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Harry and Meghan are wrong about Covid vaccine patents
Pharmaceutical companies might think it a bit rich being asked to waive the patents on their Covid vaccines by Harry…
Andy McDonald’s resignation spells trouble for Starmer
Andy McDonald has resigned from Labour’s shadow cabinet after Keir Starmer refused to back raising the Minimum Wage to £15…
The flaw in Labour’s economic attacks
Labour avidly disagrees with the Tories’ plan to fill budget gaps by hiking National Insurance. So what would they do…
Sabina Nessa and the truth about stranger danger
The brutal murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa in Kidbrooke, South London this month has prompted more anger about…
Why can’t men write about sex?
Not long ago I was a regular Tinder user. Having heard that gingers were romantically incompatible, I decided to mix…
No, Keir, trans women like me do not have cervixes
Andrew Marr’s question was simple and straightforward, ‘[Is] someone who thinks that only women have a cervix welcome in the…
Fact check: how popular are Extinction Rebellion’s friends?
Long-suffering commuters have had further misery this month, thanks to the shenanigans of eco-warriors Insulate Britain. The group are an…
German voters set for a tense night
The German elections have turned out to be an unexpected nail-biter. Since the exit polls were released earlier this evening…
The secret spy films made by MI6
Those attending the premiere of No Time to Die this week would perhaps be surprised to learn that the Bond…
OkCupid’s pro-choice badge is corporate vice-signaling
Cockburn was intrigued to learn that OkCupid, the dating app service, now offers a ‘pro-choice’ badge for its users’ profiles.…
Starmer secures a narrow victory against the left
Keir Starmer this evening managed to scrape through his reforms to how Labour elects its leader. The victory follows a…
Is anti-Etonian prejudice really OK?
Don’t you wish Angela Rayner would come off the fence, just once in a while, and tell us what she…
Calling Tories ‘scum’ is part of Angela Rayner’s leadership pitch
The chair of this year’s Labour Party conference, Margaret Beckett opened proceedings yesterday emphasising the importance of civility. A few…
Who’s taking the wheel of Trumpism?
It went virtually unnoticed in April when Donald Trump recruited Susie Wiles to oversee his fundraising operation and create a…
Emmanuel Macron and the art of tantrum diplomacy
France’s fit of pique following Australia’s cancelled submarine contract – and the signing of the Aukus pact – is a…
The Lancet and the problem with women
Quite soon, the word ‘women’ could be considered so dangerous as to be unutterable. That may seem hyperbolic, but Steerpike…
How Labour wins
Labour can win the next election. The winds that blew apart their electoral coalition in 2019 can change in their…
Feted abroad, dismissed at home: will Germans really miss Merkel?
As Angela Merkel finally steps down, the verdict on her leadership – at least from overseas – appears to be…
Andrew Cuomo doesn’t deserve a second chance
In The Dark Knight, the only Batman movie I’ve ever watched and therefore the best one, Harvey Dent says, ‘You…
Are any of the Hunter Biden emails fake?
Oh, those Hunter Biden emails? At least some of them are real, according to a new book. Politico staffers casually smuggled…
Starmer’s essay is gold dust for Boris
Keir Starmer’s incredible shrinking pamphlet was initially said to run to 14,000 words, then 13,000, then 12,500 and now 11,000…
Chris Cuomo is a symptom of CNN’s disease
Chris Cuomo won’t give CNN, or his very concerned social justice warrior colleagues, a break. Cuomo is arguably the face…
The Bataclan trial is forcing France to confront some difficult questions
It’s a stroke of good fortune for France that Salah Abdeslam is a coward. Had he not been he would…
We’re living through eerie reminders of the 1970s
There are eerie parallels with 1970s at the moment, I say in the Times today. The inflation of that decade was…
Keir Starmer loses his fizz
Well, the reviews from the critics are in. Keir Starmer’s 11,500 word essay dropped late on Wednesday night and two…
