Can AI prevent prison violence?
The government desperately needs to save the justice system, and it believes that technology might be part of the solution.…
Trump hasn’t won the trade war
Maybe Trump doesn’t always chicken out after all. Rapid trade deals with the UK, Japan, the EU and others in…
New York has become the epicentre of useful idiots
From the DMZ, Korean Peninsula: July 27 marked the 72nd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. In response, a series…
Will Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight ruin James Bond?
Up until yesterday, I was beginning to feel cautiously optimistic about the new James Bond film. After a long hiatus…
New Zealand is undoing Jacinda Ardern’s disastrous energy legacy
The centre-right government of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon voted this week to overturn the previous Jacinda Ardern-led administration’s…
Mark Carney was asking for Trump to impose tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that his Liberal government will recognise the state of Palestine at the…
The Charity Commission’s laughable approach to radical Islam
It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finally realised the purpose of the Charity Commission. I’d always thought its role…
Do you care, or just want to blame Israel?
We all say we care about hunger – especially when children suffer. And we should. But beyond the headlines about…
There is no escaping politics with Palestine
Foreign relations are among the most political functions of a government. Ministers favour or disfavour other states based on calculations…
Zelensky’s anti-corruption overhaul will not be forgotten quickly
Last week, the Ukrainian parliament voted to destroy two key anti-corruption institutions. Outrage followed, and now lawmakers have been forced…
Japan’s Shigeru Ishiba is losing power, fast
For the country known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’, the sun is only just still shining on the…
It’s no surprise that nurses want to strike
Wes Streeting was recently revealed to have said in private that junior doctors (or resident doctors, as they now like…
No babies called ‘Keir’ after Starmer took office
There are a number of ways to measure the public’s dissatisfaction with their politicians: party polling figures, favourability ratings and,…
Is Stephen Fry the right choice to play Lady Bracknell?
Last year, the National Theatre staged The Importance of Being Earnest in a new production by Max Webster. It attracted…
Stop banning things! Lock the criminals up instead
The Victorian Parliament is in a self-congratulatory state. They have banned machetes. Hurrah! That’s the end of youth crime. No…
Should the Prime Minister take a summer holiday?
Silly season is upon us, as MPs jet off on holiday (or back to their constituencies) to get a well-needed…
Starmer’s late payment crackdown is pointless
They face higher National Insurance charges, increased business rates, crippling energy costs, and if they hire anyone: crushing employment rights.…
The Art of the Dealmaker-in-Chief
Who really thought Donald Trump’s America was about to join the stampede of first-world powers promising to recognize Palestine at…
Merz’s Palestinian disaster
Friedrich Merz may have restored Germany’s diplomatic credibility internationally, but his latest foray into Middle Eastern statecraft shows the Chancellor…
Labour’s shameful response to the Manchester Airport attack
On Wednesday at Liverpool Crown Court, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, one of the two brothers accused of the Manchester Airport attack…
Shine, baby, shine! Store, baby, store! The cringe is real…
If you squint, you can see Matt Kean loitering in the shadow of the outrageous Simon Stiell during his fear-mongering,…
Palestine Action shouldn’t be unbanned
Yesterday, the High Court allowed Palestine Action to challenge the Home Secretary’s decision to ban it. Since its proscription, under…
Israel should make its own statehood claims
Britain intends to follow France, and now Canada, in recognising a Palestinian state in September. I’ve already set out the…
Everyone’s shouting, no one’s listening?
The Jeffrey Epstein football is still being kicked around the political playground, with passes to and fro, but no goal.…
