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The recklessness of William Wragg
Everyone makes mistakes, but they are seldom as monumental as William Wragg’s. The Tory MP has admitted handing over the…
Why is Putin still blaming Ukraine for the Moscow terror attack?
In the fortnight since four Isis gunmen stormed Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburbs, Vladimir Putin has done his…
The plot to stop Marine Le Pen could backfire badly
At first, French elites haughtily dismissed the Rassemblement National (RN) and its voters. Then they were in denial about its…
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act may have done us all a favour
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act (HCA) has, by common agreement, been an unmitigated disaster. Less than a week old, there are…
Civil servants can’t down tools if they don’t like Israel
Britain in the nineteenth century pioneered the idea of the professional, impartial civil service independent of politics. In the twenty-first,…
Should the UK impose an arms embargo on Israel?
Yesterday, a letter from 600 legal experts, including four former Supreme Court judges, was published, arguing that the UK government should impose…
Will Netanyahu take Biden’s ceasefire ultimatum seriously?
When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he had a ‘good’ talk with American president Joe Biden on Thursday,…
France’s schools are succumbing to the Islamist threat
A 13-year-old Muslim girl was beaten unconscious outside her school gates in Montpellier in southern France on Tuesday. Her mother…
Botswana’s President: elephant hunting isn’t cruel, it’s necessary
Last month, Botswana’s Minister for Environment and Tourism Dumezweni Mthimkhulu threatened to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park. This week,…
Netflix’s Scoop is a reminder of the Prince Andrew problem
If the royals weren’t going through enough problems at the moment, another one is about to be added in the…
Listen: David Cameron refuses to answer Gaza questions
After the tragic news of the deaths of three British aid workers, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, both…
Scrapping Ofsted would suit teachers – but be terrible for children
There is one thing that seems to have gone missing from the campaign by the National Education Union (NEU) to…
The secret history of the school choice left
Because teachers’ unions play such an important role in today’s Democratic Party, it is widely assumed that school choice —…
Rishi Sunak’s empty human rights threat
Is there anyone in Britain who believes that Rishi Sunak will take us out of the European Convention on Human…
The concerning appointment of Australia’s new governor-general
While the King and the Princess of Wales both battle cancer, the business of monarchy goes on. In the realms…
Nato’s unhappy birthday
Nato marks its 75th birthday today, but the alliance is in no mood for celebration. At its foundation, and for…
The Besiktas nightclub fire was tragically inevitable
At least 29 workers died and two were seriously injured yesterday in a fire at an Istanbul nightclub. The Masquerade club is in the basement of a 16-storey building in…
The next Senate GOP leader won’t be super-rich. That’s a good thing
One of the two Johns — John Cornyn and John Thune — is in all likelihood going to be the…
Biden uses the gilded cage of the White House to his advantage
As much as things have changed since 2020, the campaign styles and strategies of Trump and Biden have mostly stayed…
Poll predicts Labour could become Scotland’s largest party
As Scotland’s embattled First Minister continues to face backlash over his Hate Crime Act, his party has been hit with…
The truth about Israel’s ‘friendly fire’
David Cameron has got some front. The Foreign Secretary is haranguing Israel over its tragic unintentional killing of seven aid…
Four groups keeping quiet on the SNP’s Hate Crime Act
It’s three days since Scotland’s Hate Crime Act took effect and there is no sign of public outrage dissipating anytime…
The real reason Macron is suddenly talking tough on Russia
What should we make of the recent hardening of Emmanuel Macron’s position on the war in Ukraine? At the beginning…
Did an Iranian hit squad attack a journalist in London?
Counter-terrorist detectives investigating a stabbing of a dissident Iranian journalist in London have discovered that three suspects left the country…
Iran is dangerous – but rational
We’ve been here before. Iran has been here before. In 2020 its most senior IRGC commander, Qassem Soleimani, was killed…
