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Berlusconi was the first leader to glimpse the looming migrant crisis
Silvio Berlusconi should be remembered for more than just his passion for football and sex. He was the first European…
Full text: Carla Foster’s sentencing remarks
On 12 June, Carla Foster, 44, was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment at Stoke on Trent crown court for aborting…
Record pay deals will worry the Bank of England
Wages are slowly closing the gap with inflation, up 7.2 per cent in the year to April versus inflation of…
Why do we never talk about Islamic slavery?
The beautiful Siwa Oasis in the far western deserts of Egypt is a remarkable place, for multiple reasons. It’s probably been inhabited, continuously,…
We are far stranger than aliens
You may have missed it amid all the other news of the last few days, but the aliens have apparently…
The GOP is sprinting away from criminal justice reform
When President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act in 2018, it was heralded by leaders of both political parties…
Could a backdoor deal end the Ukraine war?
As the second world war entered its final months, Anglo-American forces advanced into Nazi Germany to finish off Hitler’s Reich.…
Italian politics will be duller without Silvio Berlusconi
There’s an irony in the timing of Silvio Berlusconi’s death at the age of 86, coming on the same weekend…
Will Scots forgive the SNP and Sturgeon for the party’s legal troubles?
Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest by police investigating the SNP’s finances would seem to be a gift to her opponents and those…
Forza Berlusconi! Silvio in Sardinia
Silvio Berlusconi, who had three spells as Italian prime minister, has died at the age of 86. Boris Johnson, at…
Sunak comes out fighting over Boris honours row
Rishi Sunak has just delivered a direct rebuke of Boris Johnson over the resignation honours row. Sunak used an interview…
The downfall of Prince Harry
With festival season just around the corner, it is fitting that Prince Harry’s Worldwide Privacy Tour is coming to a…
Italy’s crackdown on cyclists is long overdue
Years of exposure to their arrogance, illegality and sense of entitlement has shown me that Italy’s cyclists are a public…
Is Boris Johnson a great man of history?
Boris Johnson has always been an enthusiastic proponent of the long unfashionable ‘great man’ theory of history. As he argued…
The waste disposal racket
The conceit that today’s US householder has never been better served, nor had more choices, has been put about for…
The timing of Sturgeon’s arrest couldn’t be worse for the SNP
The arrest of Nicola Sturgeon by police investigating allegations of fraud within the SNP was hardly unexpected. After all, her…
Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest was inevitable
There was an air of inevitability about the arrest today of Nicola Sturgeon. The SNP had been braced for it.…
Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrested in SNP finance investigation
Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the probe into SNP finances. A spokesperson for Nicola Sturgeon confirmed: ‘Nicola…
What does Boris’s resignation mean for Rishi?
Such is Boris Johnson’s magnetic draw that his resignation gambit is still being discussed largely in terms of what it…
Putin’s nuclear reshuffle is designed to antagonise Nato
Days before Nato leaders descend on Vilnius for the alliance’s annual summit next month, things will be afoot just across…
Britain’s schools are facing an epidemic of bad behaviour
Something troubling is happening in Britain’s schools. This week, the government released its findings from the first national survey into pupil behaviour in…
Ireland’s migrant hypocrisy
‘Cead Mile Failte’, which means ‘a hundred thousand welcomes’, is a sentiment the Irish have long held dear. We pride…
The making of Mecca
Later this year, over two million Muslims will travel to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, for the Hajj, one the five pillars…
What’s it really like on your first night in prison?
Before I went to prison I thought a lot about what it would be like. Almost a year passed after…
Downing Street hits back in peerages row
Talk about the end of the peer show. Boris Johnson’s allies have spent the past two days spitting blood and…
