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Zack Polanski: the police were right to arrest Graham Linehan
The arrest of comedian Graham Linehan at Heathrow Airport this week over his Twitter posts sparked outrage across the country…
Trump’s strike on the Venezuelan ‘narco terrorists’
President Trump has authorized what he called a “kinetic strike” from a US warship that destroyed a boat allegedly carrying…
What China’s show of force means for the new world order
Today’s vast military parade in Beijing is the climax of three days of political theatre orchestrated by President Xi Jinping,…
Streeting suggests law should be changed after Linehan arrest
Well, well, well. The arrest of Graham Linehan this week sparked outrage after the Father Ted co-creator was taken into…
Digital IDs won’t fix the migrant crisis
Will the compulsory ID card lobby ever give up? For more than two decades it has been trying to exploit…
Spain’s wildfires have exposed the inadequacy of its politicians
Since early August, Spain has been reeling from its worst forest fires in decades. Exact estimates vary but so far…
The Budget that could make, or break, Starmer’s government
As the Chancellor Rachel Reeves gets to work on her second Budget – to be delivered on 26 November –…
Americans like me are troubled by Britain’s free speech crackdown
For much of my career, beginning as a foreign policy adviser to the United States Congress, I have proudly stood as one…
British shipbuilding is booming again
‘Pigeons, beaten to a fine lead by hunger, flickered amongst the rusted girders of the railway bridge… rubble was being…
The English countryside isn’t ‘racist’
Three researchers from Leicester University’s Centre for Hate Studies produced a curious report on Monday about the English countryside. Their…
The West can only see Palestinians as victims
Belgium will become the latest western country to recognise a Palestinian state. Its foreign minister Maxime Prevot cited ‘the violence…
For Trump and Ilhan, Washington pays
How does Ilhan Omar make her money? How does the Trump family make its money? Is money real? What is…
Ilhan Omar’s $30 million disclosure exposes left’s hypocrisy
Rep. Ilhan Omar once dismissed suggestions she was a millionaire as “ridiculous.” That was only a few months ago. Now,…
The persecution of Graham Linehan
I have been lamenting Britain’s authoritarian turn for years. Yet even I was taken aback, physically repulsed in fact, by…
In praise of Tony McNamara
American audiences did not exactly flock to the Benedict Cumberbatch-Olivia Colman comedy The Roses last weekend, but those who did…
How bad is the UK bond crisis?
‘UK in the drain’, a trader exclaimed earlier today as 30-year gilt yields punched through to their highest level since…
Listen: Yvette Cooper’s bizarre bunting claim
Summer recess has only just ended but the government has not enjoyed a relaxed return to Westminster. After Reform UK…
I was arrested for insulting the trans mob
Something odd happened before I even boarded the flight in Arizona. When I handed over my passport at the gate,…
Norway’s warship order is a boost for Britain’s defence industry
There was some good news for the government as politicians return to Westminster and Whitehall after the summer break: the…
It’s impossible to take the Greens seriously
The Green party’s leadership announcement was live streamed using a phone which seemed to be wrapped in clingfilm and held…
Graham Linehan’s arrest is a turning point
The hoo-ha over free speech being trampled on has always seemed exaggerated. I earn my living through voicing my opinions,…
Eco-populist Polanski wins Green leadership race
The Green party leadership contest has finished and the results are in: Zack Polanski is the new leader of the…
Kim Jong-un’s alliance with Xi and Putin is growing stronger
When analysing authoritarian states, not least North Korea, most of the time we have to read between the lines. But…
The markets don’t trust Keir Starmer
The pound is starting to slide. Gold is punching through record highs, and long-term gilt yields are hitting levels that…
The dangerous rise of ‘Chinese Bezique’
In one of Joseph Conrad’s early stories he mentions an old seaman who delighted in a card game he called…
