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Can conscription save Germany’s armed forces?
Could compulsory military service soon be reintroduced in Germany? Since becoming defence minister at the beginning of last year, Boris…
Will Netanyahu still attack Rafah?
The decision by Israel to withdraw its forces from the devastated city of Khan Younis could portend a battle for…
Iran’s four options for revenge against Israel
I recently returned from a trip to the south east Syrian province of Deir al Zur, where I witnessed Kurdish…
Cameron prefers charm to offensive in Blinken love-in
‘I come here with no intention to lecture anybody’. David Cameron’s line mid-press conference summed up the Foreign Secretary’s approach…
The scandal unravelling Polish higher education
In February 2024, Poland’s Anti-Corruption Bureau opened an investigation into the ‘Collegium Humanum Warsaw Management University’, a ‘Private Management School’ opened…
Poland’s MBA scandal has exposed our credentialling culture
In February 2024, Poland’s Anti-Corruption Bureau opened an investigation into the ‘Collegium Humanum Warsaw Management University’, a ‘Private Management School’ opened…
What’s the truth about Sure Start?
Labour, unsurprisingly, is crowing about a paper published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies claiming that Tony Blair’s Sure Start…
Great Colorado restaurants, now with Michelin nods
I’ll fight you to the death on this one: Colorado’s dining scene is hotter than a habanero. A land-locked state…
Mitch McConnell stands against TikTok
Mitch McConnel is tackling America’s biggest national security threat — TikTok. In a Senate speech Monday, McConnell implored his fellow…
The lazy corpspeak of the Foreign Office establishment
Mark Sedwill is a serious man. He has a master’s in economics from Oxford. He worked in Cairo, Nicosia, Baghdad…
What Strasbourg’s climate ruling means for Europe
Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on an unprecedented trio of cases which claimed that European states have…
Can David Cameron charm the Americans?
David Cameron is stateside today as the Foreign Secretary tries to muster up support for the US to send aid…
Who are the Westminster honeytrap targets?
The honeytrap scandal is the talk of the town as politicians, staffers, advisers and even journalists working in Westminster have…
The problem with Rachel Reeves’ non-dom tax plan
By abolishing non-dom status, Jeremy Hunt was supposed to have clipped the wings of the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Given…
Is climate change really a human rights matter?
The media and the middle class may love net zero. Unfortunately, it is increasingly clear that voters are less keen.…
Why the public doesn’t support decriminalising abortion
Curious, isn’t it, how sentiment changes on a critical issue all of a sudden? Not so long ago, the prospect…
The plot to bring down Emmanuel Macron
Last week Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the Olympic aquatic centre that will host the swimming and diving events at this summer’s…
Amnesty laments death of Palestinian torture group leader
One might expect a global human rights organisation to wholeheartedly condemn a man involved in the brutal torture of a…
Does Australia know what a woman is?
When Australian businesswoman Sall Grover set up Giggle – an app exclusively for women – in 2020, it never occurred…
How much trouble is Angela Rayner in?
Another week, another development in the row over Angela Rayner’s tax affairs. The deputy Labour leader is facing questions over…
Will the Seine be safe for the summer Olympics?
Emmanuel Macron’s promise to strip off to his Speedos and swim in the Seine to prove it is safe for…
David Cameron meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago
As the US elections draw ever closer, Donald Trump is back in the spotlight. Last night, David Cameron met with…
We’re all paying the price for our rotten prisons
What happens when government policy meets an entirely unfit system? Today’s report on HMP Peterborough by HM Inspector of Prisons…
The Tories deserve our contempt
The Telegraph reported at the weekend that the Conservative party appears to be attempting, in its selection process for parliamentary…
Trump’s abortion mistake
Donald Trump’s decision to weigh in on the abortion issue again at this juncture, with his most definitive statement yet…
