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Does Joe Biden understand inflation?
I have a horrible feeling that the Biden presidency may come to be defined by a single quote which will…
The sinister targeting of Israel’s ambassador at the LSE
A mob waving flags and chanting slogans hounds a Jewish leader, forcing her to be bundled into a car and driven…
Cambridge’s hysterical reaction to a Hitler impression
Last week, the Cambridge Union hosted a debate on the motion ‘This House Believes there is no such thing as…
Boris Johnson will struggle to contain this sleaze row
A week ago today, Tory MPs were getting increasingly nervous about Downing Street’s plan to stay the guilty verdict against…
Prince Harry: I predicted the Capitol coup
Prince Harry is a man of many talents. He’s an eco-obsessed ethical banker whose firm invests in the oil and gas industry.…
Is climate change scepticism growing in Japan?
Fumio Kishida, the newly-installed Japanese prime minister, could have been forgiven for giving COP26 a miss. The opening ceremony in…
Abolish the Lords!
So three million quid gets you a seat in the House of Lords? That’s according to the latest revelations about…
How Meghan Markle wins the White House
In October, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, made her most significant political intervention to date. She marked her fortieth…
Why are COP26 delegates turning their noses up at haggis?
As if negotiating a global climate deal into the early hours was not enough, delegates at COP26 have to worry…
Passholder privilege: the MPs turned consultants
Westminster is full of stories at present of politicians cashing in. But while much of the attention thus far has…
Has JP Morgan changed its tune on Brexit Britain?
Supermarket shelves are bare. There may not be enough turkeys for Christmas. Wages and prices are rising. And the government…
Poland’s Belarusian border conflict is becoming violent
The EU’s conflict with Belarus is heating up. The simmering migrant crisis on the Polish border with Belarus exploded into…
Jess Phillips and Labour’s ongoing women problem
Last week, Intelligence Squared put on a debate called ‘Is Labour unelectable?’ Unsurprisingly, Labour MP Jess Phillips spoke against the motion…
Tory MPs are furious at ‘missing-in-action’ Boris
Why did Boris Johnson avoid the Commons chamber on Monday? The official reason for the Prime Minister skipping an emergency…
Germany’s ‘day of fate’ is a reminder of the country’s troubled past
The 9 November is often called Germany’s Schicksalstag – Day of Fate. The date punctuates the fabric of the country’s calamitous…
Nancy Pelosi is losing her grip
Top Democrats took a media victory lap last weekend, crowing about the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that finally cleared the…
Are we heading for a net zero crash?
So far, the big message from the Glasgow climate conference is the role of finance in decarbonising the global economy.…
Fact check: are the NHS chief’s Covid claims correct?
The seven-day rolling average suggests Covid cases peaked around 23 October and have been in decline for almost two weeks. Despite…
Why is Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party trying to disarm the police?
A French police officer was attacked with a knife in Cannes this morning. The victim – whose bullet-proof vest saved him…
Top MoD mandarin: supporting BLM is ‘not political’
Is it political to support Black Lives Matter? Not according to No. 10’s most senior security adviser. Stephen Lovegrove (he/him) was…
The trouble with Austria’s vaccine passport plan
Are vaccine passports being used in other countries in an attempt to cut Covid infections – or to try and…
Can the Paterson Tory sleaze row continue to damage Boris?
After a bruising week for Boris Johnson over the Owen Paterson lobbying row, the government U-turned on its plan to…
The Bitcoin delusion
Cast your mind back a few years to last week – when there was much laughing and wailing at the…
The mask caste system
Visitors to New York tell me how surprised they are to see so few masked up people on the streets.…
Down the QAnon rabbit hole
Lies, in many cases, are comparable to sparks. They might not be very dangerous in and of themselves but under…
