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Was Joe Biden in on Hunter’s grift?
The Republicans investigating the Biden family grift had a big week, not that you would know it from reading the…
The shameful condemnation of the Titan Five
The five departed souls of the Titan submersible suffered two tragedies. First, the tragedy of dying in a catastrophic implosion…
The known unknowns of 2024
I think it was the once-renowned critic Clement Greenberg who gratefully acknowledged that his job as a cultural commentator allowed…
France is falling apart at the seams
Numerous heads of state from the third world are in Paris for a summit hosted by President Macron. The aim…
Titanic submarine passengers presumed dead: US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard said Thursday afternoon that the five passengers aboard the missing Titan submarine are presumed dead after…
Dumb risks are worth taking
The plight of the Titanic submariners has engulfed the media over the past week and demanded the attention of countless…
How the NCAA twisted women’s sports
This has been a banner, or perhaps baneful, year for women’s intercollegiate sports, what with trash-talking basketballers, record TV ratings…
Gary Neville’s Saudi hypocrisy
Oh dear. Gary Neville is at it again.The left-wing right-back has waded into the latest trend in British football: superannuated…
The people deserve a Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk cage fight in Vegas
Just when you thought toxic masculinity was dead: Emmanuel Macron chugs a beer and Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree…
Shock as interest rates hiked to 5 per cent
The Monetary Policy Committee has voted seven to two to take interest rates to 5 per cent, a 0.5 point increase. Its…
Why Pride lost the public
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably witnessed the backlash to Pride. There have been mass boycotts of…
Free speech is for scumbags, too
It doesn’t take much to get you censored these days. You don’t even need to be that controversial. Believing in…
The Windrush myth
Seventy-five years ago today perhaps the most famous ship in British history arrived at this island. A new nation was…
Joe Biden is wrong to roll out the red carpet for Narendra Modi
On taking office, Joe Biden promised a new approach to foreign policy based on prioritising democratic values and human rights.…
Is Labour bluffing on Lords reform?
Is Labour really going to reform the House of Lords? The party has ended up in a bit of a…
What Avi Shlaim gets wrong about the persecution of Jews in Iraq
In his Spectator review of Avi Shlaim’s memoir Three Worlds, Justin Marozzi refers to the author’s claims about the 1950-51 terrorist bombings of Jewish targets…
Labour must resist jumping on the mortgage bail-out bandwagon
Millions of potential voters in marginal constituencies face punishing rises in their mortgage repayments over the coming months and years.…
Is Hunter Biden a bigger crook than Donald Trump?
Shall we play a game of pick the real criminal? Come on, it will be fun. On the one hand,…
Je suis Karen
As I creep into my mid-twenties something is changing. I’m not quite young enough to be carefree, I pay my…
What was it really like for the Windrush generation?
This article is not about me. It’s about a woman in her late eighties called Ethel who goes to my…
Hunter Biden is protected from on high
In his texts, Hunter Biden depicts himself as Atlas, carrying his entire family on his back — their financial and…
Emmanuel Macron should sink more pints
Civilisation’s last line of defence runs through the Élysée Palace. Emmanuel Macron has been lambasted by his opponents for necking…
The UK still needs fossil fuels, whether activists like it or not
The Supreme Court is hearing a case today that, if successful, could mean the end of new fossil fuel projects in…
Literary festivals are no fun
This is the season when literary festivals start to happen all over the UK. From the highlands of Scotland to…
Rishinomics isn’t working
Tax rises would bring debts under control. The Bank of England would bring inflation back down again. The government would…
