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Was 2008 the year China triumphed over the West?
Although China’s economy remains smaller than the United States’s in terms of nominal GDP (albeit ahead of the US in…
Reparations can’t right the wrongs of the past
It’s all change at Jesus College, Cambridge. The marble memorial to Tobias Rustat is coming down. His portrait is no longer…
Revenge of the Republicans
The 2020 election has provided fertile ground upon which Republicans can spend the next four years doing to Joe Biden…
Are Trump’s lawyers big enough to back their claims up?
Before the showdown in old Western movies, one character would issue a barbed challenge and his rival would confidently reply,…
Do some people have hidden immunity against Covid?
Remember ‘immunity passports’? Back in April they were floated as a possible means by which we could all get back…
Brexit could help Boris’s green revolution come to life
Boris Johnson announced his new ten-point plan for Britain’s transition to a net-zero carbon emissions economy this week. It is…
Why Boris, not Rishi, will lead the Tories into the next election
Some Tory MPs are hoping that Dominic Cummings’ departure from Downing Street will bring with it a vital lift to…
What to expect from a Biden-Harris foreign policy
It’s of course premature to even speculate as to how the new administration will fashion a foreign policy. But enough…
Finally America is realizing that Andrew Cuomo is a putz
In a sane world, Andrew Cuomo would be America’s least popular politician, a welcome target for a primary campaign or…
There is evidence, actually
Washington DC Call me crazy for taking the man with hair dye dripping down his cheeks seriously, but I think…
The pathetic censorship of ‘Fairytale of New York’
There’s a surefire way to tell Christmas has arrived. Forget the Oxford Street lights. Forget the sudden appearance of stacks…
Red Wall voters won’t be impressed by Boris’s green agenda
The Red Wall, Blue Collar Conservative, Old Labour, Workington Man – or whatever name you wish to attach to this…
Student loan forgiveness is a giveaway to the rich
Joe Biden said on Monday that Congress should ‘immediately’ take action to forgive student loan debt through its next COVID…
Landmark Danish study shows face masks have no significant effect
Do face masks work? Earlier this year, the UK government decided that masks could play a significant role in stopping…
Are Republicans really favored in Georgia?
Control of the Senate is going to come down to two January 5 runoffs in Georgia. Sen. David Perdue came…
Why academics hold Thatcher and Trump in such contempt
‘Has that orange baboon gone yet?’ asked a senior professor in the teacher’s room at my university yesterday. The remark…
Keir Starmer can never allow Jeremy Corbyn to return
Keir Starmer had no control over whether to end the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn after only 19 days. Yet it…
The fatal flaw in Boris’s ten point carbon plan
There is nothing wrong with the general direction of policy contained within the government’s ten point plan to cut carbon…
Boris’s eco-optimism will get the better of him
Vote blue for green jobs in the red wall. That’s the message we’re supposed to take from Boris Johnson’s ten…
Rejoining the WHO will be Joe Biden’s first mistake as president
In emails obtained by the Associated Press, the World Health Organization reveals it has recorded 65 cases of coronavirus among…
Corbyn’s Labour party suspension lifted after just 19 days
Jeremy Corbyn has been readmitted into the Labour party just 19 days after he was suspended for saying that anti-Semitism…
Denmark is creating a roadmap for mandatory vaccination
Could British residents be forced to have a Covid-19 vaccine? Yesterday Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to rule out mandatory…
Sorry Cuomo, we’re doing Thanksgiving
New York governor Andrew Cuomo took the last can of Who-hash by announcing a ban on both indoor and outdoor…
What is the Great Reset?
The phrase has shot throughout the fringes of Right-Wing Twitter like a virus through a karaoke bar. According to Pauline…
You can’t cancel Christmas, stupid
You may have seen this interesting exchange on CNN between ‘America’s top infectious diseases expert’ Dr Anthony Fauci and CNN…
