Trump is a convict, but will it matter?
This is an extremely strange moment for American democracy. Polls suggest that independent voters – the people who decide American…
Donald Trump found guilty of falsifying business records
A jury delivered a guilty verdict Thursday on all thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records in former president Donald…
Why the conflict in Gaza matters less to poor students
Pro-Palestinian protests have disproportionately taken place at elite colleges, according to number-crunching by Washington Monthly. Their analysts used data from…
Did Donald Trump say the N-word?
Just like clockwork, the allegations of racism are rolling in days after Donald Trump’s historic rally in the South Bronx.…
Keir Starmer’s purge has gone too far
It’s Friday 5 July 2024. The electorate has proved the pollsters right, and Labour has returned to power with a…
A new energy transition: coal, nuclear, and natural gas
What is the ‘energy transition’? For Labor, it is a transition to renewables. For the Liberals, it is a transition…
Shark mitigation for surfing
Over recent decades, an increasing rate of shark attacks worldwide has prompted many scientists, entrepreneurs, and governments to develop shark…
Rayner backs Abbott staying on as Labour MP
Another day, another confusing twist in Labour’s stance on Diane Abbott. The ongoing saga has created significant disquiet over the…
A Musk-Trump White House collaboration will only end badly
He has created a major automobile company. He has built space rockets, taken over X, made himself hundreds of billions,…
Who will win South Africa’s election?
From the start, it didn’t look good this time round for the African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled South Africa since…
US Dollar hegemony
In 1970, at a meeting in Washington DC, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asked then chairman of the…
Hamas is being supported by TikTok diplomacy
On May 20, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Ahmad Khan KC (a British national), called for the arrest of…
Can Sunak really take credit for future interest rate cuts?
When the Bank of England finally delivers an interest rate cut, can the Tory party take credit for it? Rishi…
Home insulation is the latest net zero farce
Zoe Godrich of Swansea might best be described as collateral damage in Britain’s glorious march towards net zero. Three years…
North Korea’s dirty protest
North Korea has long been known for its rhetorical braggadocio. Most of the time, the regime’s bluster needs to be…
Labour purges are nothing new
Sir Keir Starmer’s determination to prove to voters that Labour has changed, by purging the party’s far left, may look…
SNP’s ‘urgent plea’ to house campaigning Westminster staffers
Oh dear. No one party appears to be enjoying an especially slick campaign at present, but north of the border…
Labour’s law and order plans are pure vibes
Most observers would agree that Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, is a serious person. One newspaper profile last year spoke of…
Starmer’s safety-first campaign is backfiring
The problem with spending an election campaign saying as little new as possible is that it does leave a big…
How does Sunak solve a problem like Farage?
In the classic comedy Blackadder II the late, great Rik Mayall was responsible for one of the most memorable cameo…
Will South Africa reject the ANC?
After many years in power, a corrupt and inept government is finally close to being removed. There is no great…
Starmer purges the Corbynites
One of the first thing Keir Starmer and his team decided to focus on after winning the Labour leadership was…
The sad decline of the Evening Standard
It’s always a sad day for journalists when a newspaper goes to the great printing room in the sky. But for…
Fewer kids should go to university
Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday what many of us have quietly suspected for some time. As a nation, we have…
Pressure is piling on Netanyahu over Rafah
On Sunday, 45 Palestinians were killed after an Israeli airstrike on two Hamas commanders in the Rafah area set off…
