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The Pope’s pursuit of relevance is embarrassingly outdated
The Pope is old and unwell. In whatever time he has left, he surveys his years as pontiff and counts…
The CofE’s same sex blessings stance is even more illogical than the Vatican’s
Traditionalists in the Church of England and the Catholic church don’t, of course, always see eye to eye. But on…
Bring back schmaltzy songs
Christmas pop song lyrics play by different rules. Children, food and family togetherness are never mentioned in pop songs from…
How Britain failed Jimmy Lai
There is something shameful about the government’s reluctance to publicly call for the release of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen…
Is identity politics to blame for the rise of anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is surging among the young. It is now positively hip to view Jews as ‘problematic’. Consider the recent Harvard/Harris…
A Trump presidency could be good for Britain
Donald Trump may be offensive in many ways. He may have defiled his office during his previous stint as president…
Michelle Mone hits back at Sunak
‘When you’re in a hole, stop digging.’ It’s a famous mantra known to all; everyone that is, except for Michelle…
The meaning of Javier Milei
Libertarian economist Javier Milei’s smashing landslide victory is the most radical thing to happen to Argentina in decades. But his…
Zucked up: private election funding’s new form
Greenwich, Connecticut, is a town of 63,000 people just twenty-eight miles away from New York City. It’s a wealthy community…
Nikki Haley’s popularity is probably because of media desperation
Nikki Haley is now the favourite ‘not Donald Trump’ candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.…
How much longer can Netanyahu resist a hostage deal?
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv following the killing of three young Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defence Forces…
Michelle Mone and the rise of the ‘fight back’ documentary
You can’t turn on the telly or fire up the internet these days without stumbling across some celebrity or other baring their…
Why is the French left so willing to excuse Hamas apologists?
One hopes that the arrest of seven suspected members of Hamas last Thursday by European police has embarrassed numerous politicians…
Eddie Izzard loses, yet again
Oh dear. Labour’s biggest loser has done it again. Poor old Eddie Izzard has a pretty poor track record when…
Baroness Mone ‘can’t see what we’ve done wrong’ over PPE pandemic profits
Baroness Mone: ‘I can’t see what we’ve done wrong’ Laura Kuenssberg’s show this morning was dominated by her interview with…
Javier Milei’s radical reforms could start to heal Argentina’s economy
Argentina has spent most of its 200-year history in deficit; no other country currently owes the International Monetary Fund a…
How serious is Cornish nationalism?
The Office for National Statistics has been publishing interesting insights from the last census – perhaps to counter the bad…
Stella Creasy is wrong about the ‘motherhood penalty’
If you find yourself frazzled by the Christmas rush, spare a thought for Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow, who is…
The admirable humility of Japanese sports stars
Who is the best paid sportsperson in the world? Cristiano Ronaldo perhaps? Or Kylian Mbappé? Lionel Messi? Novak Djokovic? LeBron…
Who will rebuild Gaza?
When the last shot is fired in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the fog of war eventually lifts, the challenge…
Are men really that difficult to buy for?
With Christmas rushing at us like a bull in a Westfield, many blokes of a certain age will have already…
Don’t cry for Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan’s death and his star-studded funeral captured the headlines this week. But the fawning and fanfare felt oddly dissonant…
Anti-Semitism is a threat to the West
Down the road from where I live in Islington, the Jewish community put up a menorah in a park on…
Portland’s decriminalisation nightmare
In November 2020, Oregon passed Measure 110, decriminalising non-commercial drug possession. The state also significantly increased funding for recovery and…
Why won’t Macron agree to an immigration referendum?
It is a peculiarity of the age in France that the subject that most divides the political class is the…
