Nigel Jones

In seven years, Lenin changed the course of history

1 July 2023 9:00 am

Between his return from exile and his death, Lenin launched – and perverted – the revolution that shapes world politics today

Biden is right: China’s Xi is a ‘dictator’

21 June 2023 4:52 pm

Just as a stopped clock shows the correct time twice a day, so president Joe Biden, amidst the plethora of…

Italian politics will be duller without Silvio Berlusconi

13 June 2023 12:56 am

There’s an irony in the timing of Silvio Berlusconi’s death at the age of 86, coming on the same weekend…

Have we betrayed the D-Day generation?

6 June 2023 4:32 pm

Today is the 79th anniversary of D-Day, 6 June 1944, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to…

Sixty years on: How the Profumo affair ended the age of deference

5 June 2023 4:00 pm

These days our sex scandals seem like another symbol of Britain’s national decline. They are diminished, petty and tawdry, certainly compared…

Could Russia try to assassinate British officials?

1 June 2023 6:52 pm

You only have to hear the words of Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian President and Vladimir Putin’s long term chief sidekick,…

Europe’s rightward drift and the myth of backwards Britain

29 May 2023 10:26 pm

It is an idée fixe among British Europhiles that continental Europe is a progressive place firmly wedded to left-wing parties…

What’s eating John Major?

11 May 2023 9:20 pm

Eighty-year old Sir John Major does not appear to be enjoying a peaceful retirement. Judging by his frequent tetchy interventions…

King Charles must learn from Spain’s Juan Carlos’s mistakes

3 May 2023 8:00 pm

As he basks in the warm glow of respect, and even affection, surrounding his coronation this weekend, King Charles should…

Is Joe Biden really fit to run in 2024?

30 April 2023 2:36 am

Kim yo-Jong, the powerful and influential sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, has launched a savage personal attack on…

Britain’s bloody history in Sudan

25 April 2023 5:12 pm

A 72 hour truce between rival military factions has been brokered in Sudan’s civil war by US Secretary of State…

Russia’s long history of female assassins

4 April 2023 6:48 pm

The news that a young woman anti-war activist, Darya Trepova, is suspect number one in the bombing assassination of Russian…

What has Putin done with Ukraine’s missing children?

18 March 2023 4:07 am

Vladimir Putin’s crimes against Ukraine are often facilely compared with those committed by Hitler’s Nazis during World War Two. As…

Gary Lineker’s offensive Nazi Germany comparison

8 March 2023 6:38 pm

When a prominent left-wing celebrity wants to attack a conservative person or policy they very often make a comparison with…

Justin Welby is wrong: Russia should be punished for its war in Ukraine

25 February 2023 12:02 am

As the world marks the grim first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin should give thanks that there…

The spies never really went away

14 February 2023 5:43 pm

The news headlines this week brought a warm glow of nostalgia to anyone brought up during the 20th century’s Cold…

Ukraine shouldn’t cancel Russian culture

12 February 2023 9:30 pm

It is entirely understandable that the barbaric attack on Ukraine launched a year ago by Vladimir Putin has sparked enraged…

Is Germany the West’s weakest link?

5 February 2023 3:35 am

At the height of the Cold War, it was Britain that appeared to be infested with Russian spies and moles.…

Why Putin is channelling his inner Stalin

3 February 2023 6:06 pm

Vladimir Putin has journeyed to the southern city of Volgograd – better known by its former name of Stalingrad –…

Rishi Sunak is no John Major

31 January 2023 12:36 am

As the skies darken over Rishi Sunak’s embattled government, with ministers being fired or placed under investigation, opinion polls dire…

Nadhim Zahawi and the end of honour

29 January 2023 9:00 pm

Nadhim Zahawi, who has been sacked by Rishi Sunak after days of headlines over his tax affairs, could learn a…

Is sloppiness our new national vice?

25 January 2023 9:03 pm

The Germans have a word for it. When they wish to criticise their Austrian cousins’ alleged tendency towards carelessness and…

Germany is paralysed by pacifism

21 January 2023 8:28 pm

Germany’s marked reluctance to supply Leopard 2 tanks to help Ukraine repel the brutal Russian invasion has very little to…

Rishi Sunak has wasted his first 100 days as Prime Minister

13 January 2023 3:17 am

Rishi Sunak has been Prime Minister for nearly 100 days – but what has Sunak done with his victory since…

William, Harry and Britain’s long history of royal sibling spats

6 January 2023 5:02 am

Fraternal relations rarely run entirely smoothly. But the degree of animosity revealed in reports of the physical clash between Princes…