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Don’t bet on the EFFing crisis bringing down Boris
Boris Johnson is taking one heck of a risk by making labour shortages a deliberate part of his economic strategy. That,…
David Frost’s protocol diplomacy
As a general rule in post-Brexit politics, when David Frost makes a public intervention on the Northern Ireland protocol, it…
Sally Rooney’s novels don’t deserve to be translated into Hebrew
I recently had to read a book by Sally Rooney in a work capacity, and my goodness that was half…
The real reason Britain failed on coronavirus
The joint health and science super-committee’s report into ‘lessons learned’ on the UK’s coronavirus response may not want to ‘point fingers…
Parliament hit by food shortages
What with an energy crisis, a fuel crisis and a food crisis, you would think MPs have enough on their plates.…
The president’s health is a national interest
Delaware used to be Cale Boggs country, almost as much as Massachusetts belonged to the Kennedys. Boggs served as governor,…
As COP26 looms, Glasgow is facing a waste crisis
In early November, Glasgow will be the focus of the world’s attention for COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference. For…
Evergrande illusions
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis I was invited to an off-the-record media lunch with a famous investor.…
The mystery of Vladimir Putin’s mistresses
There’s an odd thing about 18-year old Luiza Rozova’s instagram feed. You can see photos of her breakfasts (sliced exotic…
Why liberals must stand with Kathleen Stock
I know what it feels like to be bullied and vilified for expressing views with which, eventually, many right-minded people…
The EU was the big winner in the Czech election
Eurosceptics in central Europe suffered a blow this weekend, as pro-EU coalitions won a slender majority in the Czech parliament.…
Nick Clegg’s Facebook nightmare
There have been many ironic fates for the lead actors in the Coalition government. For David Cameron, the premier who…
America’s governors and the vagueness doctrine
If we have learned anything over the last few months it is that emergencies, like beauty, are in the eye…
There’s no way back for Prince Andrew
The blindingly obvious continues to evade Prince Andrew. There is no way back to public life for the son of…
No, the term ‘white privilege’ is not extremist
A Tory MP last week raised the delightful possibility that the big family of what we might call the terrorism…
What is wrong with Kamala Harris?
The concerns about Joe Biden’s age and cognitive faculties are well established. And if Biden has to step down, we…
A matter of Truss: the unlikely rise of Lizmania
If Boris Johnson were to vanish tomorrow, who should replace him? The American pollster Frank Luntz asked this of about 200…
We need to talk about transhumanism
This weekend, hundreds of people from across the globe will gather in Madrid to discuss how to turn themselves into…
A global corporation tax is a terrible mistake
International cooperation is alive and well – at least when it comes to raising taxes. One hundred and thirty six…
The Supreme Court case that could end Roe v Wade
Nearly 50 years after Roe v Wade unleashed a constitutional right to abortion and redefined modern American politics, Dobbs v…
The Washingtonian’s dreary, woke ‘best of’ list
Cockburn was waiting to get his beard trimmed at the barber recently and found himself flicking through the latest issue…
Do these 20 Republicans regret confirming AG Merrick Garland?
Attorney General Merrick Garland was confirmed to the top post in the Department of Justice in March 2021 by a…
Reports of the demise of Italian populism are greatly exaggerated
Britain’s newspapers have called the results of the local elections in Italy the death of populism. The Times, for example,…
Poland’s top court has finally called the EU’s bluff
For many years, the EU has posed as a kind of overbearing imperial leviathan, which insists its law has to prevail over…
France’s political elite created Eric Zemmour
Love him or loathe him, Eric Zemmour is a breath of fresh air in French politics. Before he appeared as…
