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The ICC’s desire to arrest Netanyahu is far from impartial
In a dramatic announcement, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, declared today that he has…
Will the NHS change after the infected blood scandal?
The victims of the infected blood scandal have had to wait a very long time for there to be a…
Infected blood scandal was ‘no accident’, says report
The Infected Blood Inquiry has finally concluded after a five-year investigation. This lunchtime, the inquiry’s chair Sir Brian Langstaff said…
Bank of England’s £80k social media advertising spend
Once upon a time, the Bank of England was headed by a series of anonymous figures, whose identities remained largely…
Press freedom means protecting Julian Assange
James Cleverly won’t be able to move the Julian Assange file out of his inbox quite yet after all. The…
Raisi’s successor is unlikely to end Iran’s western shadow war
Even before Tehran had formally announced the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, conspiracy theories as to whether foul play was…
Salman Rushdie has exposed the great lie of a ‘Free Palestine’
This is what people must mean by the phrase ‘adults in the room’. After seven months of left-wing hotheads damning…
Could Corbyn be excluded from Labour for good?
Jeremy Corbyn is back in the spotlight again, causing yet more issues for his former party. The ex-Labour leader who…
EU sends its ‘sincere condolences’ to Iran
Oh dear. It seems that the Eurocrats of Brussels have blundered again. Following the news of the Iranian president’s death,…
Raisi’s death has ruined the Ayatollah’s succession plans
The helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will not fundamentally change the Islamic…
Why the death of Ebrahim Raisi both matters, and doesn’t
Not only does the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in the fog and mountains in northern…
Labour’s gender change shake-up will end in tears
Anyone who thought the downfall of the Tory government might bring an end to the interminable debate over transgender rights…
Ebrahim Raisi’s successor could be worse
It is doubtful that Ebrahim Raisi, the ‘butcher of Tehran’, would have experienced a moral epiphany had he been shown…
Iran’s president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have been killed in a helicopter crash in north-western…
In defence of Jonathan Yeo
If the basic job of a work of art is to be interesting, as I think it is, then Jonathan…
Inside Scotland’s Post Office scandal
For victims of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, this week is an important one. Paula Vennells,…
Which Tory contenders are on weight-loss drugs?
It’s the surest sign that a politician is on maneuvers: a slimmer waistline and a sharper suit. But are some…
Labour silent over Welsh First Minister’s £31,000
For 25 years, Welsh Labour has ruled Cardiff Bay with an iron fist. But these days, the party’s grip over…
Benny Gantz’s resignation threat has Netanyahu in a bind
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet is at risk of falling apart as the country’s defence establishment turns on…
Grant Shapps: Infected blood scandal is a ‘shameful failure’
Grant Shapps ‘angry’ about infected blood scandal The final report on the infected blood scandal will be published on Monday.…
The once-in-a-generation genius of Alice Munro
In the early 2000s, a young Canadian writer who shall remain nameless found herself in the backseat of a car…
The real story of Bauhaus and the Nazis
Here in Weimar, the cultural and spiritual capital of the Bundesrepublik, a brave group of curators and academics are challenging…
How anti-Semitism breeds on university campuses
It’s often said that anti-Semitism is a shape-shifter, seen best in the way that the right-wing have painted the Jews…
The painful truth about Gen Z
An older friend once described his freshers’ week in some detail: a botched proposal, two inadvertently-acquired tattoos and more alcohol…
Where to eat, drink and stay in Cape Town
Setting an early alarm while on vacation never comes easily to me, but making time to wander Babylonstoren’s fruit and vegetable…
