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Boris’s Brexit-Ukraine comparison was a mistake
After years of post-Brexit rancour,the last few weeks have been a striking display of European (not just EU) unity. Britain…
Boris is right about Brexit and Ukraine
Boris was right to compare the vote for Brexit with the struggle for freedom in Ukraine. And here’s the thing:…
Francis Fukuyama on Ukraine, liberalism and identity politics
This week, Sam Leith spoke to Francis Fukuyama – the author of ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ and…
Zelensky’s Holocaust analogy is wrong
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, there has been no shortage of historical analogies used to explain the conflict. From Stalinist terrors to the…
Russia’s schools and universities are shamelessly kowtowing to Putin
Anyone wanting an insight into the strange atmosphere springing up almost overnight in Russia’s institutions could do a lot worse…
Operation Ark returns to haunt Boris
Boris Johnson is doing rather well on Ukraine at the moment, thanks to Britain’s role in sending arms and training…
What lessons can Britain learn from Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ordeal?
‘How many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? Five?’ Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has spoken for the first…
Is Zelensky’s party crackdown his first mistake?
The news that Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has banned eleven opposition parties – including the pro-Russian ‘Opposition – Platform For…
Parliament full of vermin: official
It was Nye Bevan who claimed that the Conservative party was ‘lower than vermin.’ But in today’s House of Commons,…
Bono’s ‘poem’ was an insult to the craft of verse
‘Poet’, said Robert Frost, ‘is a praise-word’. So it is. That explains in part the unabashed delight with which Colm…
Putin and the Muslim world
Several thousand Muslim Chechen fighters are reportedly massing on the edge of Kiev. Syrian volunteers, filmed this week holding assault…
The shameful silence about the Hunter Biden laptop story
Well over a year after the presidential election, long after all mainstream media outlets killed a legitimate story about Hunter…
Should we worry about the BA.2 Omicron variant?
When the Omicron variant (now categorised as BA.1) swept across the world at the end of last year it was…
It doesn’t matter if Putin is mad
Mike Tyson put it simply: ‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth’. And Vladimir Putin has…
How to fix Britain’s broken asylum system
Asylum is often seen as a simple morality tale—the generous spirited are in favour of it, the hard-hearted against. And…
The German army has far bigger problems than funding
In a historic speech to the German parliament last month, the chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a €100 billion investment fund…
Why is Putin firing a hypersonic missile in Ukraine?
Putin, like many other belligerent autocrats, does like his Wunderwaffen, or ‘wonder weapons.’ Now it appears he’s even used one…
Time for Turkey to align with the West
To deter Russia from invading Ukraine, the US and its Western allies vociferously vowed unified and decisive action against Russia.…
Why not Trump in 2024?
I see that my National Review friends are writing their letters to Santa a bit early. Some, like Rich Lowry’s…
NY Post shames intel officials who flacked for Hunter Biden
Take Cockburn’s hand and let him whisk you back to the halcyon days of fall 2020. The presidential campaign was…
Is China beginning to distance itself from Russia?
The read-outs from Friday’s two-hour call between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping were so different, that you have to wonder…
France is strong where Britain and America are weak
Emmanuel Macron unveiled his campaign manifesto in a carefully orchestrated press conference on Thursday and his pledges to cut taxes…
No. 10 is gearing up for the next election
As the Conservative party’s Spring Forum gets underway in Blackpool, attention is turning back to domestic politics, with cabinet ministers…
The Russian army is running out of momentum
As the Russian invasion enters its fourth week it is clear that its forces are running out of momentum, although…
Lia Thomas and the slow death of women’s sports
This week, Lia Thomas became the first transgender athlete to be crowned National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion, winning the…
