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Hamas is playing for time
Israeli, international and Hamas officials are currently awaiting the decision of Yahya Sinwar, the terror group’s military leader on a…
Israel is committed to fighting on in Rafah
As last week drew to a close, it seemed that the intense efforts of Egyptian and American mediators might result…
Draft dodgers are undermining Ukraine’s plea for help
Emmanuel Macron warned recently that Europe is in ‘mortal danger’. The French president said that Russia cannot be allowed to win…
Suella Braverman has made herself look silly
Did Suella Braverman run her latest op-ed by No. 10 for approval? That was the question asked at the end of…
Biden’s pause of weapons shipments to Israel is another misstep
President Biden just made a strong move against Israel, ordering the US government to stop shipping weapons supplies to the…
Aukus is becoming a potent alliance
Compare and contrast the frenetic, largely unwanted and unnecessary manoeuvres to create a common EU defence union, with the methodical,…
Why we should defend Nathan Cofnas’s academic freedom
After a controversial blog post he made earlier this year, the professional career of Dr Nathan Cofnas, a Leverhulme early-career research…
We know smartphones are harming girls – so why don’t we act?
This week a report by the Policy Exchange think tank found that children at secondary schools with a full phone ban in…
How North Korea uses cartoons to evade sanctions
Recently, it was reported that North Korean animators may have been working on cartoon projects for western firms, including Amazon…
Things look bleak for the Tories
Thursday’s local elections almost inevitably produced a cacophony of information. That presented the parties with plenty of opportunity to cherry…
Could Andy Street be a future Tory leader?
Andy Street was a political outsider when he was chosen as the Conservative party’s candidate for mayor of the new…
Suella Braverman: we will be lucky to have any Tory MPs soon
So, it didn’t take long for the recriminations to begin. After Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were subject to a massive drubbing…
Ireland’s border policy is completely incoherent
Earlier this week, Ireland’s newly installed Taoiseach, Simon Harris, made an outrageous proposal to deploy 100 policemen to control immigration…
Why are BBC staff trying to get me fired?
It’s not a pleasant feeling to know there are colleagues in your workplace who think you should be summarily dismissed…
Why Taiwan is pulling down statues of Chiang Kai-shek
While the West obsesses about whether or not China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, is going to invade Taiwan, the Taiwanese…
What’s the truth about Ramzan Kadyrov’s ‘terminal illness’?
Is Ramzan Kadyrov dying? The independent Russian-language publication Novaya Gazeta recently published an investigation in which it claimed Kadyrov was terminally ill, suffering from pancreatic…
Is Havana Syndrome real?
Aficionados of zombie films will know that some ghouls just won’t stay dead. In 2013, the economist Paul Krugman came…
After Street’s loss, the Tories have one strategy left
Tory supporters went to bed on Friday night believing that their man Andy Street would hold on handily in the…
Sadiq Khan’s five worst moments as London mayor
Back to London for the city’s mayoral elections – and the verdict is in. In a win for Labour, Sadiq…
Sadiq Khan wins a third term as London mayor
Sadiq Khan has won the London mayoral race with 43.8 per cent of the vote to the Tory candidate Susan…
Khan may have won, but he should still reverse on Ulez
So what was that all about? Rumours that Susan Hall was close to toppling Sadiq Khan have proved to be…
The Lib Dems are ready for a general election
‘Consolidation’ is the word on Lib Dem lips today, as the party mulls its solid, if not spectacular, progress in…
Who can blame Boris Johnson for feeling smug?
The real victor of these local elections? Boris Johnson. According to Oscar Wilde, the only thing in life worse than…
Giorgia Meloni’s opponents are becoming hysterical
Like drowning men clutching at straws, Giorgia Meloni’s opponents are trying ever more hopelessly to justify their claim that she is a…
Has Labour done enough?
Is Labour on course to be the largest party at the next election but miss out on a majority? Despite…
