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Women’s football is better without the politics
England did two remarkable things in Basel last night: winning an international title overseas and doing it by that most…
Why Middlemarch is ‘the perfect beach read’
At the time of writing, I am not more than a few hours away from leaving this dismal hell-hole and…
Why couldn’t Britain have dealt with the EU like Trump?
The more you look at the trade deal negotiated between the US and the EU, the more you want to…
Why France is cracking down on topless tourists
Police have been sent out to patrol France’s seaside promenades. Not to chase hardened criminals – but to look for bare-chested…
The state will do anything but fix the migrant crisis
Migrant hotel protests are erupting across the country, as ‘tinderbox’ Britain catches fire. What began with a series of protests…
Did Trump win the US-EU trade negotiations?
Trump has got almost everything he wanted in the trade deal between the United States and the European Union. Goods…
Sunday shows round-up: Labour is ‘committed to the recognition of Palestine’
James Murray: ‘You can only recognise a state once’ France’s decision to recognise the state of Palestine at the next…
The Cotswolds is a Potemkin England
Have you heard the one where the vice president of the United States and a lesbian former talk show host…
Britain needs to embrace crypto with its own Genius Act
In proposing to sell the government’s £5 billion hoard of Bitcoin – accumulated from confiscating the proceeds of crime –…
Falling victim to a hate crime taught me a dark lesson about Europe
As a Brit, and in spite of a little Brexaustion, I hold a certain romanticised view of central Europe. I…
How Trump helped Venezuela’s Maduro bounce back
For someone widely believed to have lost a presidential election just a year ago, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is looking remarkably…
Is a keffiyeh really an appropriate outfit for a Cambridge University ceremony?
Cambridge University’s decision to honour the rap artist Stormzy with an honorary doctorate seemed odd. New universities, rather than our…
Why Zelensky reversed his anti-corruption overhaul
On Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved a law to gut Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies. On Thursday he backtracked, and said he would put…
How middle-class shoplifting swept Britain
Middle-class shoplifting is pushing up high street prices, according to Dame Diana Johnson, the policing and crime minister. Can she…
Is this CS Lewis’ most prescient work?
It’s been 80 years since CS Lewis’ remarkably prescient, That Hideous Strength, was published. The final book in a sci-fi trilogy,…
Lawfare is the SAS’s most dangerous enemy
It might at first glance appear odd that this deeply unpopular government is determined to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy…
The problems with a state of Palestine
France intends to recognise a state of Palestine at the United Nations, which I’m sure will be followed by UK…
The BMA should be careful what it wishes for
Just a few weeks ago the trade union movement seemed to be on a high. It has got rid of…
Will Starmer recognise a Palestinian state?
Keir Starmer is facing mounting international and domestic pressure to formally recognise a Palestinian state. Dozens of MPs are expected…
Elites keep making education about themselves
This month, Congress put school-choice funding on offer to the states as part of the Big Beautiful Bill. Progressives have…
The BBC has finally done something right
This isn’t a sentiment you’ll have read much in recent weeks, given the BBC’s series of appalling misjudgements and editorial…
Scotland bends the knee to Trump
Donald Trump touches down in Scotland today on what is ostensibly a private visit to open an 18-hole golf course…
The Tories face trouble in London
Friday morning brings with it the usual raft of council by-election results. It has been another good night for Reform…
Why are the Macrons suing Candace Owens?
As bizarre conspiracy theories go, the rumours about France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron take some beating. The stories that have…
Who knows Iran best?
In a recent interview, Tucker Carlson sat across from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, asking polite, unchallenging questions of a man…
