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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…
Boris’s booster bet
Boris Johnson is relying heavily on the booster programme to protect Britain from any additional threat posed by the Omicron…
Will we learn the truth about the Liverpool bomber’s conversion?
It’s been more than a fortnight since the bombing of Liverpool Women’s Hospital, and there remain plenty of unanswered questions. It is a…
Zemmour’s campaign launch painted a dark vision of France
So it’s official: Eric Zemmour will stand as a candidate in next year’s French presidential election. It was hardly a…
How concerned should we be about Omicron?
Ministers accused of overreacting to the Omicron variant will feel vindicated by the comments of Moderna chief executive Stéphane Bancel.…
Could there be a Tory upset in North Shropshire?
As the government turns its attention to the new Covid variant, the ramifications of the Owen Paterson sleaze row are…
The economic impact of the latest Covid restrictions
We don’t yet know whether the Omicron variant will drastically accelerate the spread of coronavirus, or whether it will circumvent…
