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Can Priti Patel’s asylum shake-up help Britain take back control?
Every Home Secretary is forced to confront the cold political realities of the office. What they set out to deliver…
Merkel’s blundering lockdown U-turn
During her 16 years in office, Angela Merkel has produced a couple of memorable sentences that will be imprinted into…
New poll gives Brexit a shot in the arm
On New Years’ Eve former Labour minister Andrew Adonis grandly declared on Twitter: ‘The campaign for Britain to rejoin Europe starts…
The EU’s vaccine grab breaches the rule of law
The EU is discussing confiscating and requisitioning private property. It is surprisingly brazen about this. The bloc is proposing both…
Has Britain learned from its failures in Afghanistan?
As the Americans prepare to leave Afghanistan, and in the UK we hold our own Defence Review, should we not…
Is AstraZeneca’s Covid jab effective against the South African variant?
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been under attack ever since the results of its phase three trials were announced in December.…
Don’t count Bibi out just yet
Elections are supposed to settle things. That’s the idea, at least. Politicians argue, take decisions and pursue the policies they…
Prince Harry gets his second job in 24 hours
President Biden’s stimulus splurge is clearly working wonders, given the newfound desire of American companies to stuff dollars into Prince…
Prince Harry’s new job is hardly ‘public service’
At the tender age of 36, Prince Harry has got his first job since leaving the royal family. Congratulations to…
The case for a domestic abuse register
In the 12 months since the first lockdown, at least 112 women in the UK have been killed by men.…
If you must be white, try to be LGBTQ
Poor Colin Kahl. The Stanford professor is qualified, experienced, and shares President Biden’s views on defense and foreign policy. Ordinarily,…
Mass shootings and the presumption of whiteness
‘A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.’ So said…
Boris tries to avoid a vaccine war
After France’s Europe Minister became the latest politician to threaten a vaccine export ban on the UK, Boris Johnson used today’s…
Watch: Biden bagpipes blunder
President Biden makes much of his links to the Emerald Isle, in no small part perhaps because 35 million of his…
It’s about time Bristol’s protestors grew up
As a citizen of Bristol who was kept awake all night, again, by a circling police helicopter, I am growing…
Merkel declares a ‘new pandemic’ as Germany locks down again
A year on from the onset of the Covid crisis, Angela Merkel had grim news for Germans this morning: our…
Prince Harry gets a job in Silicon Valley
Where does one find freedom these days? A billion dollar Silicon Valley tech company now appears to be the answer. Mr…
What we still don’t know about the Salmond affair
The inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair has concluded that Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament and potentially breached the ministerial code.…
Vaccines should mean more freedom – not less
Do vaccines lead to freedom – or to more lockdown rules? That very question would have seemed bizarre a few…
Why are Covid conspiracies so appealing?
The recent decision by a several European countries to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine will have thrown petrol…
Can Starmer overcome his Hartlepool problem?
Labour have picked their candidate in Hartlepool ahead of the rest of the pack. Unfortunately for them, they have chosen…
The Hamilton report has not vindicated Nicola Sturgeon
Let me first deal with the general confusion. Most Scots think that the Hamilton Report, published today, deals with the…
Is Boris right about a third wave?
Covid deaths fell to 17 on Sunday, the lowest daily figure since 28 September and no higher than the levels…
The shine has finally come off the SNP
This week is still going to be a bad one for Nicola Sturgeon. But it seems probable that we won’t…
Syria will never be safe under Assad
When I heard Denmark had declaredparts of Syria ‘safe’, I thought about what would happen if I returned to the…
