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Jimmy Carter was a master of conflict resolution
On 29 December, former US president Jimmy Carter died peacefully at his ranch house in Plains, Georgia, at the age of…
Angela Rayner’s devolution plans encourage petty authoritarianism
Hidden in the hot air of Angela Rayner’s devolution white paper published just before Christmas – there are promises, for example, to…
Jimmy Carter’s mistake was telling America it was wrong
It’s hard to think of a political oration that has backfired as famously as Jimmy Carter’s ‘crisis of confidence’ speech,…
Jimmy Carter offered dignity in failure
He was the peanut farmer from Georgia who rose to become the leader of the free world. Jimmy Carter, who…
The Jeju Air crash ends a terrible year for South Korea
This year will go down in history as an annus horribilis for South Korea. December alone has seen a series of crises.…
Keir Starmer, conservative prime minister?
According to Keir Starmer’s critics, the Prime Minister has spent his first six months in office re-enacting Henry VIII’s plunder of the monasteries,…
Democracy is rotting in Europe
Last Friday, America announced sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian tycoon who made his fortune in Russia in the 1990s.…
Most-read 2024: Decline and fall – how university education became infantilised
We’re closing 2024 by republishing our five most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 2: David Butterfield’s cover piece from…
Has 2024 been the BBC’s worst year yet?
It’s certainly been an eventful year for Britain, what with the snap election, a change in government and yet another…
Kemi Badenoch’s attacks on Farage are backfiring spectacularly
Throughout the last parliament, Labour leader Keir Starmer and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey did not have a bad word…
This latest mega poll is a problem for Badenoch and Farage
The next election may not be expected for another four years but that won’t stop politicos speculating as to what…
Elon Musk’s AfD article has rocked German politics
Fresh from explosively disrupting the politics of the US and Britain, Elon Musk has now turned his attention to Germany.…
We should support Donald Trump’s attempt to buy Greenland
Over Christmas, president-elect Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social site that: ‘For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout…
Chocolat doesn’t need a trigger warning
Trigger warnings have become a totemic feature of our times, symptomatic of an age that is both hopelessly fragile and…
Does Starmer really think quangos will boost economic growth?
If you wanted some ideas for how to boost economic growth, would you ask the people who run businesses or…
Who’d want to survive a nuclear war?
The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East keep raging, Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold required for Moscow to…
Ireland has a serious case of ‘keffiyeh brain’
As Irish households glowed with lights and festive cheer ahead of Christmas day, the Taoiseach of Ireland made time for…
Can Ukraine survive the coming of Donald Trump?
On the eastern marches of Europe, after nearly three years of slugging it out with its larger, more powerful neighbour…
Most-read 2024: How did Wolf Hall escape the attentions of the BBC’s diversity commissars?
We’re closing 2024 by republishing our five most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 3: James Delingpole’s article from November…
Putin’s Azerbaijan apology will have bruised his ego
Has Vladimir Putin been forced to eat humble pie? Earlier today, the Russian president felt compelled to issue an apology…
The Zuck that stole Christmas
I got Meta’s flagship Quest 3 headset last year. Not only did I love it and use it all the…
Brits have bleak outlook for 2025
Dear oh dear. The Labour lot have not fared well in opinion polling this year and More in Common’s New…
Keir Starmer could still walk away from the Chagos deal
When Sir Keir Starmer announced in October that he had reached an agreement with Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the…
The triumph of When Harry Met Sally
Look at any list of the ‘greatest ever romcoms’ and you’ll find When Harry Met Sally near the top of…
Taboos around incest are there for a reason
Since Tory MP Richard Holden called for first-cousin marriage to be banned in the UK earlier this month, few people have…
