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Will Amy Coney Barrett save America — or wreck it?
Americans hate the Supreme Court. You wouldn’t think so from a look at the polls, which usually show that the…
Andrew Neil to chair a new British television news network
For some time now, there has been talk about a challenger television to rival Sky and the BBC. Now it’s official:…
Are the polls worth your attention?
The polls are predicting Donald Trump will lose in November — again. Is it worth paying them attention? Pollsters have…
Borrowing Blackness
I’m old enough to remember when it was considered a noble goal for the United States to become a colorblind…
A Brexit breakthrough could be on the cards
Earlier this month, the prospects for a Brexit deal did not look good. The talks weren’t making progress. But there…
The rule of four: how to make sense of Covid case numbers
Are Covid cases doubling or not? And if so, in what time frame? If you listened to Boris Johnson and chief scientific…
Chair of 1922 Committee says he has the numbers to defeat government
During the first Covid wave, the government secured emergency powers that allowed it to put in place new restrictions without…
Rishi Sunak has bridged the economic gap. But what comes next?
Yesterday’s measures from the Chancellor were necessary. His timely assistance focused on a new targeted and temporary job support scheme…
The coronavirus crackdown sets a dangerous precedent
Has the coronavirus crackdown gone too far? Some of Boris Johnson’s own MPs certainly think so. This week, Tory MP…
Joe Biden is sleepwalking his way through the campaign
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign called another early morning press lid at 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, leaving strategists and reporters wondering…
Fascism: the most abused term in America
A well-dressed young man walks down the Potsdamer Straße in Berlin, days before the end of March in 1933. He’s…
The Brady amendment could spell trouble for Boris Johnson
If opposition parties back it, the Brady amendment – which calls for parliamentary votes before nationwide Covid restrictions are introduced – will…
It’s all about Ohio
Dublin, Ohio Since the presidential election of 1944 when Ohio went with loser Thomas Dewey over winner Franklin Roosevelt, Ohio…
Why is the media downplaying the Hunter Biden story?
Remember the Ukraine impeachment drama? No? Cockburn can hardly blame you. But believe it or not, less than nine months…
Keir Starmer and the Scottish independence conundrum
In January, Sir Keir Starmer told Border Television’s Peter MacMahon that, look, of course an SNP victory in next year’s…
The Spectator, the Co-op and cancel culture – a cautionary tale
Earlier this month, there was a bit of a fuss when the Co-op’s Twitter account said it would not be…
Rishi Sunak prepares UK economy for ‘permanent adjustment’
The UK economy is no longer hibernating; it is ‘adjusting’. Today’s measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak are designed to…
Britain is the weak link in Europe’s counter-extremism network
Europeans see the UK as an outstanding centre of counter-terrorism — but one that is wholly incapable of counter-extremism. Britain…
Transgender wars and the fight for female emancipation
It has been more than 100 years since women got the vote. We’ve had two female prime ministers. The #MeToo…
Harold Evans: writer, editor, teacher
The death of Harold Evans last night will mean tomorrow’s newspapers will be rightly filled with tributes to a pioneering…
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
Last month, in the middle of the COVID panic, a group of freshmen at the University of Connecticut were welcomed…
Could we see Covid anti-virals before a vaccine?
In a strategy that now appears to be one of outright suppression, the government has put huge stock in the…
How democracy dies
What would happen if Americans voted on different days? Suppose Republicans voted on Tuesday and Democrats voted on Wednesday. Would…
What if the polls are right?
I was wrong, and I apologize. For far too long, pundits have pronounced confidently on matters of national import, pocketed…
1619, 1776 and all that
Friday’s news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died after her long battle with cancer has briefly pushed most other topics…
