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Mossad is prepraring to strike at the heart of Iran’s nuclear programme
Iran is about to be hit by a fresh wave of Mossad operations, sources in Jerusalem have told me. This…
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and our broken child protection system
The official sentencing remarks on the short life and cruel death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes begin with this trigger warning from…
How’s ‘shutting down the virus’ going, Joe?
We are less than a month away from entering 2022 — so why does it feel like March 2020 all…
Why America needs a grand bargain with Russia
Russian is losing influence in a region it once dominated: Eastern Europe. Highlighting this newfound weakness are Ukraine and Belarus,…
Abortion rights: the cracks are showing in Roe v. Wade
Crowds gathered outside of the Supreme Court this week as the Court prepared to hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson…
Why Viktor Orbán is fighting a war against ‘LGBT ideology’
‘Do you support the unrestricted presentation of sexual media content that influences the development of underage children?’ In a national…
The sinister side of Meghan’s court victory
Reading the Duchess of Sussex’s press release after the Court of Appeal upheld her privacy case against the Mail on…
Why has Shell really decided to ditch the Cambo oil field?
One of the unfortunate side effects of a steeply rising oil price this year is that it seems to have…
Let Cockburn debase himself at your Christmas party
It is, as Andy Williams memorably put it, the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas party season has hit…
Will Germany’s compulsory vaccine plan backfire?
Covid was probably the last thing on Angela Merkel’s mind as she listened to the East German pop tunes of…
Eric Zemmour’s big weakness has been exposed
George W Bush will forever be in debt to The Donald. Before Trump became the 45th president of the United…
Is Twitter about to step up its censorship?
Farewell then @jack. Jack Dorsey’s departure from Twitter on Monday came as no surprise given that the firm Elliott Management,…
Why it matters that tennis is standing up to Beijing
The commercial road to Beijing is littered with grovelling apologies, cringeworthy kowtows and silent complicity in repression. That’s why the…
Jimmy Carr’s anti-vaxxer joke isn’t funny
Jimmy Carr was once the smug face of shock comedy. As a stand-up comedian, and a host of various comedy…
Will the end of monarchy in Barbados spark a chain reaction?
As of this week, the Queen is down to 15 thrones, after the royal standard was lowered in Barbados in…
Donald Trump understands how Prince Harry’s mind works
Last night Nigel Farage delivered the shortest hour-long interview in TV history. GB News had cleared 60 minutes of the…
Democrats’ only hope for 2024: jail Trump
The Democrats’ only possible path forward is to ensure that Trump does not run in 2024. So they want to…
Unless Omicron changes everything, Covid is on the way out
There are good reasons to be concerned about the Omicron variant. For starters, this strain has 50 mutations, twice as…
Anti-cancel culture conference cancelled
Oh no! What’s behind the cancellation of GETTR’s ‘Counter Conference’? The right wing festival – due to take place later this…
Is Jussie Smollett the worst hate crime hoaxer of all time?
Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett appeared in court for the first time this week to defend himself against allegations that…
Donald Trump: monarchist?
As the Harry and Meghan carnival rumbles on, the Queen has found an unexpected source of support: Donald Trump. During an…
Chris Cuomo is a repeat offender
Chris Cuomo was indefinitely suspended by CNN on Tuesday for inappropriately assisting his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo,…
Party politics has no place in the Maxwell trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell has kicked off in New York and rich and powerful men across America and Europe…
Comparing Fauci to Josef Mengele seems ill-advised
Cockburn always thought Thanksgiving was the holiday designated for sharing madcap political views that one day you’ll regret saying aloud.…
Does the Lincoln Project deserve credit for Biden’s 2020 win?
Cockburn was weighing his post-Thanksgiving options this past weekend: the fifth leftover sandwich of the day or the rest of…
