Ukraine can sympathise with Georgia’s pro-EU movement
Protests that broke out in Tbilisi against adopting a controversial Russian-style law have turned into a pro-European movement with political…
Will Sunak’s charm offensive with Macron yield results?
Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron held a press conference together at the Élysée Palace today to mark their new deal…
Why Britain isn’t ready to rejoin the EU – yet
Is Brexit starting to unfold? Some Remain supporters think so. Poor economic performance, supply chain issues, and our inability as…
How Russia is dodging sanctions
They might not be the quick knock-out blow their champions misleadingly claimed they’d be, but sanctions are having a serious…
The problem with Boris’s honours list
There are plenty of Boris Johnson hangovers to give Rishi Sunak a headache these days. The privileges committee investigation into…
Ministers can’t blame Putin for the disaster that is HS2
And I thought the SNP were destined to win the award for this year’s most pathetic excuse – after Scottish…
GDP grows by 0.3% – but the UK economy remains stagnant
This morning’s release from the Office for National Statistics shows the UK economy grew by 0.3 per cent in January – an…
Can Macron get through the day without insulting the Brits?
The editorial in today’s Le Figaro heralds the dawn of a 21st century Entente Cordiale and the newspaper carries an interview…
The yin and yang of clean energy
After embarking on a clean energy tour to the US and Canada, I came back convinced that nuclear and renewables…
What’s in a name?
Indigenous disadvantage resides not in the affluent city of Mitcham, South Australia, but in the usually out-of-sight remote communities which…
Divine pronouns? Let God decide
The Church of England has been asked to respond to requests from clergy to use gender-neutral pronouns for God. The…
Why using the military against Mexico’s cartels is catching on
“Slowly at first, then all at once” is the most famous line Ernest Hemingway never wrote, and credit its fame…
Digital dystopia
Imagine a world where no part of your life is private. Everything you have – bank accounts, purchases, your medical…
Gary Lineker doubles down on his Tory attacks
No red card for Gary Lineker, it seems. The Sun reports this afternoon that the outspoken TV presenter is staying…
The rationale for Putin’s latest attack on Ukraine
It has long been suspected that Russia was going to mount a renewed military offensive in Ukraine as spring approached.…
Is Congress finally getting serious about investigating Covid’s origins?
Wednesday’s hearing on the origin of Covid-19 by the select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic was long overdue. It has…
What Sunak needs from Macron
Is a new bromance about to blossom? That’s the hope in government when Rishi Sunak meets Emmanuel Macron in Paris…
Why is Whitehall intent on burying the Covid lab leak theory?
Why does our government have so much trouble criticising China? It doesn’t seem to have had a problem calling out Vladimir…
Do we still need the Women’s Prize for Fiction?
Nine debut books were among the 16 novels to make the cut in this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction long…
Harry and Meghan want it both ways with royal titles
For all of Harry and Meghan’s near-constant talk about needing their privacy, it is an unfortunate running theme that their…
Defining tyranny: will the Voice end democracy?
What is a tyranny? You probably know that China is a tyranny, even if the experts prefer the term totalitarian. Social…
The GOP’s new debt ceiling fusionism
Congressional Republicans are gearing up for their four millionth attempt to rein in government spending, and surely this time will…
Why South Africa is cozying up to Russia and China
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine opened the most dramatic divide between East and West since the Cold War. Most of…
The ABCs of Covid
A is for Abundance (i.e to exercise a caution of): the only justification required for our leaders to breach our…
Thousands protest against ‘Russian-style’ laws in Georgia
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi for a second day. Riot police have used…
