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How Republicans win New York?
Is Maud Maron crazy? Bill Ackman certainly thought the Republican candidate for Manhattan DA was, she tells me, when she…
Reeves must break Britain’s borrowing habit
If Rachel Reeves was being judged on her ability to come up with excuses, then she’d be top of her…
Britain’s trains are dangerously exposed
Europe has seen this nightmare before. On 21 August 2015, a gunman armed with an AK-47-style assault rifle, a pistol…
Macron has declared war on free speech
Emmanuel Macron says Europeans should stop relying on social media for their news and turn back to traditional public media.…
Mass stabbing on a Cambridgeshire train – what we know so far
Ten people are in hospital, with nine currently fighting for their lives, after a stabbing spree on a train in…
Why I still wear my Star of David necklace
My great-grandmother Netty died in June 2005, aged 99. I was four. That evening, my grandmother called us grandchildren into…
The assassination that changed Israel forever
Few political assassinations of a political leader have fundamentally and dramatically altered the course of a nation. American democracy, for…
Is extinction going extinct?
It is getting pretty bitter in the world of evolutionary biology, and it could come down to the survival of…
Is the British Council worth saving?
The British Council, the cultural arm of the UK government, is in deep trouble. The 91-year-old organisation is struggling to…
Why Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, is thriving
The tale of the death of the British pub has been well told. Around eight boozers a week are serving…
King Charles and Pope Leo share the same religion
The historic meeting October 23 between Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III – the first between a pope and…
Britain’s reverse imperialism
Britain’s post colonial reckoning can be summed up in a single sentence delivered last June at the Glastonbury music festival…
The trouble with Louis Theroux
We’re woefully resigned to the strange situation whereby if an alien landed, they’d believe that being famous was hereditary, like…
Andrew Windsor doesn’t know how lucky he is
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will no doubt be feeling sorry for himself this morning. Stripped of his royal title and booted…
Venezuela isn’t to blame for America’s drug problem
There are plenty of accusations you could level at Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the ex-union leader and bus driver, whose corruption…
The intifada has invaded our hospitals
What’s happening to our doctors? Researchers at an organisation called Do No Harm recently found that American healthcare professionals were…
Sharing our nukes with Germany would be madness
‘Utter and complete poppycock’: that was Viscount Montgomery of Alamein’s verdict on an US proposal in the 1960s for a…
Trump plays battleships
The US Navy retired its last battleship 19 years ago, the grand warship’s devastating firepower deemed surplus to requirements in…
When foreign-policy critique becomes blood libel
“I’m a Christian man,” the college student at the University of Mississippi said to J.D. Vance, our future 48th (or…
Pakistan has lost control of the Taliban monster
The futile peace talks taking place between Pakistan and the Taliban over cross-border terrorist attacks have produced at least one…
Don McCullin shows no signs of slowing down
“A Desecrated Serenity” at the Hauser & Wirth gallery chronicles the remarkable seven-decade career of Sir Don McCullin CBE, Britain’s most…
Who will save Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk?
What matters more – land or the lives of soldiers? For each side fighting in Ukraine, the answer is different.…
‘Nuking’ the filibuster would only aid Democrats
Donald Trump keeps going nuclear. First it was his demand on Thursday that the Pentagon resume nuclear testing. Now he’s…
Why Christians should celebrate Halloween
Hallowe’en is nearly over for another year. Thank goodness, you might say. Each October, many Brits scratch their heads about…
Will the Tories leave Westminster?
On Sunday, it is one year since Kemi Badenoch was elected Tory leader. The anniversary is expected to pass with…
