Could a 1997-style wipeout spell the end of the Tories?
There is not a crumb of comfort for the Conservatives in the YouGov poll splashed across the front of this…
Why China benefits from the Maldives’ spat with India
Think of the Maldives and you’re likely to conjure up images of expensive honeymoons and golden beaches, but the archipelago…
Three books to end the silence
Think of this. In the time since the Covid crisis has passed, no aspect of any federal power that was…
Macron governs Paris but Le Pen rules France
There has never been a more Parisian government than the one selected by Emmanuel Macron last week. Ten of its…
The ministerial casualties from a 1997-style wipeout
It’s blue Monday today for Tory MPs as they read the findings of the Daily Telegraph’s mammoth new poll. The…
Why didn’t the British Library pay a ransom to cyber attackers?
‘They’ve turned one of our most important pieces of national infrastructure into an internet café,’ was how my friend Marcus,…
Rishi Sunak’s make-or-break week over Rwanda
It’s a crunch week for Rishi Sunak as MPs prepare to cast their verdict on his Safety of Rwanda bill.…
China calls the shots in its alliance with Russia
There has been a strange atmosphere at recent top level meetings between ‘best friends’ China and Russia. It is not…
Civil servants urged to ‘suppress’ Douglas Murray in counterterrorist lecture
For all the talk of a Tory ‘war on woke Whitehall’, more examples just keep cropping up. In an article…
Crocodile rock map of Australia speaks volumes
There’s an image that appears in my mind’s eye whenever people start talking about Australia Day. It’s a big sandstone…
How to protect yourself against risk
A formative incident for me happened when I was 25 while travelling through Turkey with a backpack. The British owner…
Your future home has been sacrificed in a political sweetheart deal
The infrastructure and construction sector has been one of the worst affected by persistent worker shortages, with a December report…
Cameron says ‘military action was only option’ in Yemen
David Cameron: western strikes on Houthi rebels are ‘a very clear message’ This week the US and UK launched military…
Existential
Several chapters into a new science fiction novel, it became apparent I’d picked up another communist allegory disguised as entertainment.…
Keir Starmer’s morning of U-turns
Another day, another U-turn from Keir Starmer. Or to be precise, two new U-turns from the Labour leader before midday.…
France is tiring of Macron’s gimmicks
President Emmanuel Macron and his freshly installed Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, appointed a new French cabinet this week. It is…
‘I still need to live’: Christian preacher Hatun Tash on the plot to kill her
When Hatun Tash went missing before Christmas her friends and family had good reason to be worried. In recent years,…
Britain is soft on crime
I’m not actually a journalist, although I’m often described as such. Along with all the other critics, polemicists, and columnists,…
Does Rishi Sunak care about Ukraine?
I’m told that these days you can still buy pastries which look like Boris Johnson, or drink beers with Boris…
How Hamas radicalised Israel’s liberals
I have visited Israel three times in the past year. The first trip was in the spring, just as the…
When will Kamala Harris come clean?
The world has changed since Kamala Harris ran for president in 2019. The US has withdrawn from Afghanistan (a decision…
Why France can’t save us
From an early age, my grandparents tried to save me the pitfalls of a lower middle class English existence by…
Democrats fawned over Fauci in closed-door Covid hearing
As a new Covid variant, JN1, has cropped up across America, the public health officials who were at the forefront…
Is the GOP about to sell out on the border?
Some details of the latest congressional border deal, negotiated by Republican senator James Lankford and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,…
Taiwan’s voters defy Beijing
Taiwan’s voters have defied Beijing’s threats and intimidation and elected as president the most independence-minded of the candidates for the…
