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The remarkable life of Henry Kissinger
The next few weeks will be filled with remembrances, fulsome appreciations, and harsh criticism of Henry Alfred Kissinger, who died…
Get used to Labour being the party of low taxes
It takes some to get used to Labour posing as the party of low taxes, but it is something that…
Do hangover pills work?
Everyone talks about how your twenties are a period of change physically, emotionally and financially; of self-discovery and exploration and…
Joe Biden don’t get no respect
During Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, it became common knowledge that the best way to lobby the president…
Did Starmer let slip Labour’s secret plan to win back the Red Wall?
Winter looms, and at PMQs the Scottish nationalists were swift to exploit the darkness and the chill. ‘Dread,’ intoned Stephen…
Has Israel learned the lessons of Ukraine’s war with Russia?
Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas – which has allowed for the release of dozens of hostages – looks set to continue.…
Why Argentina is turning its back on Brics
‘Today, the rebuilding of Argentina begins’, Javier Milei declared in his first speech as the new president-elect. The anarcho-capitalist is…
When will Rishi Sunak see sense on the Triple Lock?
When Jeremy Hunt announced his ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’ last week, there was a slight problem: the Office for Budget…
Curbing work visas won’t solve Britain’s migration issues
Why can’t we seem to distinguish between good and bad migration? Brexit allowed the government to do what the Leave campaign…
The Italian left wants to blame Giorgia Meloni for the patriarchy
This weekend, demonstrations took place in major Italian cities to mark the UN’s international day for the elimination of violence…
Harry, Meghan and the mystery of the ‘royal racist’
Ever since 2021’s absurd Oprah Winfrey interview, in which the Duchess of Sussex coyly suggested that a member of the…
Does football really need sin bins to tackle bad behaviour?
Here we go again. Just when you thought a period of welcome stasis might have descended on the world of…
Sunak has doomed Britain to a total ban on smoking
It is an indictment of the intellectual vacuum in British politics that when a prime minister is looking for a…
The desperation of Olivia Colman’s climate change video
When you have a surname like Colman you might think it would be best to avoid appearing in an advertising…
Sunak doesn’t realise the trouble he’s in on immigration
As they headed into the autumn, Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives needed a gamechanger. Their gradual recovery in the polls…
Why is Sunak snubbing the Greeks?
Whatever position people take on the long-running dispute over the ownership of the Elgin marbles, there can be little doubt…
The knives are out for Prince William and Kate
Omid Scobie’s Endgame is now available from a bookshop near you, and no doubt republicans and admirers of Harry and…
Cooking oil won’t help the aviation industry reach net zero
Two decades ago, motorists in South Wales realised that they could power their diesel cars with used cooking oil, thereby…
Macron’s France is trapped in a cycle of violence
On Monday, the spokesman for Emmanuel Macron’s government, Olivier Véran, visited the village of Crépol in south-eastern France. A fortnight…
Can Israel’s ceasefire in Gaza hold?
Originally meant to expire on Monday, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been extended by at least two days.…
I’m a Celebrity has revealed the boring truth about Nigel Farage
When Nigel Farage entered the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… there was much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments.…
Do the Tories have a migration plan?
What is the Tory party’s policy on immigration after record-breaking net migration figures and the failure of its Rwanda policy…
Climate reparations are an awful idea
There is a word that we are going to hear once COP28 gets underway in Dubai later this week: ‘reparations’. While…
Andrew Bailey does it again
Oh dear. It seems that the Bank of England Governor is suffering from a permanent case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. Andrew…
Sunak under pressure to curb legal migration
Rishi Sunak goes into the week on the defensive over legal migration. After figures late last week revealed net migration…
