World

Justin Trudeau’s Nazi blind spot

27 September 2023 3:30 pm

Justin Trudeau’s government sees fascists everywhere, except when one is standing right under their nose. That’s the brilliant if bleak…

Is the Biden campaign panicking yet?

27 September 2023 5:38 am

President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has a major disadvantage. With no pandemic, Biden can no longer campaign from his basement…

Starmer’s private school tax is a terrible, vote-losing idea

27 September 2023 2:50 am

Today Labour have confirmed that they will impose VAT on private schools in its first year of power if it…

Can Dr Jenny Harries accept her lockdown mistake?

27 September 2023 1:58 am

Next time there’s a pandemic, the advice of Dr Jenny Harries will be crucial. She runs the UK Health Security…

Who polices our armed officers?

27 September 2023 12:52 am

When is it acceptable for the police to kill? How do we regulate their use of lethal force? What is…

How Canada’s parliament ended up celebrating a former Nazi

27 September 2023 12:50 am

Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February last year. By the end of March, the streets of cities all over the…

BLM protestor admits fundraiser fraud

27 September 2023 12:45 am

Three years on from the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol, an organiser of a Black Lives Matter…

Welcome to ‘sick note Britain’

26 September 2023 11:54 pm

Is the country morphing into ‘sick note Britain’? According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the average…

The slow death of ‘balanced literacy’

26 September 2023 10:13 pm

To start a fire, you need a match, something that burns and air. So to speak. If you don’t have…

The quiet truth about two-parent families

26 September 2023 9:39 pm

Imagine a key that opened the door to a place where children did better at school, were less likely to…

Is it foolish to think the world can achieve net zero by 2050?

26 September 2023 8:47 pm

Most discussion of net zero in Britain seems strangely parochial. We only really talk about UK emissions, even though they…

The deep absurdity of HS2 diversity’s agenda

26 September 2023 6:15 pm

When it comes to British railway history, I can say, without exaggeration, that few places are more iconically located than…

Has Trudeau allowed Khalistani extremism to flourish in Canada?

26 September 2023 6:00 pm

On September 18, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the bombshell announcement that: ‘Over the past number of weeks Canadian security…

Spurious equal pay claims are a disaster for local councils

26 September 2023 4:00 pm

Bankrupt councils have gotten into trouble through profligate spending on loony projects like month-long Pride events and training staff in…

Roque is alive and well in Angelica, New York

26 September 2023 11:02 am

Goose-pulling is dead and gone, and lawn darts are on life support, but roque is alive and well and avoiding…

Who can blame armed police officers for handing back their guns?

26 September 2023 3:32 am

The Metropolitan Police has, for now, staved off a crisis. The force says that enough armed officers have returned to…

How did an ex-banker end up leading Greece’s Syriza party?

26 September 2023 2:12 am

The past decade has not exactly been short of surprises in Greek politics. But even to seasoned observers, the election…

Why Met firearms officers want to hand in their guns

26 September 2023 2:00 am

The decision by up to 300 Metropolitan police firearms officers to withdraw from armed duties is a serious and worrying…

What happened when the Bully XL protesters met the ‘Rejoiners’?

25 September 2023 11:18 pm

London was swamped with protesters this weekend but not all of them saw eye to eye. Bully XL dog owners…

Where ‘Rejoiners’ are going wrong

25 September 2023 11:02 pm

‘Rejoiners’ – who want Britain to once again be a part of the EU – took to the streets of…

As Lego has found out, the world isn’t ready to give up plastic

25 September 2023 11:02 pm

Predictions of the demise of the fossil fuel industry are based almost wholly on energy. In future, goes the argument, we…

The West and Russia are at war, says Sergei Lavrov

25 September 2023 10:42 pm

The United States and Britain are at war with Russia. So said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a…

Macron’s political relaunch was a masterclass in self-belief

25 September 2023 7:40 pm

After months of inbound slings and arrows, Emmanuel Macron, powdered by the star dust of the royal visit, relaunched himself…

Johnsons deny sacking their nanny for having a drink with Boris

25 September 2023 7:11 pm

Childcare can be a contentious issue at the best of times. So Mr S was intrigued to read of reports…

Sunakism meets the Tory party

25 September 2023 6:55 pm

As the Liberal Democrats attempt to seize the political agenda at their annual conference in Bournemouth, Rishi Sunak is facing…