Yalta 2.0: How to deal with Putin
When Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt met at Yalta in 1945, they proceeded to carve up Europe into spheres of influence.…
Merz has paid a high price to pass Germany’s spending package
Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the next few years,…
Cosying up to Putin has weakened Trump’s hand in Europe
Once upon a time, America practiced ping-pong diplomacy to try and improve ties with Mao’s China. Now Donald Trump and…
Putin has played Trump like a fiddle
And so it begins. Welcome to the first episode of the latest season of Putin’s Theatre of Fugazi – the…
Can the social contract survive in Britain?
In the vestry of the church where my father was priest, there was a large wall-mounted plaque commemorating some long-dead…
Is Syria heading for a fresh dictatorship?
Syria’s new constitution quickly drew a lot of criticism. Signed by President Ahmed al-Sharaa last week, the document aims to…
Save me from Disney’s Snow White feminism
Controversy surrounding the live-action version of Snow White, which is released on Friday, suggests there is little likelihood of a…
A smartphone ban won’t solve our kids’ problems
As a former teacher, I can say with a reasonable degree of confidence that Bridget Phillipson ranks among the worst…
Chalmers is wrong about energy costs
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government’s pledge to lower electricity prices by a third. He said: ‘If you look…
Our nuclear winter continues under blackout Bowen
Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, who has proved a disappointment in every portfolio he has been gifted, has opted…
Australia is a Christian nation
Australia is in the midst of a massive identity crisis. Let me explain. We are a country founded on the…
Is Putin’s partial ceasefire really a victory for Trump?
It may be taking him longer than the 24 hours he pledged on the campaign trail, but it appears that…
Elon Musk is wrong about Radio Free Europe
The termination of US government funding for the two venerable radio stations Radio Free Europe (RFE) and Radio Liberty (RL)…
Does Labour believe Israel is breaching international law?
It’s a gaffe a day with David Lammy – but now his latest intervention has ruffled more feathers than usual.…
The New York Times finally comes clean about Covid
In June 2021, Jon Stewart appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ridiculed people that dismissed the possibility of a…
Pensioners, it’s your turn to cough up
The welfare state is grotesquely unfair. There are people who receive thousands of pounds from the taxpayer with little government…
Will Labour MPs stomach Liz Kendall’s benefits crackdown?
To underline that there was government agreement on the welfare cuts and reforms she was announcing, Liz Kendall had Keir…
Will Kemi’s anti-net zero campaign bother Labour?
The people’s republic of Holborn and St Pancras is not exactly fertile Tory territory. But it was in a swanky…
Our nuclear submarines are spending too long at sea
A Vanguard-class submarine used for Britain’s nuclear deterrent has resurfaced after a record-breaking 204 days at sea. Relatives gathered on…
NYT outrage as Hezbollah-supporting professor deported
To Donald Trump’s America, where outrage spread across the nation’s left-wing papers at the weekend after it emerged that a…
Asylum appeals aren’t helping Labour close migrant hotels
The top mandarin at the Home Office gave the game away. At a somnolent session of the Commons home affairs…
Why we wrote the 7 October parliamentary report
‘Amnesty International and Harvard,’ says Alan Dershowitz of the 7 October 2023 massacre, ‘blamed it on Israel even before the…
Scotland’s ferry fiasco is never-ending
Scotland’s troubled nationalised shipyard, Ferguson Marine, has failed in its bid to win a crucial order for seven small electric…
Britain has little influence over Israel’s war in Gaza
As the world focused its attention on a possible peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, it might have been easy…
Trump is giving Putin the opportunity to play nice
Almost exactly seven years ago, on Monday 19 March 2018, Donald Trump decided he wanted to telephone Vladimir Putin to…
