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Fresh criticism for Rusbridger over Greenslade IRA article
Few journalists have been more celebrated by the liberal elite than Alan Rusbridger. The longtime editor of the Guardian for…
Harry and Meghan, maskless in Manhattan
Aspiring hermits Prince Harry and Meghan Markle retreated to the notably reclusive borough of Manhattan today to visit the One…
Could the squeeze on living standards bring down Boris?
There is about to be a two-phase onslaught on the living standards of those on low-to-middling incomes. On 1 October…
Why the world is in for a dangerous decade
The Australia/UK/US (Aukus) deal for Australia to acquire nuclear submarines is the clearest demonstration yet of the UK’s tilt to…
Is Russia ready for life after Putin?
When Russians headed to the polls last week, the Duma election results were never in doubt: Putin’s United Russiaparty won…
Has the Bank of England given up on its duty on inflation?
Has the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee quietly excused itself from its duty of keeping inflation down: namely, keeping the…
Keir Starmer’s essay is a cliché-ridden disaster
Many years ago, a tabloid newspaper played an unkind prank on the author of a very long and much talked-about…
Keir Starmer: my vision for the future of the Labour party
Below is the full text of Keir Starmer’s essay, published by the Fabian Society, on his vision for the Labour…
The Democrat ‘squad’ will regret shooting down Israel’s Iron Dome
America’s left-wing progressives won a victory this week in their long-running battle with Israel. They managed, at least temporarily, to…
Biden speaks at conference filled with anti-white, anti-police rhetoric
President Joe Biden had a busy week at the United Nations, and as the media focused much of its attention…
A lament for the overtaxed smoker
There is a spot of Washington DC, a few blocks of downtown not far from the White House, where a…
Why Biden’s domestic agenda is in big trouble
The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, delivered another major blow to President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda this week, ruling that Democrats…
Apocalypse, please: Climate Night looms
Does humanity deserve a prolonged existence on Earth? Cockburn begs the question after learning that tonight is Climate Night on…
We need to talk about Joe Biden
Americans are increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s mental state, and for good reason. It’s not just some mean right-wing trope.…
China’s obsessive attempts to subvert the West
Most people who think themselves well informed know little or nothing about China. They – or I should say ‘we’…
Why won’t German politicians talk about migration?
For a country with a reputation for being staid and predictable, the election campaign that closes the Merkel era in…
No, Biden didn’t just snub Brexit Britain
For European Union enthusiasts, the ‘trade deal with America’ has joined ‘£350 million pledge on a bus’ as one of…
Joe Biden is everything Trump wanted to be
Do you remember the president who gave Vladimir Putin everything he wanted in Europe? The president who consistently ignored the…
AUKUS, Afghanistan and the foreign policy amateur
Since Joe Biden was elected in part as a salve for Donald Trump’s perceived foreign policy blunders, it seems reasonable…
Biden’s big UN whopper
President Joe Biden walked into the grand UN General Assembly chamber this morning with a list of asks, an appeal…
Boris pressgangs Biden at White House love-in
You can take the boy out of journalism but you can’t the journalism out of the boy. That’s the rule…
Another stupid, redundant, dismal Canadian election
Canada has just surpassed even its own previous records for absurd and boring elections yielding predictable and dreary results. Almost…
The EU should keep out of France’s spat with Australia
Ursula von der Leyen has demanded a full investigation. EU officials are considering pulling out of technology talks with the…
Boris is a mini-Biden
It’s been said far too many times that Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have a lot in common. Trump himself…
The Biden border crisis isn’t going away
The record influx of illegal immigrants on the southern border — and the White House’s refusal to refer to it…
