World
Women don’t ‘consent’ to their own deaths
A ruling by the Court of Appeal last week has further enshrined the notion that women can consent to their…
Macron and Barnier chase the nationalist vote
For centrists of a certain age, few names are more likely to tug the heartstrings than Emmanuel Macron and Michel…
Shell’s Dutch departure is a vote of confidence in Brexit Britain
The City was meant to be hollowed out. Shortages would cripple the economy. And major multinationals would move their headquarters,…
Should Covid booster jabs be rolled out to the over-40s?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended that Covid booster jabs be offered to people in their forties,…
The sleaze row isn’t finished yet
Number 10 will have been relieved that the weekend did not bring new stories about Conservative MPs raking in lots…
Rest in peace, Wilbur Smith
A sparrow falls. The death of Wilbur Smith at the weekend deprives the world of one of the great luminaries…
Is the Trump/Russia collusion hoax about to be exposed?
Ultimately, I suspect, John Durham will break your heart. At least, he will if you think, as I once hoped,…
Steve Bannon’s indictment tightens the noose
Congressman Adam Schiff is crowing. “It’s very positive,” he said on Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press about the indictment of…
Putin’s plan for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s message was as clear — and familiar — as his method. The Kremlin has begun another major build-up of troops…
Boris COPs up his host city
And so COP26 ended, not so much with a bang, but rather a whimper. Alok Sharma’s tears aside, there was…
Biden isn’t FDR
With Biden sliding to 38 per cent approval in the polls, it’s finally time for everyone to stop calling him…
Liverpool explosion: what we know so far
Britain has been subjected to another suspected terror attack, just as the nation fell silent for the annual Remembrance Sunday…
Joe Biden and the realities of the N-word
“If you didn’t vote for Biden, you ain’t black,” tweeted 2020 Florida Republican congressional candidate Lavern Spicer on Thursday, “I…
The doctor is mad
I have been writing a lot about the politically inspired perversion of language. The name “Orwell” crops up in any…
Communist China abandons Confucius
China in late September celebrated the 2,572nd birthday of Confucius, a mark of pride for the Chinese Communist Party. A…
Cheers to drunk politicians
Cockburn has always been suspicious of politicians who don’t drink. The track record there isn’t very good: Hitler, Biden, Trump,…
The non-scandal of Glenn Youngkin’s ‘Oriental’ prom night
Welcome to the grubby world of politics, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin. A breathless report on the Democrat blog Blue Virginia on…
Meghan has been found out
‘Speaking her truth’ has been one of Meghan Markle’s USPs – and what an absolute disaster it’s been, leading inevitably…
The grim reality of gender reassignment
Lisa Littman, a doctor and researcher, recently surveyed ‘detransitioners’ — people who thought they were transgender then changed their minds.…
France is using migrants just like Belarus
It was hard not to laugh, coldly, at the statement from western members of the UN Security Council that condemned…
Does Rishi Sunak really understand red wall voters?
Rishi Sunak thinks Boris Johnson goofed badly when he conspiring to upend Commons standards procedures and agrees with his colleagues…
Why is Durham offering training for student sex workers?
As a first year university student from a disadvantaged background, I know all too well the constant struggle students can…
Eighteen months of inflation is not ‘transitory’
The big central banks have been insisting for months now that the rise in inflation is temporary, and will fade…
A troubling tide of anti-Semitism is sweeping Britain and France
A day after the Israeli ambassador to Britain, Tzipi Hotovely, was harassed as she left the London School of Economics,…
Gove gets into gear
‘This government ends if the red wall reverts back to type and we lose 45 seats then end up in…
