Jon Sopel joins the Garrick Club
Tough times for the Garrick Club, after the embarrassing leak of its membership list to the Guardian. Following the newspaper’s…
How Brigitte Macron captured the Elysée
As Emmanuel Macron approaches the end of the second year since his re-election, his presidency seems to have become a…
Could corruption bring down Spain’s government again?
Just four months into its second term, Spain’s Socialist-led government is already mired in corruption allegations. The latest scandal emerged…
Don’t blame health and safety for killing the Harry Potter steam train
When the operators of the most popular steam train service in Britain decided to challenge the safety authorities, they were…
Can Macron halt the ‘Mexicanisation’ of France?
Emmanuel Macron showed off his virility this week with the release of two photos in which he is seen giving…
Is London the ‘most anti-Semitic city in the West’?
The last time I saw Amichai Chikli, he was struggling to put on a suit jacket at the Israeli embassy…
Tasmania’s hung Parliament exposes the failure of major parties
The Liberals have tentatively claimed ‘victory’ in Tasmania, but who knows if that will hold until Monday. If it does,…
Putin is as deluded about the Islamist threat as the West
From the outset it was obvious to seasoned observers who massacred more than 130 Russians at a concert hall Moscow…
The hounding of Kate was a new low for Britain
Shame on the ghouls who spread lies and rumours about the Princess of Wales. And the idiot conspiracy theorists who…
From pioneers to puppets
When the first Europeans arrived to settle in Australia, it mattered not whether they were administrators, convicts, army officers, or…
Who will Putin blame for the terror attack?
A branch of the Islamic State terror group, Isis-K, has claimed responsibility for last night’s stadium terror attack in Moscow.…
Cameron is wrong to threaten Israel with an arms embargo
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron is threatening to suspend arms sales to Israel. The Telegraph reports that the former prime…
Kate’s critics should be ashamed of themselves
Who is this speaking with a sneer on their lips and contempt in their voice before news of the Princess of Wales’s…
What happened to the post-Brexit free trade deals?
When people talk about the ways the Conservatives have squandered this parliament, and with it their first and best opportunity…
Where did it all go wrong for Brazil’s football team?
When England play Brazil in a friendly at Wembley tonight they will go into the game as firm favourites to…
Kemi Badenoch’s diversity crusade doesn’t go far enough
This week, the equalities minister and business secretary Kemi Badenoch took aim at Britain’s woke bureaucracy. The government’s Inclusion at…
In praise of bin men
I’ve always had a soft spot for bin men – or refuse collectors as we generally call them these days.…
How Ukraine’s drone attacks can hit Russia where it hurts
On the morning of 16 March, Ukrainian drones struck multiple refineries in the Samara region of Russia, For more than a week,…
Princess Catherine fights cancer, as does our Crown
The announcement that Catherine, Princess of Wales, is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer has left many across the world, especially…
Trump’s lightbulb moment
It was certainly an entertaining moment in an interview between former British politician Nigel Farage and his good friend former…
