the week since Roe vs Wade was overturned, you’ve hardly been able to switch on the news or open…
