Andrew Bailey: Britain’s recession may already be over
We’re not cutting interest rates because we think the recession may already be over and we’re not even sure we…
Why does the Met prioritise Palestine marchers over Londoners?
If you want an illustration of one of the things that is wrong with the Metropolitan Police, you need only…
How the West can truly avenge Navalny’s death
With the Kremlin now claiming that it needs to hold on to the body of opposition leader Alexei Navalny for…
Say no to Labour’s citizens’ assembly
A spectre is haunting Westminster – the spectre of the citizens’ assembly. This unkillable bad idea is making the headlines…
The truth about John Lewis’s trans takeover
John Lewis is, to most people, a department store that exists to sell toasters, cushions and lamps. But it turns…
It’s stalemate in Ukraine but Putin is defeating the West in Africa
In the early hours of Saturday morning, police in Paris shot dead a Sudanese man who had threatened them with…
Is Starmer changing his mind on Gaza?
Labour has significantly shifted its language on Israel’s conflict with Hamas over the past 24 hours. But has it changed…
Kemi Badenoch is a one-woman attack unit
Kemi Badenoch has been launching a few more grenades into the Post Office row, with a bullish statement in the…
Defacing Amy Winehouse’s statue is anti-Semitic
It’s not about Jews, it’s about Zionism. It’s not anti-Semitism, it’s pro-Palestinianism. It’s not racism, it’s social justice. These are…
The four seeds of our problem
Postmodern Woke philosophy does not advocate a substitute morality that one might have the option to endorse or reject; indeed,…
Anthony Albanese, cosplayer
Imagine my delight, in opening up a recent Catholic Weekly, only to find TIA (The Inevitable Albo) on the front page.…
Loopy Labor’s disconnect from reality
The Labor government’s Closing Loopholes Bill is the latest blow to reality and the business economy, but its ‘Right to…
Why banning phones in schools won’t work
Breaking news: schools have finally been given guidance on stopping kids from using mobile phones during the school day, three years after…
The Covid resistance deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel’s will (excerpt) (Paris, 27 November 1895) stipulates that the Peace Prize is to be awarded: …to the person who…
Why Denmark is sending all its artillery to Ukraine
The Munich Security Conference has been nicknamed the ‘Davos of defence’. Every year, politicians, security analysts, military leaders and campaigners…
How identity politics infiltrated the judiciary
The ‘paraglider girls’ ruling last week has thrown long-standing questions about judicial impartiality in Britain into sharp relief. On Tuesday, three…
Michael Gove’s holiday let crackdown could trash the tourist industry
Just why did Michael Gove campaign for Brexit? I thought he was selling us a future with a more entrepreneurial…
‘Putin killed my husband’: Navalny’s wife vows to fight on
Three days on from his death, the widow of Alexei Navalny today vowed to continue the work of her husband…
The welcome demise of the smug shop
Though I believe that people who use the phrase ‘retail therapy’ should probably have their voting rights removed, I do like shops…
The key difference between Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Putin
Following Alexei Navalny’s suspicious ‘sudden death’ in an Arctic prison camp last Friday, two scenes immediately come to mind featuring…
What did David Cameron expect when he lectured the Americans?
Lord Cameron, bless him, is back striding the world stage. He wrote an article last week in Washington’s inside-beltway website…
All my biases are conscious ones
These people are the lovechildren of Whigs and Leninists
Take the lollies away: defund UNRWA
A few weeks back, I observed a pretty sad scene down at the local shops. A mother was holding out…
Living in hope for peace
Why is there no peace in the Middle East? Why is there no progress towards the two-state solution, the ‘obvious’…
The solution to our government-induced malaise
Studying last month’s Davos meeting of the world’s (largely self-appointed) elites, Walter Russell Mead sees an inflection point. He says that when…
