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How Hillary Clinton colluded with US intelligence
Part I of this article demonstrated that a conspiracy to smear Donald Trump with false allegations of collusion with Russia…
Joe Biden is winning
By the middle of January, I’d read some version of the headline “Biden Can Still Rescue His Presidency” so many…
How bad could a Russian cyberattack be?
When I have designed wargames around a NATO-Russia conflict, I often left out cyberattacks for a simple reason: it was…
Can we trust economic models?
Rishi Sunak shared a delightful moment of honesty on the Today programme on Thursday. Mishal Husain asked him how households…
At least Boris Johnson knows the difference between men and women
As a paid-up member of the Labour party, it’s rare that I agree wholeheartedly with a Conservative politician. But Boris…
Russia’s best and brightest are fleeing Putin
News that Putin’s climate envoy Anatoly Chubais has quit his position and left the country is no great surprise and,…
Nato’s Black Sea blindspot endangers us all
For over two hundred years every single European war that Britain has been involved in has originated in the eastern…
David Cameron gets an honour
When you’ve held the highest elected office in the land, subsequent honours might all seem a bit trivial. Gongs, trophies,…
The real Russiagate smoking gun
Hard as the programmers try and tell us there is only one story at a time — Ukraine for now…
Will the West Coast walk away from wokeness?
California’s June 7 primary election is heating up, fueled by broad voter distress over crime and public safety. Major contests…
Madeleine Albright was an idealist overpowered by cynics
People die at random, of course, but it seems poignant that Madeleine Albright has died at the very moment the…
Kamala Harris is the worst kind of diva
Vice President Kamala Harris might not be the Queen of the White House, but she’s still demanding some R-E-S-P-E-C-T à…
Has Rishi Sunak just destroyed his relationship with Boris?
I said yesterday that I expected the Chancellor to increase universal credit by more than planned. I was misled. I was…
Rishi Sunak’s spring statement speech in full
Mr Speaker, As I stand here, men, women and children are huddled in basements across Ukraine seeking protection. Soldiers and…
Will Macron surrender to the mob?
It has been a torrid few days in France. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a former Argentine rugby…
Gary Neville moans about taxes
The political journey of Gary Neville continues to delight and astound. The former England right back now finds himself on the…
Welcome to the new era of high inflation
There was a time when a chancellor would have bitten off the hand of a national statistician who offered him…
Starmer is playing into Iran’s hands
Who was to blame for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being held captive in Iran? It shouldn’t take a professor of ethics to…
The drone era has arrived
The Ukrainian airforce has so far held out in the battle for the skies. Russia continues to rely on missiles…
Why is Biden copying Obama’s mistakes with Iran?
There was a picture taken today that says more than just a thousand words. The photograph was snapped in Sharm…
Putin’s depleted army is running out of time
There is a useful military adage often used by generals in times of war: no plan survives contact with the…
James Clapper is still a shameless liar
Last week, the New York Times decided that now might be a good time, amid the cacophony of war abroad…
The myth of our coming national divorce
Viewed in one light, last week’s overwhelming rejection by the New Hampshire state legislature of a bill to put secession…
Old man yells at gas prices
President Joe Biden has lashed out at fossil fuel companies, accusing them of using high gas prices to “pad their…
What to expect at the spring statement
The big story of Wednesday’s spring statement by the Chancellor will be the impact of inflation – which has soared…
