What if the Houthi airstrikes fail?
The curse of air power is that air strikes always capture the public’s attention. The praise that follows their tactical…
The delusion of the Houthi pacifists
I see ‘Not in my name’ is trending on social media. It’s in response to the US and UK strikes…
What Britain’s defence deal with Ukraine means for the war
In his surprise visit to Kyiv, Rishi Sunak had two pieces of good news for Ukrainians: another £2.5 billion in…
Suella savages Sunak’s Rwanda Bill
The Rwanda Bill comes back to parliament next week which means a return of Westminster’s favourite parlour game: Tory blue-on-blue.…
Have the Houthis gone rogue?
The US and Britain really didn’t think they had a choice about bombing Yemen in retaliation for Houthi attacks on…
Gabriel Attal and the unstoppable rise of Klaus Schwab’s ‘global leaders’
The French found out on Thursday evening that, under their new prime minister, nothing will change in the way their…
Who are the Houthis?
About a month ago, a regional brigade of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the militia that undergirds the power…
South Africa has no right to lecture Israel
As South Africa presented its case accusing Israel of genocide to the International Court of Justice, the presence of former…
Will Red Sea strikes disrupt the UK economy?
November is proving to have been a lucky month in Britain. Inflation slowed significantly: from 4.6 per cent on the…
Striking the Houthis won’t stop Iran
A month before the targeted killing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, few would have…
Why do I keep falling for Boris Johnson’s charm?
On Saturday, I was in a public library, waiting for an old guy to finish with the Times. But he seemed…
Britain and US launch airstrikes against Houthis
The US and the UK have launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen whose continued attacks are disrupting trade in…
We don’t need targets to know the NHS is failing
How has the NHS missed most of its key targets for the past seven years? Some parts of the UK-wide…
Tories are wrong to imply that Starmer is racist
Is it really some kind of underhand racist smear for Labour to claim that Rishi Sunak ‘doesn’t get Britain’? This…
The fog of moral clarity
I am not optimistic about seeing moral clarity from many (or most?) of our current federal government leaders. Their apparent…
Even in the Arctic Circle, Navalny remains uncowed
Alexei Navalny had a brutal December. At the start of the month the Putin critic abruptly disappeared from his prison…
The village witch-doctor
In some tribal societies, the village witch-doctor claims to have remedies to protect others against maladies and witchcraft. Neither such…
Will Chris Christie’s withdrawal help stop Trump?
It was former New Jersey governor Chris Christie who ended up getting smoked. His share of the Republican primary vote…
Wonka champions little capitalists
This summer’s hit movie Wonka inspires a generation to do something exceptional: start their own business. More importantly, it teaches them how…
Will inflation return to normal this year?
When will inflation return to the target rate? According to its latest forecasts, the Bank of England isn’t expecting inflation…
Are the Tories cooling on their support for Israel?
The language in the government and parliament over Israel has changed a lot this week. Ministers are no longer mounting…
How much should we fear the return of the ‘bond vigilantes’?
BlackRock’s UK chief investment strategist, Vivek Paul, has warned this week that pre-election promises of large tax cuts or spending…
Iranians are blaming the regime for the Kerman terrorist attack
Two suicide bombs killed nearly 100 people and wounded many more in the Iranian province of Kerman on 3 January,…
What a secret far-right meeting reveals about the AFD
It sounds like a scene from a dystopian TV drama: in a country hotel west of Berlin, far-right politicians met…
Can ‘mini Macron’ rescue France’s president?
France’s Emmanuel Macron, the Fifth Republic’s youngest president, has just appointed its youngest prime minister, 34-year-old Gabriel Attal. The former socialist…
