Australia finally did right by Iran’s brave footballers
In 1989, as tanks rolled into central Beijing to crush the pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, Australia’s then prime minister,…
This ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition is truly sinister
The government’s new official definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is 144 words long. But in a sign that even ministers now…
Trump threatens ‘death, fire and fury’ for Iran
Situation report The war with Iran shows little sign of slowing. Even as Donald Trump said on Monday that the…
Has Iran’s drone threat peaked?
In response to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran has unleashed more than 1,500 drones on countries across…
Putin is enjoying the Iran war
After Iran unleashed a torrent of missiles against its neighbours – including those with whom it had enjoyed friendly relations…
Can you ‘identify’ as English?
There is not one drop of English blood in my body. I know this because, like many others, I succumbed…
El Mencho is dead. What’s next for Mexico?
For as long as there has been a Mexico, there have been cartels. Geography is not always destiny, but in…
I spent 25 years fighting neocons. Then Trump became one
Like everyone, I’m glued to the news coming out of Iran. I’m experiencing some depression, as one might, upon realizing…
The Canzuk-Aukus convergence: two alliances hiding in plain sight
Mark Carney’s Canberra address and the Geelong Treaty reveal the architecture of a powerful middle-power bloc ready to be assembled
The Green party is barking mad
The enormous fun of Crufts has reminded us that Britain is a nation of dog lovers. Or maybe we’re kidding…
A preventable Armageddon?
Many have been foreshadowing a war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, for quite some time, but now that…
Iran has wrecked Reeves’s cost-of-living promises
Just as Britain’s economy looked to be ‘turning a corner’, it may be about to slam into a wall. The…
Merz is feeling the pressure of Germany’s state elections
Amid growing uncertainty caused by the US-Israel offensive against Iran and surging gas prices, Germany had its first major election…
Does Ed Davey even know what the Iran war is about?
In the years when the Greens cared more about hedgehogs than Hamas, those opposed to military action made the Lib…
Why the Kurds won’t move on Iran
The war in Iran has entered its second week. Despite constant American and Israeli bombardment and heavy losses on the…
Why the AfD has fallen out of love with Trump
When the Alternative for Germany (AfD) condemned America’s strikes against the Iranian regime last week, the reaction in Washington must…
Down with the Old Firm
Yesterday afternoon, Rangers and Celtic played out a dismal 0-0 draw (‘eye-bleeding’, was journalist Tom English’s verdict) in the Scottish Cup…
The awkward truth about Charles’s Commonwealth message
Under normal circumstances, King Charles’s message to the Commonwealth would be a carefully crafted and anodyne series of platitudes, designed…
Will Kurdish insurgents help America in Iran?
The US and Israel rapidly established air superiority over Iran in the first days of the war now under way…
Labour MPs prepare for trigger ballots
It is a difficult time to be a Labour MP. With the Greens on the left and Reform on the…
Why is it so difficult to fire bad civil servants?
I have a nice memory of walking into the then Chancellor’s private office at 1 a.m. and everyone just being…
What will Ed Miliband do when the lights go out?
How many times has Ed Miliband told us that his renewable energy policies were helping to free us from ‘fossil…
Americans are erasing European culture
Did Mariah Carey mime or not when she headlined the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan? That was…
What Timothée Chalamet gets wrong about opera and ballet
In February, Timothée Chalamet said to his fellow actor Matthew McConaughey, as part of a CNN and Variety town hall:…
