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The French riots threaten the state’s very existence
How dangerous are riots to the very existence of the French state? Most commentators avoid the question and concentrate on causes.…
John Major has learned nothing over Brexit
Rishi Sunak’s government is sometimes compared to that of John Major, the man who succeeded Margaret Thatcher in 1990, went…
The long defeat of the French language
After Brexit, it was all going to be so different for Europe. Following years of growing dominance by the English-speaking…
Prepare for the Saudi tennis takeover
The self-serving ethical blind spots of some of those in charge of running international sport never ceases to amaze. Step…
France wants Macron to send in the army
Nearly three quarters of French people think it’s time for President Macron to send in the army to restore order…
The Clarkson ruling puts Ipso in violation of its own charter
At 10pm last night, the BBC sent out a ‘breaking news’ notification informing millions that a joke made by Jeremy…
Is Gary Neville following in the footsteps of Thatcher – or Trump?
A video loop on the homepage of Gary Neville’s new website shows the ex-Man Utd captain turned businessman, broadcaster and…
Affirmative action was hurting black students
Harvard may have a slightly more difficult time poaching black students from Boston College, Miami University of Ohio, or other…
Has the Bank of England’s net zero obsession fuelled inflation?
The Bank of England was made independent to take monetary policy away from flighty politicians who are slaves to expediency…
Why America needs regime change
No sensible reader of the news could look at America and think it is flourishing. Massive economic inequality and the breakdown of…
Project drear: Starmer’s plan to bore his way to power
The very modest poll ‘bounce’ that Rishi Sunak delivered for the Tories after the farcical Liz Truss premiership has proved…
Putin’s secret weapon is fragility
As the dust settles on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny that wasn’t, the consensus is clear: Vladimir Putin has been left weakened…
The Transmaid’s Tale
It’s generally agreed that sex-selection is a Bad Thing. In India and China, sons are favoured over daughters – but…
Ireland’s deeply sinister hate crime bill
These are certainly interesting times in Ireland. Like every other European country, there’s a cost of living crisis. Mortgages are going…
Is it safe for France to host the Rugby World Cup?
The Rugby World Cup kicks off in just under ten weeks with hosts France playing New Zealand in the Stade…
Kamala Harris shares life-changing hair secrets
Although he has been a harsh critic in the past, Cockburn would like to thank fashion icon and hair-game legend…
SCOTUS has made the right call on student debt forgiveness
The Supreme Court correctly overruled President Joe Biden’s attempt to use executive power to forgive student loan debt on Friday.…
Protecting gender confused children
Risky medical experiments are not child's play
The climate ‘crisis’ has nothing to do with the Holocaust
What is it with environmentalists and the Holocaust? Barely a month goes by without some prominent green or another outrageously…
Singapore should serve as a model for how to fix racial disparities
In theory, the SCOTUS decision to strike down affirmative action in higher education should be considered as part of the…
Zac Goldsmith: the greatest hits
It seems that Zac Goldsmith’s decade-long dance with government is over. The Old Etonian today handed his notice after four…
Biden’s decline deepens in MSNBC interview
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace conducted an interview with Joe Biden (if you can call it that) that came across more like twenty minutes…
At home with Jacob Rees-Mogg
Before I arrived at Gournay Court, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s seventeenth-century home in Somerset, I’d missed the main event. Beforehand, I’d asked…
Does the TUC understand what the word ‘mum’ means?
Imagine if, in 1868, when the TUC was founded, someone had told those warriors for workers’ rights that one day…
Zac Goldsmith quits with personal attack on Sunak
One name stood out yesterday in the Privileges Committee dossier on parliamentarians who had attacked the panel over its investigation…
