Starmer’s Chinese trip changes nothing
I just had lunch with several European ambassadors and they asked me whether Keir Starmer’s trip to China was important…
What to make of Kevin Warsh
The news broke this morning that Donald Trump has, after considerable deliberation, settled on Kevin Warsh as his nominee to…
Deng Chol Majek should never have been here
In July 2024, a Sudanese man named Deng Chol Majek entered the UK illegally, crossing the Channel in a small…
Can Ukrainians trust Trump’s ceasefire deals?
When Donald Trump announced yesterday that Vladimir Putin had agreed to stop bombing Ukrainian cities for a week, officials in…
Does America want to re-litigate 2020?
The collective memory of Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen has, for most Americans, been buried if…
The unspoken logic of the anti-ICE mob
A basic question all Americans should ask themselves before they draw any other conclusions about events in Minneapolis is this:…
Ramzan Kadyrov is dying. This spells trouble for Vladimir Putin
For years, we have heard rumors that Ramzan Kadyrov, dictator of Chechnya, is mortally ill. Unlike the lurid tales about…
The US has left the World Health Organization. What next?
At this year’s World Economic Forum America’s friends and enemies heard about what some are calling a new world order. In…
Starmer’s China trip has been underwhelming
Keir Starmer has this morning arrived in Shanghai after two days in Beijing. He is expected to spend much of…
Labour in fresh cash-for-access scandal
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – so that means another scandal for Keir Starmer’s beleaguered team. This time it…
Starmer has got nothing from his demeaning trip to China
Sir Keir Starmer told Xi Jinping it was time for a ‘more sophisticated’ relationship, yet there is very little sign…
Why won’t Britain just ban the IRGC?
The European Union has finally done what it long argued it could not. Yesterday, the bloc formally designated Iran’s Islamic…
Labour is the nasty party now
Labour has long prided itself on being the party of compassion. Indeed, ever since Thatcherism, personified in the minds of…
Scottish bonds are an expensive mistake
Humza Yousaf’s inglorious year as first minister will not be remembered for many lasting achievements. But he does, at least,…
Has Harry Styles killed the music tour?
Whisper it, but Harry Styles – once talked of as the biggest British pop star since Robbie Williams – may…
Without the ribbon. Without the bracelet. Not without the fight…
The hostages are home. The symbols have come off. The responsibility has not. On Monday, January 26, 2026, I removed…
To be Australian
Toward the end of last year (before the Bondi terrorist attack), I was talking with a young woman whose parents…
The response to ‘Javid Shah’ was bullets
The uprising of the Iranian people, carried by the chant of ‘Javid Shah’, was drowned in blood. A chant that…
David Abulafia was a rare, truth-seeking historian
Death arrives on a day just like any other, often rudely unheralded. We all know that, but it never ceases…
Is time up for Tesla?
Has Tesla run out of road? The electric car firm put plenty of spin on its annual results, talking bullishly…
What the decline of my comprehensive school says about Britain
Magdalen College School in Brackley is providing an ‘inadequate’ quality of education. Behaviour and attitudes at the school are also…
Cold feet on the leadership spill
The Nationals are very very very united behind David Littleproud, with the party room unlikely to second Colin Boyce’s leadership challenge. My…
The Waspis never deserved a payout
I want to congratulate the Department for Work and Pensions. They’ve made the excellent decision to – once again –…
Brits are being kept in the dark about asylum crime
As long as Britain’s official orthodoxy remains that diversity is its “strength,” will the authorities ever be straight with the public…
