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Wind power’s dirty secret
We have just about made it out of the doldrums. I’m not talking about Britain’s economic fortune. Nor am I…
Will Trump do a deal with Iran?
Less than 48 hours after issuing a 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes…
Are we prepared for a British Pearl Harbor?
Barbarossa. Pearl Harbor. Swindon? Surprise attacks can, in a moment, change the course of history, the destiny of a nation…
Why women are walking away from the New Right
Sam Adler-Bell recently published a profile in New York magazine about women who have left, or are quietly leaving, the…
How Trump and FIFA’s Gianni Infantino teamed up to rebrand peace
When you attend the court of King Donald, it’s important to genuflect. Unfamiliar foreigners in need of pointers can look…
Keir Starmer’s gentlest grilling yet
‘I don’t want to raise levels of public anxiety.’ Believe it or not, these words came out of the mouth…
Hatzola isn’t only for Jews
What to do when you wake one morning in such severe pain that you feel as if you’ve been skewered in…
Has Starmer run into trouble with the defence investment plan?
One of the key rites of passage for all modern prime ministers is losing their temper a little during an…
Trump has given America back its heroes
This weekend, two statues were installed on the White House grounds. On the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office…
The case for cloning the Queen’s corgis
‘Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar,’ was the verdict of the late Lord Charteris on Sarah Ferguson. He did not, I think, mean…
Who is actually talking to the Iranians?
On Friday night, Donald Trump announced that America was “very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great…
Is Iran to blame for the Golders Green arson attack?
Have we just witnessed an Iranian attack on British soil? Overnight, four ambulances were burned on the premises of Hatzola,…
Should we pay for Harry and Meghan’s security?
After a period of several months in which attention has been mainly focused not on Prince Harry but on his…
Has Trump averted an energy crisis?
Have markets and governments horribly underestimated the fallout from the Iran war, or is it the doomsters who have got…
Why did this Brazilian politician black up in parliament?
Fabiana Bolsonaro, a member of Brazil’s São Paulo state assembly, last week used makeup to darken her face and arms…
When is prayer in public a crime in Britain?
When thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square last week to break their Ramadan fast, we were told this was Britain at…
The intifada has arrived in London
At first I thought it was a scene from one of the battlefronts in the Middle East. The hellish glow…
Why the Iran oil crisis might not be as bad as we feared
Have markets and governments around the world horribly under-estimated the fallout from the war in Iran? That is the claim made…
Old France defies the far-left – but for how much longer?
The left achieved a rare success in Paris on Sunday with the victory of Emmanuel Grégoire in the capital’s mayoral…
How Trump can ‘win’ in Iran
The United States is once again in a terrible predicament: a war where the definition of ‘victory’ grows murkier by…
Is Britain prepared for Iranian missiles?
Where’s your nearest bomb shelter? And how long would it take you to get there? What about at work? Have…
Dubai is a city built on sand
Dubai is like the dazzling partner some people enjoy being seen with, but know deep down they would never marry.…
Is Prince William really a shy Christian?
So Prince William is a good Anglican after all. He has told the Times, through an aide, of his commitment to…
Last waltz for Trump’s Hungarian friends?
Walking by Hungary’s immense neo-Gothic parliament building in Budapest’s Kossuth Square, one of Cockburn’s travelling companions sidles up to him.…
Why did the NHS employ a dietician who didn’t know what the large intestine was?
Here’s a mark of our times. A dietician who apparently ‘bluffed’ her way into a top NHS job has been…
