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Why Omicron may overwhelm our health service
What we know from the imperfect data we have is that Omicron is vastly more infectious but less virulent than…
Boris is in deep trouble
This evening feels eerily familiar to anyone who remembers the meaningful votes of Theresa May’s premiership. The Tory rebellion on…
Boris suffers huge Tory revolt over vaccine passports
Boris Johnson has just suffered a large majority-busting revolt in the House of Commons over vaccine passports, with 98 Conservatives…
The sex work divide in British politics
They seem like completely unrelated questions: ‘Is sex work real work?, and ‘Who will replace Yvette Cooper as chair of…
Liz Cheney’s high noon
Last night was Liz Cheney’s breakout moment. As Cheney read the various text messages from various Fox News luminaries and…
Labour is the real winner of tonight’s vote
Sajid Javid found himself wading through treacle as he tried to make the case for the government’s ‘Plan B’ to…
What Chris Wallace does next
Chris Wallace stunned the world of news media this weekend by announcing his resignation from Fox News and its staple…
Will Valérie Pécresse vanquish Macron?
It seems like just minutes ago that Michel Barnier, former Brexit negotiator, centre-right Républicain exiled to Brussels two decades ago,…
The Independent’s double standards for JK Rowling
It’s fair to say that JK Rowling’s latest intervention has put the cat amongst the pigeons. The Harry Potter author…
What does this South African study reveal about Omicron?
While the government’s policy on Omicron is being driven by modelling suggesting the possibility of a huge wave of hospitalisations…
The good and bad news about the Online Safety Bill
If you care about free speech, the just-published report of the Joint Committee on the Online Safety Bill – a…
Islamic extremists would welcome the election of Eric Zemmour
Eric Zemmour enjoyed a propitious weekend as he embarked on his first official overseas visit as a presidential candidate. It…
Conservatives should support ending the debt ceiling
Just in time for the holidays, lawmakers will soon approve another increase to the country’s debt limit, perhaps by as…
The Biden administration hates you more than China
After over a month of deliberation, the Biden administration announced last week that they had settled on a diplomatic boycott…
Sir Humphrey wins again
The antics of the mandarin masters of Whitehall have long been of interest to Mr S. Back in September, Steerpike revealed…
JK Rowling is right to call out Police Scotland’s transgender nonsense
How should police record a rape where the culprit has male genitalia? The answer might appear to be straightforward: a…
My fight with Viagogo
My wife had a brilliant idea for my 12-year-old daughter’s Christmas present: tickets to go and see Sigrid (a pop…
Joe Biden is running out of other people’s money
Abba have reformed. Nato is working out how to deal with an aggressive Russian president. And there are shortages of…
Kill the bill: why Boris’s crime law isn’t fit for purpose
Boris Johnson is rightly facing the wrath of Tory MPs over the proposed introduction of vaccine passports, but another piece…
Johnson is imperilled. So why are his enemies helping him?
It’s a topsy turvy world when your friends and allies do you all kinds of damage and then your enemies…
Boris Johnson is becoming a risk to his own Covid rules
‘It feels like a tipping point. Trust in Boris is collapsing. It could be fatal’. So spoke a senior Tory,…
Defra’s trophy-worthy blunder
The Sunday People is not normally top of Steerpike’s reading list but Mr S was intrigued to see it yesterday…
What conservatives get right about masculinity
Conservatives are taking a lot of heat these days regarding masculinity. David French in a recent piece at The Atlantic…
Ending our corporate dependence on China
In the toxic world of American politics, the bipartisanship showed by the House of Representatives last week in overwhelmingly passing…
‘Get boosted now’: Boris Johnson’s third jab plan
‘Get boosted now’ is the government’s new slogan. In tonight’s address to the nation, Boris Johnson announced that he was…
