World
‘From the folks that brought you 9/11’
The American comedy world finds itself embroiled in a not-so-civil war of words over the Riyadh Comedy Festival, sponsored by…
MI6 boss signs off in style
Out with old and in with the new. MI6 boss Sir Richard Moore is packing in the clandestine activities for…
Let the retribution begin
Let the retribution begin. A federal grand jury in the eastern district of Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC, has…
‘Build baby build’ is not a housing strategy
There are too many middling politicians in this country who look at Donald Trump with envy. I might not like…
Putin is mortgaging Russia’s future to pay for Ukraine
We will wage the war in Ukraine for longer and make you pay more for it. That was the message…
The Manchester synagogue attack didn’t come from nowhere
It is still early in the investigation, and key details remain unconfirmed. But what is already known about this morning’s…
The barbarism of the Manchester synagogue attack
It is not often that the news gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. Today’s news…
NHS Fife’s trans toilet U-turn
Well, well, well. It transpires that NHS Fife – the health board caught up in the Sandie Peggie trans tribunal…
The lost glamor of New York nightlife
Mark Ronson has one of the finest heads of hair in all showbusiness. The music producer’s coiffure is a dark,…
The ECHR cannot be fixed
The interminable, and largely bogus, debate about our continued commitment to the Convention normally concerns its abuse by migrants. This…
Palestinians must regret rejecting Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’
In December 2024, Bill Clinton spoke with a candour that history affords. Reflecting on Camp David in 2000, he lamented…
The sorry record – and uncertain future – of the Human Rights Act
It is twenty-five years to the day since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) came into force. In that time, human…
Is Randi Weingarten America’s most divisive woman?
In the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a moment when leaders across the political spectrum should be dialing…
Why does Pope Leo think immigration is a pro-life issue?
On Tuesday evening, the Illinois pope weighed in on Illinois politics. A reporter from the Catholic news outlet EWTN asked…
PPE firm linked to Baroness Mone ordered to pay £122 million
Today the High Court ordered a company linked to ex-Tory peer Baroness Mone to pay £122 million to the Department…
Why I hate Paris
It smells, very badly. And even after decades of complaints, it seems Parisians still consider themselves too chic to pick…
Emma Watson is utterly unoriginal
For a long time it was handy dinner party fact that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One (2010)…
Ed Miliband is condemning us to high energy prices
Ed Miliband is wrong. The greatest threat to climate action is not right wing billionaires buying up TV stations, as…
Ed Miliband can’t ban fracking forever
He wasn’t able to announce the £300 off household energy bills that was promised during the election campaign. Nor could…
Is Keir Starmer calling Reform voters racist?
Back in the day – in 1992 – the think tank I worked for commissioned a series of focus groups…
Every time Farage was brought up at Labour conference
Whisper it, but there’s a name on everyone’s lips at Labour conference. A man who clearly seems to be going…
The Bar Council’s black internship scheme is racist
Human beings fundamentally hate blatant displays of unfairness. That’s why most people abhor those who jump or barge into queues,…
Reform’s hypocrisy over Labour rhetoric
All is not well in Reform HQ. On Tuesday, Nigel Farage broadcast a statement where he claimed that Sir Keir…
When will David Lammy learn that Nazi smears don’t work?
Is the Third Reich living rent-free in David Lammy’s head? Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister has accused Donald Trump of being a…
Why has Starmer dropped Blair’s university target?
Last week, Keir Starner swallowed Tony Blair’s argument for ID cards and announced that all we going to be forced…
